1:55 PM
When it comes to the Nexus 4 smartphone, no doubt many were somewhat disappointed when Google put the device up for sale on Google Play, with stocks of both the 8GB and 16GB versions selling out rapidly. However, if you are over in the good old US of A, your preferred carrier is T-Mobile, and you are desperate for the Nexus 4, T-Mobile USA will be offering the device today.
Unfortunately though, although the 16GB Nexus 4 from T-Mobile USA commands a price tag of $199, you will be required to sign up for the usual two-year agreement, but it is roughly $150 less than the unsubsidised 16GB Nexus 4.
However, of course there is another option for picking up the 16GB Nexus 4 from the carrier, and that is the off contract route, which The Verge is reporting will officially command a hefty price tag of $499. Of course this is the same handset you can pick up from Google Play for $349.99 when it comes back in stock.
One does have to consider though if you do go for the contract free Nexus 4, the device is still somewhat less costly off contract than other Android smartphones the carrier offers, such as the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 for $699.99, and the popular 16GB Samsung Galaxy S3, which carries an off contract price of $579.99.
If you do opt to purchase the Nexus 4 from T-Mobile USA, you will be please to hear that the carrier hasn’t modified the handset with custom software, and is the identical device that is offered by Google Play, albeit more expensive.
So if you are considering shelling out more of your hard earned cash to have the Nexus 4 in your hands, the device should be available in select T-mobile stores as of today, but the carrier hasn’t stipulated which locations, so it might pay to give your local T-Mobile store a ring beforehand.
Nexus 4 T-Mobile WiFi calling possible with GBA SIM card.
There is a little confusion playing around with our brains today, so we here at Phones Review would like to call out to T-Mobile for an insight on the truth. The LG Nexus 4 as we know will not support WiFi calling on the T-Mobile network and that much we do know, but this is where it all gets a little messy.
The T-Mobile Nexus 4 not having WiFi calling is clearly stated on T-Mobile’s support page, just look down the list and look for WiFi Calling and see for yourself, but then we get a little tip via one of our readers saying the T-Mobile Nexus 4 will support full WiFi calling, and this is all possible if you use a specialized GBA SIM card.
Owners will need a GBA SIM card and then you will need to register a 9-1-1 address, after this has been done consumers can turn on the Nexus 4 smartphone’s WiFi and connect to a WiFi network, the thing is we know that contract prices for this handset is a little too high for some, do you agree? Just a quick price recap, there will be a Value Plan costing $199.99 with a down payment and 20 equal payments of $20 per month with a two-year service agreement on qualifying voice and data plans. There will also be the Classic Plan at $199.99 with a two-year service agreement according to TmoNews.
If you take a look at this image above courtesy of Cnet you will see the screenshot mentioning the Nexus 4 WiFi calling capabilities using the GBA SIM card.Just so you know the LG Nexus 4 goes on sale via the Google Play Store tomorrow from £239 to £279, if you like news covering the LG Nexus 4 how about having a read of our Nexus 4 vs Galaxy Nexus upgrade.
1:50 PM
If you are over in the good old US of A, your preferred carrier is T-Mobile, and have been waiting for the HTC One S in ceramic black to hit the carrier. You just might like to know that the black version of the Android smartphone has now been released on T-Mobile USA, and the device is being offered with a rebate as well as a freebie.
For those that might have been waiting for the arrival of the ceramic black version of the HTC One S, T-Mobile USA have the smartphone available as a free handset, which has a retail price of $549.99, but you get a web-only discount of $149.99, instant discount of $350, and a mail in rebate of $50 to bring that price down to zero.
Of course if you do decide to snap up the black One S from the carrier you will be required to sign up to the usual two-year agreement on a qualifying plan, and a data plan is also required.
Furthermore on purchasing the T-Mobile HTC One S in black you will also receive a freebie in the form of a HTC One S Body Glove Revel Shell. Usually priced at $14.99, and is a two-piece hard shell case that allows access to all controls and ports, features protective textured material and a detachable rotating clip that can convert into a kickstand.
