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Apple & LG Both Pick Up Smartphone Users
Reston, Va. — More people are using Apple and LG smartphones, ComScore said, while Samsung, Motorola and HTC weren’t so lucky during the June-ending...
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AT&T Ups Bounty For DirecTV Users Who Add AT&T Cellular
Dallas – AT&T is leveraging its recent ownership of DirecTV once again with a limited-time promo that offers up to $500 to DirecTV and...
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Alcatel OneTouch Continues Consumer Push With Unlocked Idol 3 4.7
Irvine, Calif. — Chinese smartphone maker Alcatel OneTouch has expanded its line of unlocked smartphones for North American consumers with the launch of the...
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How HTC Hopes To Turn Around Its Fortunes
Taoyuan, Taiwan – HTC will trim its smartphone portfolio and operating costs, expand its selection of more profitable premium phones, and develop more trendy...
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KPhone USA Adds Name To Unlocked-Phone List
Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. – Another maker of unlocked smartphones is entering the U.S. market and targeting retail channels, and unlike some competitors, this one...
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Guerilla Marketing The Carl Pei Way
New York – Until now, only Apple could inspire consumers to queue up on city streets for the release of a new smartphone. But...
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AT&T Bundles TV, Cellphone Service Nationwide
Dallas — AT&T will become the first U.S. carrier to offer a nationwide bundle of TV and cellphone service following its July 24 acquisition...
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Samsung Q2 Disappointing
Seoul, South Korea — Samsung reported disappointing Q2 results attributed to weaker than expected Galaxy 6 smartphone sales. Operating profit for the company’s mobile...
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OnePlus Employing VR For Follow-Up Phone Debut
Updated! Shenzhen, China – We’ve all heard about virtual reality’s potential to revolutionize gaming and porn. Now smartphone upstart OnePlus is making even more novel use...
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AT&T, Verizon Battle To Win Back Smartphone Defectors
Dallas – A limited-time promotion announced today by AT&T gives consumers $300 if they switch from another carrier and buy a smartphone. The promotion,...
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Dish’s Wireless Plans Could Cost More
Washington D.C. – Dish affiliates Northstar Wireless and SNR Wireless will have to cough up another $3.3 billion on top of their $13.3 billion...
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Kyocera Steps Up T-Mobile, MetroPCS Presence
San Diego – Kyocera Communications is expanding its presence in the T-Mobile and MetroPCS lineups with its newest waterproof 4G LTE Android smartphone, the...
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T-Mobile: Who Needs Messaging Apps?
Bellevue, Wash. – T-Mobile launched an advanced messaging service based on Rich Communications Services (RCS) technology, which delivers messaging capabilities previously available only with...
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Asus Teams Up With AT&T For GoPhone Prepaid Phone
Fremont, Calif. – Asus unveiled its first two unlocked phones for the U.S. market in May, but the Chinese phone maker turned to carrier...
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Sprint Prepaid Brands Refresh Phones
Overland Park, Kansas – Sprint’s prepaid-service brands are refreshing a handful of low- and mid-priced LTE phones, with Sprint Prepaid and Virgin Mobile replacing...
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CIRP: T-Mobile Leads In Q2 Subscriber-Base Expansion Rate
Chicago – T-Mobile and Sprint grew their cellphone subscriber bases by a greater percentage than rivals Verizon and AT&T in the second quarter, with...
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Marshall Headphones Launches High-Res Smartphone
Stockholm, Sweden – Marshall Headphones, which licenses the Marshall name from guitar-amp maker Marshall Amps, launched a music-oriented Android smartphone with high-resolution 192kHz/24-bit Wolfson...
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T-Mobile, MetroPCS Add Value Phones
Bellevue, Wash. – T-Mobile and its prepaid brand MetroPCS are adding new value-priced smartphones to their selections. MetroPCS is also rolling out a Mexico...
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HTC Rolling Out Desire Smartphone Series
Update! Bellevue, Wash. – HTC will roll out its new Desire series of affordable phones starting this month and expects the devices will be...
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ZTE’s Axon Pro Smartphone Stresses Audio, Video Performance
New York – ZTE USA will bring unlocked phones to the U.S. market under the new Axon series, starting with a model positioned as...
