New Cheapo T-Mobile Plan Has Unlimited Talk & Text, 500MB Data for $40

New Cheapo T-Mobile Plan Has Unlimited Talk & Text, 500MB Data for $40

Looking for a cheap smartphone plan that favors talking over browsing? T-Mobile just rolled out an entry-level plan that lets you talk or text all you want, but limits you to 500MB of high-speed data for $40 a month.

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Verizon just announced it’s matching AT&T’s mobile plan pricing with its More Everything Plan: unlim

Verizon just announced it’s matching AT&T’s mobile plan pricing with its More Everything Plan: unlimited talk, text, and 10GB of data shared between four lines will now cost $160 per month. Check out the new pricing here. [Verizon via BGR]

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AT&T declares price war; 2GB no-contact plan reduced

The battle lines have been drawn and it’s time for AT&T to make the next move in the wireless carrier price war. T-Mobile raised the bar by announcing radical new … Continue reading

T-Mobile Un-Carrier 4.0 expands to U.S. Cellular, 12 other regional carriers

The team at T-Mobile USA let it be known at CES 2014 that they had no love for their fellow carriers, going so far as to offer early termination fee … Continue reading

Sprint ends “One Up” plan 4 months after intro in favor of “Framily”

Just so you’re aware, there’s a new word in the English language this month, one made by Sprint, one called “Framily.” If you’re getting pumped up about the many, many … Continue reading

Know My App identifies the data hogs on your mobile devices

A confederation of mobile communications and technology companies has put together a website called Know My App. The site helps users figure out which mobile apps are responsible for eating … Continue reading

T-Mobile’s GoSmart brand of plans is about to get a new trick: looking at Facebook without chewing u

T-Mobile’s GoSmart brand of plans is about to get a new trick: looking at Facebook without chewing up your mobile data. Starting next month, folks on GoSmart plans will get unlimited access to anything and everything on Facebook, no data plan required. [AllThingsD]

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Ericsson report: Smartphone traffic to grow 10 times by 2019

It took five years for smartphone subscriptions to reach 1 billion customers worldwide between 2007 and 2012, but it will only take two years to reach 2 billion by 2014–and it will only take five more years to reach 5.6 billion by 2019, this quarter’s Ericsson Mobility Report states. That will be 60% of all […]

T-Mobile “Un-carrier” programs fuel Q3 2013 expansion

T-Mobile increased its customer base in Q3 2013 by more than 1 million, the company announced in its earnings call. This marks the second consecutive quarter in which the mobile carrier has led the industry in customer acquisition. It sold 5.6 million smartphones in the quarter, 15% of which were iPhone sales, and smartphones made […]

AT&T to phase out per-minute, per-text billing

AT&T will no longer offer per-minute billing plans to most of its new customers, reports the Wall Street Journal. Following the industry trend towards unlimited talk time and texts, the company will only offer one per-minute plan, a meager 450 minutes per month for about $40, plus extra for texts and data. It will focus […]