The HTC One S is an Android Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone of course, that runs on T-Mobile’s fast 4G network, and allows you to listen to your music the way it should be thanks to Beats Audio technology, along with capturing video in 1080p @60fps, whilst T-Mobile TV enables the user to stream popular entertainment on demand, and watch live TV, sports, kid’s shows, and news.
The HTC One S (codenamed Ville) is a premium smartphone designed and manufactured by HTC as part of the HTC One series which has Beats Audio and runs the Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" mobile operating system with HTC Sense. Announced by HTC on 26 February 2012, the HTC One S was scheduled for official release on 2 April 2012. The first phones were sold on March 30. In the United States, the One S is carried by T-Mobile and Solavei.
Slotted between the low-end HTC One V and the high-end HTC One X in the HTC One lineup, the One S's specs and positioning are close to that of the flagship One X. The One S and One X sold in North America share the same dual-core processor, though the One S lacks LTE. The One S has an aluminum body and a 4.3-inch 960x 540 pixel (qHD) Super AMOLED display with PenTile matrix with a pixel density of 256 pixels per inch, compared to the One X's polycarbonate body and a 4.7-inch (120 mm) 1,280x720 pixel (RGB matrix) Super LCD 2 display with a pixel density of 312 pixels per inch. The One S's use of a PenTile display makes it more energy efficient and thinner than equivalent LCD screens, giving it better battery life than the One X.
While their rear-facing cameras use identical 8-megapixel sensors, for the front-facing camera the One S has a VGA cam and video capture fixed at 640 x 480 resolution compared to the One X's 1.3-megapixel sensor with 720p HD video capture. In North America, the One S and One X are usually not sold by the same carrier, for instance T-Mobile and Telus offer the One S, while AT&T and Rogers sell the One X.
1:43 PM
We are now in the busy time of year where we see the shops full of eager consumers looking to pick up a bargain for themselves, or a present for someone else. There is no reason why smartphones can’t be part of this bargain hunting, and it seems T-Mobile is planning some price drops on some phones including the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and S3.
The recent announcement of the Nexus 4 and its price via the Google Play Store for an unlocked handset will offer stiffer competition to the various carriers around the world. A previously reliable source has sent BriefMobile some images of T-Mobile internal memos that show the carrier may be about to drop the prices on a number of smartphones.
On many people’s wish list this year will be the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, and if accurate this is seeing a massive price drop on the carrier from $369.99 down to $249.99, which would make the carrier the cheapest in the US to offer the device, unless rival carriers cut their prices as well.
Other notable price reductions include the Samsung Galaxy S3 cut from $279.99 down to $129.99, Galaxy S2 from $149.99 to $79.99, and the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze cut to $49.99 from $99.99. It is not only Samsung handsets that have received price cuts as the LG Optimus L9 is now priced at $49.99 instead of $79.99, while the HTC One S has been dropped from $149.99 to $99.99.
The price cuts are set to come into force today but it is not known how long these lower prices will last for, but certainly offer consumers something to think about when picking up a new smartphone this holiday season.
While the carrier doesn’t currently have a 4G LTE network up and running right now, its HSPA+ network is no slouch and as we have already told you the T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2 will support LTE in the future. Will you be getting a new handset from T-Mobile following these price drops.
The Galaxy Note II is available in titanium gray and marble white. Other features, which vary as customized by carrier, include FM/TV tuner, charging pins, and dual-SIM card support.
Communication processor
The baseband chipset of GT-N7100 is Intel Wireless PMB9811X Gold Baseband processor.[21] The baseband chipset of SGH-T889, SHV-E250K, and SHV-E250S is Qualcomm Gobi MDM9215.[18][22][23] SHV-E250L has Qualcomm Gobi MDM9615M for the EVDO revision B Connectivity.
Network connectivity
Most of the variants support GSM/GPRS/EDGE in the 850 Mhz, 900 Mhz, 1.9 Ghz, and 2.1 Ghz bands; and UMTS/HSPA+21 in 850 Mhz, 900 Mhz, 1.9 Ghz, and 2.1 Ghz.
AWS phones
SGH-T889 and SGH-T889V are AWS devices capable of transferring data over Advanced Wireless Services band (uplink 1.7 Ghz, downlink 2.1 Ghz) of the network carriers such as T-Mobile USA, Wind Mobile, Mobilicity and Vidéotron.
