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If you Brits were looking forward to utilizing the 808 PureView’s 41-megapixel sensor while sipping Pimm’s this summer, well, be prepared to pay a hefty price. We’ve heard from O2, Three and Everything Everywhere (the parent company of Orange UK and T-Mobile UK) that they will not be selling said Nokia device in the UK, and Virgin Media told us it isn’t in the pipeline “just yet.” Our friends over at Wired UK have also heard the same bad news from Vodafone and O2, with a source close to the latter laying the blame on Nokia’s “outdated” Symbian Belle system. Ouch. So yes, this means all the major carriers in Her Majesty’s backyard are out of the game; but until we hear back from Carphone Warehouse, there may still be a small chance for keen British mobile photogs to dodge the full £500 ($780) price tag on Amazon (in comparison to $699 on the US site), so stay tuned.

Nokia’s 808 PureView will not be sold by major UK carriers, time to save up some pounds originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It is official – if you are going to rock to the Samsung Galaxy S3 on T-Mobile’s network, then be prepared to miss out on LTE goodness, as this particular smartphone will not play nice with T-Mobile’s upcoming LTE network. A T-Mobile spokesperson did confirm that the same LTE radio inside T-Mobile’s version will be the same as any other Galaxy S3 model arriving in the US, although it will be incompatible with T-Mobile’s future LTE network.

The Samsung Galaxy SIII won’t run on T-Mobile’s LTE network in the future, but we will continue to operate our HSPA+ 42 network when we launch LTE in 2013.

The culprit behind this bit of news? Well, the fault apparently lies in T-Mobile’s AWS spectrum, as AT&T and Verizon rely on bands in the 700MHz spectrum for their LTE – which is not something that T-Mobile will do. Of course, do take note that LTE does have the promise of superior speeds, but T-Mobile’s HSPA+ 42 is no slouch either, where independent tester RootMetrics claimed is faster compared to Sprint’s 4G WiMax. Is this a make or break decision for you if you have been rooting for a Samsung Galaxy S3 all this while on T-Mobile?

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Samsung Galaxy S3 now available from T-Mobile, T-Mobile announces the Samsung Galaxy S3 for the 21st of June,

Don’t let Carly’s leather skinsuit fool you — Magenta may be rebranding with a focus on high-speed network flash, but it hasn’t forgotten the budget base it’s built upon. Starting this July, the operator’s bringing its prepaid and monthly4G no contract plans to shoppers at over 6,000 Dollar General stores. Cost-conscious consumers that take the plunge won’t have the luxury of cherry-picking their chosen device, though, as only Samsung’s t139 (a modest flip phone, remember those?) will be on offer. Need to know more? Then click on past the break for the official presser.

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T-Mobile to offer prepaid and monthly4G service at participating Dollar General stores originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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T-Mobile’s HSPA+ data network is, y’know, okay. But it doesn’t compare to LTE. Now, when T-Mo will finally arrives at the LTE party next year, it’ll get a big boost with spectrum from Verizon. More »