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T-Mobile Family Plan Offers 10GB LTE Per Person
Bellevue, Wash. – A new T-Mobile family plan available July 15 gives each family member 10GB of LTE data without sharing and with unlimited...
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Gallup: Smartphone-Upgrade Programs Haven’t Kicked In
Washington D.C. — Most smartphone owners say they’ll replace their smartphone only when it stops working or becomes “totally obsolete,” a Gallup survey found....
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T-Mobile Gains 2.1 Million Net Subscribers In Q2
Bellevue, Wash. — T-Mobile’s total net subscriber additions shot up to 2.07 million in the second quarter, marking the ninth consecutive quarter of more...
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T-Mobile Adds Canada, Mexico To Plans At No Charge
Bellevue, Wash. — T-Mobile is adding calls to Mexico and Canada at no extra charge and dropping roaming charges for voice and data usage...
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Microsoft Slashing Phone Business Acquired From Nokia
Redmond, Wash. – Microsoft is slashing its cellphone business as part of a larger restructuring that will cut up to 7,800 positions from the...
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Republic Wireless Refunding Subscribers For Unused Data
Raleigh, N.C. – Wireless MVNO Republic Wireless launched new service plans that refund money back to subscribers if they don’t use all of their...
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Sprint Eliminates 600kbps Limit On Video Streaming
Overland Park, Kan. – Sprint swiftly reversed course and eliminated a 600kbps speed cap on video streaming in the All-In unlimited plan launched yesterday....
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Sprint Targeting Rate-Plan Confusion With All-In Plan
Overland Park, Kan. — Sprint is challenging what it called its rivals’ confusing advertising with the launch of an $80 All-In plan that bundles...
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Best Buy Gets Another Exclusive Sprint Plan
Overland Park, Kan. – Best Buy and Sprint tightened their relationship with the launch of a second pricing plan available exclusively through the national...
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Sprint Expands Direct 2 You Delivery Service
Overland Park, Kansas – Sprint today expanded its Direct 2 You service to the New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Denver metro areas....
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Prepaid MNVO UVA Mobile Launches
San Diego — Start-up MVNO UVA Mobile launched its prepaid cellular service to consumers nationwide over its website and plans to roll out a...
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T-Mobile Kicks Off Jump! On Demand Trade-In Program
Bellevue, Wash. – T-Mobile kicked off the first in a planned series of marketing initiatives with the introduction of a phone trade-in program that...
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NUU Mobile Brings Unlocked Phones To Meijer Stores
Rochester, Minn. – Cellphone maker NUU Mobile is expanding its distribution to brick-and-mortar stores for the first time with the launch of four unlocked Android...
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Music-Focused ROK Mobile Going Retail
Los Angeles – ROK Mobile, a cellular MVNO that includes its own music-streaming service in the price of its wireless plan, is going retail....
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Rugged Version Of Samsung Galaxy S6 Due
Dallas – AT&T will begin offering a ruggedized version of Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S6 smartphone on June 12 on an exclusive basis as the...
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Unlocked Nubia Phones Squeeze For Selfies
Beijing – Nubia, a subsidiary of Chinese smartphone maker ZTE, will bring an unlocked premium Z9 Android smartphone to the U.S. in the third...
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AT&T Dropping Contracts Through Most Outlets
Dallas – AT&T confirmed that it is phasing out sales of subsidized phones with two-year contracts through all channels but its own 2,000 company-owned...
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Huawei Steps Up Unlocked-Phone Marketing
New York – Huawei unveiled its second unlocked phone for the U.S. market in as many months. The launch is part of Huawei’s two-prong...
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Boost Mobile Prepaid Service Adds Live TV
Overland Park, Kan. — Sprint introduced new features to prepaid plans, unveiling a live TV service for its Boost Mobile prepaid brand and launching...
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T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular Price LG G4
New York – T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular revealed their plans for LG’s flagship G4 smartphone following last week’s announcement by Sprint. The phone was...
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Sprint Launching LG G4 On June 5
Overland Park, Kansas – Carriers have begun announcing their rollout plans for LG’s flagship G4, with Sprint planning June 5 availability through all distribution...
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T-Mobile, MetroPCS Launching Value-Priced LG Phones
Bellevue, Wash. – T-Mobile is launching two new value-priced LTE smartphones, the LG G Stylo phablet and LG Leon, with T-Mobile service and with...