CDMA/EV-DO phones
SCH-R950, SHV-E250L, SCH-i605, and SCH-N719 are to connect to cdmaOne, CDMA 1xRTT, and EV-DO rev 0/A/B. these variants except SCH-R950, can connect to the GSM network as well.
1:35 PM
After weeks of leaks and speculation a few days ago Google and LG revealed the Nexus 4 smartphone to the world, which marked a first for the manufacturer by offering consumers a Nexus branded smartphone. Today though we have news of the T-Mobile Nexus 4 Wi-Fi calling and HSPA+ spec correction.
As TmoNews is reporting there will be no Wi-Fi calling from the upcoming LG Nexus 4 on T-Mobile, which won’t be down to the carrier itself as Nexus hardware doesn’t get any input from the various carriers that plan to offer the device, so T-Mobile wouldn’t be able to request the Nexus 4 had this feature.
Meanwhile as Know Your Mobile are reporting Google has now corrected the specification listing for the recently announced LG Nexus 4 smartphone. The handset was listed to have HSPA+21 compatibility, but this has been changed to HSPA+42, which is a lot faster.
Carriers in the UK are currently busy rolling out HSPA+ services across the country before 4G LTE services get pushed out during next year, but it has to be remembered the LG Nexus 4 doesn’t have 4G capability.
Compared to the regular 3G service HSPA+ is claimed to be about twice as fast, where 4G is even quicker at around four times quicker, and closer to what many households get with their broadband connections with a top speed claimed to be 40-45mbps.
Some tests carried out over in the US earlier this year though found that HSPA+ networks at least matched 4G LTE services, but in some cases even beat them, but it has to be remembered this can depend on location, hardware, and connectivity so these speeds won’t always apply.
The handset is set to go on sale in a couple of weeks from November 14th, and SIM free prices start at £239 via the Google Play Store. Will you be getting the LG Nexus 4.
The phone was made available for purchase on the Google Play online store in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, and Australia. Stock sold out quickly, in some markets within minutes of release.The phone became available in the Play store again on January 29, 2013, and since then has had no major supply issues.
The Nexus 4 was also made available through industry-standard means, via phone operators and retailers such as the Carphone Warehouse. Starting the following day, November 14, 2012, T-Mobile USA stores would sell the 16 GB model. On Thanksgiving morning, Google linked those customers browsing the Nexus 4 product page over to the online store of T-Mobile.com. Within hours, T-Mobile's online stock was sold out.
Europe, Central and South America, Asia, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the Middle East were planned to receive Nexus 4 by the end of November 2012 in what Google referred to as "offline availability", presumably meaning availability in brick and mortar stores and other retail stores, instead of the Google Play store.
The phone was initially planned to be unavailable in South Korea due to carrier opposition, purportedly over the lack of LTE support.However, an online claim by KT Telecom President Pyo Hyun-myung that he is requesting for the Nexus 4 launch has led to LG's announcement that they are in talks with Google about the issue as of November 22, 2012.
1:28 PM
We’ve been writing plenty of posts about the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (Note II) and one of the last regions to see a release is the US. It has now released on T-Mobile USA though and if you already purchased one you might be pleased to learn that in the future a software update to support T-Mobile LTE looks as though it will be possible, even though T-Mobile didn’t plug the phone as being LTE-equipped.
A couple of days ago we told readers of the T-Mobile availability for the Galaxy Note 2 and it has also just become available on Sprint, although AT&T and Verizon customers will have to wait a bit longer yet. Of course, customers on T-Mobile who have purchased the phone or are just about to may not even have considered LTE, as T-Mobile’s LTE network is not set to launch until late in 2013. However it seems that the T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2 that is being supplied does have the necessary hardware support for LTE.
The Verge tells how Anand Tech notes the T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2 has the same basic hardware as AT&T’s version and T-Mobile have now clarified the situation regarding LTE. T-Mobile confirms that while the Galaxy Note 2 that it’s selling won’t automatically update to LTE when its LTE network is launched, the handset does have the hardware capability for HSPA+42 and LTE. The carrier goes on to say that it will issue further information on LTE support for the Galaxy Note 2 when the network launches.
