Articles tagged "Sprint"

After years of rumors, months of hearings and legal negotiations with US regulators, and almost two years after the initial announcement, T-Mobile US officially announced its merger with Sprint. The $23 billion deal combines the #3 and $4 carriers...

Early February, the FCC wrote a letter to the US Congress where it explained that “one or more” major US carriers was selling its customers’ location data to some agencies. This practice was initially discovered back in 2018 and only how has the FCC...

The deal between T-Mobile and Sprint was stopped in its tracks after an appeal by a group of states, led by California and New York senators. Reuters reports that a federal judge approved the deal, rejecting the claim that the proposed action...

Over a year and a half ago, each of the four major US carriers was in some way involved with an incident that revealed how carriers were selling location data of its subscribers to whoever wanted to pay for them. It involved a couple of “middle men”...

Sprint has launched a repair program for some Samsung Galaxy smartphones. The eligible phones include the Galaxy S7, S8-series, S9-series and the Galaxy Note8. And yes, the latest Galaxy flagships are not covered. Anyway, if you are in...

LG started rolling out the update to Android 10 for the G8 ThinQ in South Korea last November, and now the new software has finally arrived in the US as well. It's currently heading out to G8 units purchased from both Sprint and Verizon. The...

Sprint and T-Mobile are still not in the clear for the massive merger. It still has both New York and California’s attorneys general suing in opposition of the merger due to decreased competition, loss of jobs, and raising of service costs. In an...

US carriers AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile rolled out Android 10 for the Galaxy Note10 and Note10+ at the end of last month. Now Sprint too has joined the group by releasing the latest version of Android for the Galaxy Note10 duo. The new builds for...

According to a market analysis performed by Wave7 Research, Apple and Samsung control over 90 percent of the United States smartphone market. According to the report, 94% of phones sold at Verizon and 91% of phone sold in T-Mobile stores were either...

The Galaxy S10e may be the least talked about member of the Galaxy S10 family, but that's not because it's not a great phone. In fact, if you like smaller flagship devices with flat screens, it's basically Samsung's only option for you right now -...

LG has already announced that its G8X ThinQ, along with its unique Dual Screen accessory, will be hitting the United States starting on November 1. Carriers were going to then confirm their specific launch details, and Sprint is the first one to...

As expected given Sprint's announcement earlier this month, the OnePlus 7 Pro 5G has now reached the carrier. It's already available in select stores, and you'll be able to purchase it online from August 28. Beginning on September 6, it will be in...

As we're getting closer to the rumored early October launch of the Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, the prices of their predecessors just keep on dropping. We've seen the Pixel 3 and/or Pixel 3 XL go for $200 off their usual prices, $300, and even...

Sprint and OnePlus today have announced the introduction of a OnePlus 5G smartphone to the US carrier's network. Sprint hasn't named the OnePlus 7 Pro 5G specifically but given that it's OnePlus' only 5G smartphone, there are just no other...

We have been following this story for the last few years. We've known that Sprint and T-Mobile were interested in merging since rumors began rumbling back in 2016 with plans falling through at least a couple of times. Even at that time, the reason...

Two independent reports cite “people familiar with the matter” regarding the possibility of a T-Mobile/Sprint decision announcement. Both FoxBusiness and CNBC report about the possibility of an announcement of the merger as soon as Wednesday. As...

Sprint is currently offering the best deal we've ever seen for the Samsung Galaxy S10e. Originally priced at $749.99 all-in, this smartphone can now be yours from the carrier for only $10 per month through the Sprint Flex Lease plan. After 18...

Opensignal runs thousands of speed and network coverage tests in the United States and collects lots of information about these carriers over time which Opensignal then uses to compile its Mobile Network Experience Report. The latest report...

As part of their attempts to convince the DoJ to allow the T-Mobile and Sprint merger, the carriers are in talks with satellite TV provider Dish Network to offload some assets, including wireless spectrum and the Boost Mobile brand. This could lead...

Clearly one of the main highlights of Google's Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL is how cheap they are, at least when compared to the Pixel 3 and 3 XL's launch prices, or any other top of the line smartphone from companies like Apple or Samsung. Today,...