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T-Mobile has announced that it will be offering the Samsung Galaxy Note II on its network. You can order up the device today if you’re willing to pay nearly $70 more than you can get the same exact phone for on the AT&T network. T-Mobile will offer the device in gray or white colors for $369.99.

By comparison, AT&T is offering the Galaxy Note II for $299.99 with the same two-year agreement. Another bit of bad news about the $369.99 price tag for the device at T-Mobile is that it includes a $50 mail-in rebate. That means when you’re rolling in the T-Mobile store to buy one of these, you’re actually going to pay $419.99 and then wait for 6 to 8 weeks for your $50 to come back in the mail.

If you’re a big enough fan of the T-Mobile network that paying more doesn’t bother you, you can order the device up today, and it offers the same features that the Note II has on the other networks. Those features include Android 4.1 for the operating system, a quad-core 1.6 GHz processor, and the 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED display.

The phone/tablet has a full HD resolution camcorder, 16 GB of integrated memory along with a microSD slot for expansion, and a 3100 mAh battery. The dimensions of the device are 5.94 x 3.16 x 0.37-inches and weighs 6.3 ounces. The tablet also features the S Pen allowing users to write directly on the screen.

T-Mobile Galaxy Note II on sale (for $70 more than AT&T wants) is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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T-Mobile has recently made some changes to its smartphone data service requirements. Previously, customers were allowed to simply just nab the 200MB data plan when activating a smartphone, which certainly saved on costs, but now the carrier is bumping up the minimum to 2GB of data when activating a new smartphone plan.

The change went into affect October 10, and requires any new customer activating a smartphone to choose the 2GB data plan at the very minimum. The good news is that this doesn’t affect existing customers who are using the 200MB data plan, and even better, it won’t affect current customers who upgrade to a new smartphone in the future.

T-Mobile said it made these changes simply because modern smartphones consume a lot of data, and 200MB just doesn’t cut it usually, so in order to prevent their customers from getting unexpected overage charges or throttling, the carrier has decided to require at least 2GB allocated to each smartphone activation.

This was certainly a good move for T-Mobile, and while the changes will essentially bring in more revenue for the carrier, helping their customers out by protecting them from overage charges is something you don’t see every day from other carriers. Then again, we’re not sure why more customers don’t just go for T-Mobile’s unlimited plan while they still can.

[via TmoNews]

T-Mobile makes changes to data service requirements is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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T-Mobile has long been able to offer support for the iPhone on its network, but the carrier simply never sold the device in any of its stores. That might change, though, come early 2013. Morgan Stanley analyst Nick Delfas says that T-Mobile could “announce official iPhone distribution in early 2013.”

As it stands, T-Mobile is the only major US carrier that doesn’t sell the iPhone to its customers, but that could easily change. T-Mobile has been working on improving its network across the country. The carrier is currently working on a $4 billion project to beef up its 4G LTE network, and it launched unlimited 4G data plans last month.

This undertaking could be happening to make room for the iPhone 5, which features 4G LTE capabilities for the first time. T-Mobile also announced a couple weeks ago that it’s planning to merge with MetroPCS, which has been working hard to improve its own 4G LTE network. The merger will help T-Mobile increase its LTE reach across the country.

The analyst didn’t provide anymore details other than that the deal could help sell another one or two million iPhone 5 devices in the first quarter, which would be even more of a win for Apple, since its device would be reaching even more customers. Apple sold around 5 million iPhone 5s during opening weekend alone.

[via CNET]

T-Mobile iPhone 5 may arrive early next year is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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T-Mobile announced on Monday that it will exclusively offer the Nokia Lumia 810 in the United States. Set to be available “in the coming weeks,” the 810 features a 4.3-inch OLED WVGA Clear Black display, an 8-megapixel Carl Zeiss optics rear-facing camera, a 1.2-megapixel Skype HD-certified front-facing shooter, Windows Phone 8 and support for T-Mobile’s HSPA+ faux 4G network. If those specs sound a little familiar, they should — the 810 seems quite a bit similar to the already announced 820. There are some details absent from this release, however, including CPU, storage, RAM and pricing, but we expect this to be remedied in the coming days. Now that T-Mobile and Ma Bell have called dibs on some of Nokia’s first wave of Windows Phone 8 devices, we’re left to wonder if America’s other two major wireless carriers will soon get with the program.

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MetroPCS could be the target of a bidding war, with wireless industry whispers that Deutsche Telekom’s bid to merge the carrier with T-Mobile USA may face a challenge from another US network. Although the agreement with Deutsche Telekom has already been announced as in incipient merger, a trio of sources speaking to Bloomberg claim ailing rival Sprint is weighing a counter-bid that could be submitted as early as next week.

The CDMA carrier’s board is meeting within the next two days to decide whether to chase a deal of its own, though there’s no guarantee that one will be submitted. A company spokesperson declined to comment – as did those from MetroPCS and Deutsche Telecom – though another source claims the German firm is already prepared to fire back with a new offer, and “would consider  better terms if necessary,” should Sprint weigh in.

It’s not apparently the first time Sprint has considered snatching up MatroPCS. Rumors earlier in the year suggested the acquisition had been considered, but was shelved after the board decided the price was too rich for its liking.

However, an upward change in share price has left the carrier looking more solid, and – along with the threat of T-Mobile USA swelling into a more significant challenger – a deal may now be something Sprint can’t afford to opt out of. Together, T-Mobile USA and Metro PCS would have 42.5m subscribers and sales of around $24.8bn.

A deal between the two CDMA carriers, though, might make more sense than with GSM-based T-Mobile USA. There would be significant network infrastructure to be done in order to combine the MetroPCS and T-Mobile USA’s service, though the upside is the promise of an LTE network with claimed data speeds of double what Verizon is currently offering.

T-Mobile MetroPCS deal faces Sprint counter-offer threat is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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