This certainly suggests that T-Mobile will be able to update the Galaxy Note 2 for its LTE network with a software update when the time comes, though for now the focus will very much be on getting the LTE network active. T-Mobile anticipates that its LTE network will be accessible to over 200 million Americans by the end of next year so for those who are purchasing the Galaxy Note 2 on the carrier it will be a real plus point to know that it will be able to be used with the future T-Mobile LTE service.
We’ve been writing
plenty of posts about the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (Note II) and one of the
last regions to see a release is the US. It has now released on
T-Mobile USA though and if you already purchased one you might be
pleased to learn that in the future a software update to support
T-Mobile LTE looks as though it will be possible, even though T-Mobile
didn’t plug the phone as being LTE-equipped.
A couple of days ago
we told readers of the T-Mobile availability for the Galaxy Note 2 and
it has also just become available on Sprint, although AT&T and
Verizon customers will have to wait a bit longer yet. Of course,
customers on T-Mobile who have purchased the phone or are just about to
may not even have considered LTE, as T-Mobile’s LTE network is not set
to launch until late in 2013. However it seems that the T-Mobile Galaxy
Note 2 that is being supplied does have the necessary hardware support
for LTE.
The Verge tells how Anand Tech notes the T-Mobile Galaxy
Note 2 has the same basic hardware as AT&T’s version and T-Mobile
have now clarified the situation regarding LTE. T-Mobile confirms that
while the Galaxy Note 2 that it’s selling won’t automatically update to
LTE when its LTE network is launched, the handset does have the hardware
capability for HSPA+42 and LTE. The carrier goes on to say that it will
issue further information on LTE support for the Galaxy Note 2 when the
network launches.
If you have already purchased a Galaxy Note 2 on T-Mobile did you even consider whether it would support the LTE network further down the line,If you assumed it wouldn’t are you pleased to hear this latest news? Maybe you planned to wait to purchase a handset that T-Mobile advertised as LTE before spending on a new smartphone but may be tempted to the Galaxy Note 2 now.
The Galaxy Note II features a 5.55 inch HD Super AMOLED S-Stripe RGB (3 subpixels/pixel) (non-PenTile) screen with 1280×720 resolution, a 1.6 GHz quad-core Exynos CPU, 2 GiB RAM, an 8 MP rear camera and 1.9 MP front camera, and a 3,100 mAh battery. It is slightly thinner than its predecessor at 9.4 mm (0.37 inches), albeit also being slightly heavier by 2 grams (0.071 oz).
Depending on the specific model, the phone features HSPA+ 21 Mbps along with 4G LTE(42.2 Mbit/s DC-HSPA+ for LTE Version).The Galaxy Note II is equipped with Broadcom BCM4334 chipset for the IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi connectivity in 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz dual-band with maximum rate up to 150 Mbps, FM radio tuner and Bluetooth 4.0 + HS support.
The Galaxy Note II will supposedly be available in 16 GiB, 32 GiB and 64 GiB storage capacity variants, each expandable by up to an additional 64 GiB with a microSD card. However, as of 8th January 2013, only the 16 GiB and 32 GiB versions are available and there has been no release date for or any indication of a 64 GiB version of the Note II to be offered.
Stylus
The smartphone's pressure-sensitive S Pen stylus is slightly thicker than in the original Galaxy Note, and a feature marketed as Air View allows a user to preview content by hovering the pen over the content, similar to the hoverbox feature of a mouse in some desktop computers. Another feature marketed as Quick Command reveals a list of available commands at the swipe of the S Pen. The S Pen's 1,024 levels of pen-pressure sensitivity give it significantly more accuracy and precision than the original Note's 256.
1:23 PM
If you are over in the good old US of A and your preferred carrier is T-Mobile, and you have been patiently waiting for the popular Samsung Galaxy Note 2 to hit the carrier, you might like to know that you shouldn’t have that much longer the wait, as the popular Android smartphone/tablet combo should become available soon.
