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At CES 2014, we had a rather comprehensive hands-on experience with the Sony Xperia Z1s that was headed in the direction of T-Mobile, and we are more than glad to announce that this particular smartphone is finally available exclusively on the mobile carrier. Those who are interested in picking up this smartphone will be able to do so for $0 down, which should be a relief to folks who are on the lookout for a new handset and yet are pretty tight on their budget. Apart from that, you will have to agree to a 24 equal monthly device payment plan of $222 with T-Mobile’s Simple Choice Plan.

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Sony Xperia Z1s Now Available Via T-Mobile original content from Ubergizmo.

The latest in a line of UnCarrier tactics, T-Mobile has just announced that it’s launching a Mobile Money service—a personal finance system that uses a smartphone app and pre-paid Visa card to help people handle their cash.

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The other day Sprint’s registration page for the LG G Flex came online and scheduled the phone for a release on the 7th of February. Well the good news is that if you’d much prefer T-Mobile than Sprint, you might be interested to learn that T-Mobile has put up the registration page for their LG G Flex as well. Do note that this is a registration page for the LG G Flex and not a pre-order page, meaning that you will not have to put down any money at the moment, but simply put in your details in which T-Mobile will then be able to notify you when the phone is made available, which we can only assume won’t be too far behind Sprint’s release. Pricing has not been mentioned ether but presumably it can be paid off via T-Mobile’s Uncarrier program.

In any case as far as specs are concerned, T-Mobile’s version of the LG G Flex will remain the same as all other versions of the phone, although possibly with different radios in order to make it compatible with the carrier’s network. Apart from that customers can look forward to a 6” curved OLED 720p HD display, a 13MP rear-facing camera, 2GB of RAM, and it will be powered by a 2.3GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor with 32GB of onboard storage, a 3,500mAh battery, and will come with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean preinstalled. So, anyone planning on ordering the device when it is released?

LG G Flex For T-Mobile Registration Page Goes Live original content from Ubergizmo.

An unlockable bootloader is the key to tinkering with your Android device. People who want to flash custom ROMs, kernels or tweak with their devices at an advanced level need to first unlock the bootloader. Its very easy to do that if you have a developer, Google Play edition or a Nexus device. Not all OEMs ship their devices with unlockable bootloaders, some cater to carriers’ demands and lock them down for good. It has been discovered that T-Mobile Sony Xperia Z1s bootloader unlock is not possible, simply because this smartphone is not shipping with an unlockable bootloader.

It goes without saying that anyone who buys this smartphone won’t be able to tinker with it, flashing custom ROMs is out of the question until a solution has been developed or if T-Mobile decides to rectify this by issuing an update. Its ironic that for a carrier that’s defying the norms of the wireless carrier industry, T-Mobile has gone down a very traditional route that carriers take to stop customers from tinkering with their devices. There aren’t many differences between the Xperia Z1 and the T-Mobile exclusive Z1s, however the former does come with an unlockable bootloader which can be unlocked by obtaining an unlock key from Sony’s developer portal and applying it via fastboot. So if tinkering with the device is important to you, you would probably be better off without the Z1s at this point in time.

T-Mobile Sony Xperia Z1s Bootloader Unlock Not Possible original content from Ubergizmo.

When it comes to getting consumers to switch from a different carrier, T-Mobile has not been shy and has actually been pretty damn aggressive. Their latest offer, Uncarrier 4.0, will actually pay customers to switch from major carriers and onto theirs. T-Mobile will not only pay you for your old phone, but will also pay your early termination fees, all of which could add up to about $650 if you’re lucky. Now the bad news is that this is only for major carriers, but according to T-Mobile, they told the folks at Re/code that they plan to loosening their requirements in the future and extend that offer to smaller carriers, such as US Cellular being one of them.

In fact they are so aggressive to the point where they will take in any phone, regardless whether it is in a working condition or not. Naturally phones not working will fetch a much lower price, but it is a good way to shave off a couple of bucks here and there, and put your old broken phone to good use. Naturally investors are worried since this would ultimately affect T-Mobile’s bottom line, although the carrier expects that this will most likely pay off in the long-run, and also the fact that not every customer will be getting the maximum payout of $650. Like we said it’s pretty aggressive, although we’re sure some would call it desperate, but what do you guys think?

T-Mobile Might Pay You To Switch From A Smaller Carrier In The Future original content from Ubergizmo.