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T-Mobile recently announced its Un-carrier plans which will not tie the carrier’s subscriber to a wireless contract. Soon after that Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam said that they would be willing to drop wireless contracts if subscribers showed interest. Verizon subscribers sure look determined to hold him to his word, they’ve now launched an online petition urging the carrier to do away with contracts for good. As of this writing the petition has amassed over 74,777 signatures and needs only 223 more to reach its cap.

Verizon is yet to release an official comment regarding this petition. It was launched on Change.org by one Mike Beauchamp who hails from Wichita, Kansas. While being a long time subscriber of Verizon Wireless, Mike says that he does not wish to pay early termination fees if he wants to switch carriers. The scenario will shift substantially if Verizon also goes down the contract-free road. With two carriers pursuing the same avenue, one can expect AT&T and Sprint to retaliate as well. Has T-Mobile ushered in the age of contract-free plans in the U.S.? Only time will tell.

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US launch details for the Galaxy S 4 are arriving at last, and both Sprint and T-Mobile are on the vanguard. The two carriers plan to sell Samsung’s flagship for $150 in 16GB form, albeit with different pricing strategies: T-Mobile’s plan includes its now-standard device payment installments, while Sprint is discounting the phone from its normal $250 price through a $100 instant credit for those switching to the network. Just when you’ll have the chance to plunk money down also varies. Sprint plans to offer pre-orders starting on April 18th, with an actual launch on April 27th. T-Mobile isn’t giving customers the same opportunity to buy in advance, although they will get to take the Galaxy S 4 home a few days earlier, on April 24th. We’re still waiting on other American carriers to hop on the bandwagon, but we suspect it won’t be long.

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Its only been a couple of days since T-Mobile started offering iPhone 5 officially on its network. The Chief Marketing Officer, Mike Sievert, said that T-Mobile experiences lines out the door at nearly 3,000 of its stores across the country. He said that the launch day was “gangbusters,” which means that it went really well. As far as the whole weekend is concerned, the company now says that iPhone 5 brought one of its biggest launch weekends to date.

Mike Seivert said that launch sales were better than their internal expectations, however he did not provide a specific figure, only saying that they beat their “really ambitious” internal goals. Mike also said that majority of the customers who walked in for a new iPhone 5 signed up for T-Mobile’s new Un-carrier plans. The specific figures of iPhone sales won’t be coming any time soon, surely not in the first quarter report that T-Mobile will release in May. The second quarter report might reveal exactly how many iPhone 5 units T-Mobile will be able to move in the next few months. So I’ve got to ask, did you get one?

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After delaying a vote on T-Mobile’s final merger bid a few days ago, MetroPCS’ board of directors has voiced unanimous approval and is encouraging shareholders to vote yes as well. Deutsche Telekom’s offer would reduce MetroPCS’ debt by $3.8 billion as well as slash the interest rate on that debt by half a point. These measures should increase both the carrier’s overall value and cash flow — hopefully that will help in building out LTE more quickly. For folks fearing that T-Mo will suffer from buyer’s remorse, don’t. The offer also stipulates that Deutsche Telekom will refrain from selling its shares in the combined company for 18 months. It remains to be seen if stock owners will be convinced enough to vote yes on April 23rd; and so the saga continues.

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It’s been a long time coming as T-Mobile getting the iPhone on its network has been rumored ever since the iPhone was debuted. Apple’s smartphone was first made available on AT&T, then hit Verizon and Sprint, and today, the fourth-largest wireless carrier, T-Mobile, can now say they have the iPhone for sale.

The recent launch of T-Mobile’s new contract-free mobile plans couldn’t have come at a better time as its customers could walk away with a 16GB iPhone 5 for only $99 due when you order the device with an additional fee of $20 for 24 months. Or, you could make it rain at your local T-Mobile retailer by spending a full $579 for the 16GB iPhone 5. If you want a 32GB or 64GB version, you’ll need to add $100 for the 32GB version and $200 for the 64GB version as well as order them online as T-Mobile stores won’t have them available for sale.
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