For those that are waiting for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 to hit T-Mobile, the carrier has now listed the device as coming soon and will be available in both Titanium Grey, and Marble White versions, although just how much the Galaxy Note 2 will cost with T-Mobile isn’t clear as the carrier hasn’t yet listed any pricing.
Along with listing the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, T-Mobile has also listed the LG Optimus L9 as coming soon as well, again without revealing any pricing for the Android Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone.
Spec wise the Galaxy Note 2 is an Android Jelly Bean handset offering a 1.6GHz quad core processor along with a 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED touch screen, an 8 megapixel auto-focus rear facing camera with LED flash, 1080p video, a 1.9 megapixel front facing snapper, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, microSD expansion up to 48GB and a 3100mAh battery.
When it comes to the LG Optimus L9, the smartphone offers a 4.7-inch IPS touch screen along with a 1GHz dual core processor, 5 megapixel auto-focus rear facing camera with LED flash, 1080p video, a VGA front facing snapper, 1GB RAM, 4GB internal memory, microSD expansion up to 32GB, and a 2150mAh battery.
As stated above, there is currently no pricing available for the T-Mobile versions of both Android smartphones, and no word on just when T-Mobile will make them available for purchase, but at least we now know they are coming to the carrier soon.
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 for T-Mobile USA available at last: Update
If you are one of the Android faithful over in the good old US of A , your preferred carrier is T-Mobile USA, and have been patiently waiting to get your hands on the second generation Galaxy Note, you will probably know, as we previously reported, the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 2 was listed on the T-Mobile website as coming soon, and it appears that ‘coming soon’ is right now.
For those that have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 on T-Mobile USA, you will be pleased to hear that T-Mobile has now placed the Android Jelly Bean smartphone/tablet combo up for purchase, with the Galaxy Note 2 in marble white commanding a price tag of $369.99.
That 370-buck price tag does require the customer to sign up for the usual two-year agreement with a qualifying plan of course, but the purchase does get you an instant 230-buck rebate along with a 50-buck mail in rebate off the retail price of $649.99.
I’m pretty sure if you have had your eyes on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 you will already know what the Android device offers but in case it has slipped your mind the Galaxy Note 2 sports a 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED touch screen, an 8 megapixel auto-focus rear facing camera with LED flash, 1080p video, a 1.9 megapixel front facing snapper, 1.6GHz quad core processor 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, microSD expansion up to 48GB and a 3100mAh battery.
The T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 2 measures 5.94 x 3.16 x 0.37 inches with a weight of 3.6 ounces, and does of course include the S Pen functionality that is good for some serious digital painting and the likes.So there you have it, will any of our American readers be hitting up T-Mobile USA to grab the Samsung Galaxy Note 2.
Update: It appears that the guys over at Android Spin have discovered if you wish to get the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 on T-mobile a little cheaper, you can get the Galaxy Note 2 on T-Mobile for $279.99 from Wirefly in both marble white and titanium grey, as long as you are a new customer or qualify for an upgrade.
1:18 PM
If you happen to be over in the United States and in the market for a new Android smartphone, albeit a basic handset on the T-Mobile USA network, which wont hit your pocket for too much cash up front, you might like to give a new handset from the Huawei camp a bit of consideration, and that handset is the Huawei Summit.
According to an article over on Phone Scoop, T-Mobile USA has now listed the Huawei Summit for sale on their website and commands a reasonable price tag of $49.99 when singing up for the usual two-year agreement, whilst the suggested retail price for the handset is 249-bucks.
So what does the Huawei Summit offer the potential owner? Well the devices has a bar form factor and appears to be virtually identical to the Huawei made T-Mobile Prism, and offers basically the same specifications such as a 3.5-inch HVGA touch screen along with a 3.2 megapixel camera, 3G connectivity, Bluetooth, WiFi with WiFi calling, a 3.5mm jack.
The Huawei Summit has a propriety operating system which is probably based on the Android platform, as the user manual states it has an Android interface by without Gmail, so possibly there’s no access to Google Play to get your apps, but the handset is rated M3 and T3 hearing aid compatible, and does come with Swype preloaded.So there you have it, if you are in the market for a new basic handset you can purchase the Huawei Summit by hitting up the T-Mobile USA website if you are inclined to do so, although those specs wont impress many.
