Sometimes FCC filings are rife with details. T-Mobile and ZTE aren’t playing that game right now: a device has shown up at the US agency bearing only the T-Mobile Aspect name and a ZTE F555 model number. That already tells us that it’s likely to have 1,700MHz 3G inside, but the rest is left to our imaginings. It could be anything from a humdrum basic feature phone to a hotspot or future smartphone. We’re hoping it’s something as sleek as the upcoming Athena, but it could be an adaptation of mid-tier devices like the Mimosa X or a Windows Phone like the Orbit. With most details under wraps, we’ll have to sit tight until either an official launch or until more details slip. The only certainty is that ZTE isn’t finished with the US just yet.
Mysterious, ZTE-made T-Mobile Aspect swings by the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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I would assume that if you were part of the T-Mobile subscriber base, you most probably would have experienced a data service outage of some sort – and we are not talking about just 2G (who uses EDGE connectivity anymore these days?) data connections, but 3G as well as the speedy 4G connections as well. T-Mobile did step out later in the day to confirm this particular issue, and a tweet from their official account pointed to a particular “network data issue” that affects service for some of its customers, which will jive in tandem with several reports that we have received concerning some users being connected without any issue at all. While no estimated time was given in advance for a fix, it seems that at 12:15AM Eastern Time, T-Mobile officially tweeted that their data services across all spectrums have been restored. Is your T-Mobile connection still down and out for the count, or is it running fine and dandy like a well oiled Olympian ready to pick up the gold medal?