The Huawei Summit first popped up in a leaked T-Mobile roadmap in August, leaving the impression that it was a mid-range Android smartphone, which for the most part has turned out to be correct now that the device has become available online at T-Mobile for $50 on contract.
The handset is certainly a smartphone, as the Huawei Summit comes with a 3.5-inch HVGA touchscreen, and has 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity with support for Wi-Fi calling on board. It also packs a GPS radio with navigation capabilities, a 3.2-megapixels camera which captures video as well, and a 3.5-millimeter headphone jack to allow it to be used as a media player.You even have Swype preloaded on the device, while the interface has a deep Android feel.
However, we are not sure if the device is an Android as Huawei tells us e it runs on a "proprietary operating system", which definitely leaves room for interpretation. The handset may as well an Android smartphone after all, but it appears to be running on a modified version of the platform which has been stripped down of some Google apps such as Gmail, the Play Store, and more.
1:08 PM
The Apple iPhone remains a popular handset across the world despite the increased competition it now faces since it was originally released in 2007. When the smartphone first became available in the US it was exclusively supplied by AT&T, but times have changed and most of the major carriers in the country now offer their customers the iPhone except T-Mobile. Now though an iPhone 5 release is being tipped on the carrier by early 2013.
An analyst from Morgan Stanley, Nick Delfas, according to Cnet is predicting that T-Mobile may “announce official iPhone distribution in early 2013”, and while not adding anything more to the claims he also suggested any such agreement between the two companies would see Apple shift an extra two million iPhone units during the first quarter of next year.
The carrier is the only major network in the country not to offer subscribers the iPhone officially, but earlier this year it announced plans to spend $4 billion on expanding its 4G LTE network and giving it the compatibility to offer the iPhone 5 in more regions.
There are also plans for the carrier to merge with MetroPCS, which is also busy expanding its own LTE service, but even without the addition of T-Mobile Apple is expected to sell more units of the iPhone 5 during the first quarter of 2013 than the current quarter.
According to another Morgan Stanley analyst, Katy Huberty, the company has managed to shift 25 million iPhone’s during the third quarter, and this estimate is a conservative one. Huberty believes that if Apple can agree a deal with China Mobile it will sell up to 247 million iPhone’s next year, but if not Apple would see sales of around 180 million.
It makes sense for both Apple and T-Mobile to get the iPhone 5 onto the carrier officially and further broaden the amount of consumers that have access to the device, but T-Mobile customers have been given false hope of the device before.
1:05 PM
You probably know by now that T-Mobile is to offer the Nokia Lumia 810, their version of the Nokia Lumia 820 for AT&T, with Magenta’s Windows Phone 8 handset running on the T-Mobile HDPA+42 network, and like other Lumia devices, the T-Mobile Lumia 810 will have interchangeable back plates, but with a more boxier design than the 820.
The Nokia Lumia 810 is T-Mobile’s first Windows Phone 8 device, and comes with a 4.3-inch WVGA AMOLED ClearBlack touch screen, along with an 8 megapixel rear facing camera with Carl Zeiss optics, and a 1.21.5GHz megapixel front facing snapper, and obviously as the Lumia 810 design is difference the device wont be able to use Nokia Lumia 820 back plates, but the 810 will come with two options on the black plate, black and cyan.
The Nokia Lumia 810 for T-Mobile is quite an interesting smartphone overall, coming with its own uniqueness, although there’s nothing we haven’t really seen before, and just like other Nokia handsets the Lumia 810 will come with Nokia Maps, Nokia Music, Nokia Transit, and Nokia CityLens.
Back at MobileCon Cnet managed to get
a first look at the Nokia Lumia 810, which T-Mobile will have
exclusivity over, and we have a video of that occasion for your viewing
consideration below, but due to Microsoft soon to hold the official
unveiling, the Lumia 810 was on lock down so you don’t actually get to
see the screen quality.
Back at MobileCon Cnet managed to get a first look at the Nokia Lumia 810, which T-Mobile will have exclusivity over, and we have a video of that occasion for your viewing consideration below, but due to Microsoft soon to hold the official unveiling, the Lumia 810 was on lock down so you don’t actually get to see the screen quality.
Apart from that 4.3-inch display, the Nokia Lumia 810 also sports a 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 dual core processor, and just like other Windows phones, the device sports a dedicated camera button that enables the user to launch the camera even from a sleeping or locked handset.
Size wise the Nokia Lumia 810 for T-Mobile measures 5 x 2.7 x 0.44 inches with a weight of 5.1 ounces, and has an 1800mAh battery that is said to offer a talk time of up to 10.6 hours and a standby time of up to 18 days. Unfortunately although the Nokia Lumia 810 will be coming to T-Mobile soon, the carrier hasn’t yet said how much the smartphone will become available for.
1:02 PM
Beginning in 2009, T-Mobile embarked upon a progressive marketing campaign with hip commercials featuring, Charles Barkley, Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard and Kym Whitley. Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has also appeared in television commercials for the company. The inventor of the song is unknown, but is known to have been a member of the PR team for T-Mobile.
The current five-note T-Mobile audio logo was composed by Lance Massey and was originally part of the song ("Hello Ola" by Clan Chi) used to promote DT's Tour de France bicycle team.In 2002, an advertisement for UK television for when T-Mobile introduced picture messaging; was aired, which shows the face of a baby be spread around a built-up area as things like billboards, posters, shirts, and on newspapers. The advertisement featuring the Röyksopp song "So Easy", and the song was consequently a #21 hit single in the UK, along with its double a-side partner "Remind Me". The advertisement is believed to have inspired music videos like Where Is the Love? (by The Black Eyed Peas) and Have a Nice Day (by Bon Jovi).
In 2013 in Poland T-Mobile released tv advertisement promoting communist leader of war against Poland 1919-1920 - Lenin. The campaign resulted with the debate on business ethics and the image of the company has been perceived as unethical. Some suggestions of future marketing utilization of Hitler's image were made.
T-Mobile's parent company, Deutsche Telekom, currently serves as the kit sponsor for the world-renowned and extremely popular German Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich. T-Mobile was also the official sponsor of English Football League Championship side West Bromwich Albion and previously sponsored Rotherham United as well as Scottish Premier League clubs Rangers and Celtic.
T-Mobile were co-sponsors of Everton with the One2One brand and they also sponsored the 2002 FA Youth Cup Final. T-Mobile were also kit sponsors for English club Birmingham City. The phone company is also involved in sponsoring leagues, such as the Austrian Football Bundesliga, which is named the T-Mobile Bundesliga. It was also the official global mobile phone carrier for the 2006 FIFA World Cup football tournament in Germany and sponsored its own cycling team, the T-Mobile Team (later Team HTC-High Road).
T-Mobile also has banner ads at some matches of Mexico's top league, Liga MX, despite not having a presence in that country. Presumably, this is an attempt to market to U.S. soccer fans, as well as the country's Hispanic and more specifically Mexican community. Many top-flight Mexican matches are televised in the US on both English- and Spanish-language networks.
12:57 PM
T-Mobile International AG is a holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM, UMTS and LTE-based cellular networks in Europe, Canada, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. The company has financial stakes in mobile operators in both Central and Eastern Europe.
The T-Mobile brand is present in 11 European countries – Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany (as Telekom), Hungary, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia and the United Kingdom, as well as the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
Globally, T-Mobile International subsidiaries have a combined total of approximately 150 million subscribers, making the company the world's seventeenth-largest mobile-phone service provider by subscribers and the third-largest multinational after the UK's Vodafone and Spain's Telefonica.
Germany's initial mobile-communications services were radiotelephone systems that were owned and operated by the state postal monopoly, Deutsche Bundespost. It launched the analog first-generation C-Netz ("C Network", marketed as C-Tel), Germany's first true mobile phone network in 1985.
On July 1, 1989, West Germany reorganized Deutsche Bundespost and consolidated telecommunications into a new unit, Deutsche Bundespost Telekom. On July 1, 1992, it began to operate Germany's first GSM network, along with the C-Netz, as its DeTeMobil subsidiary. The GSM 900 MHz frequency band was referred to as the "D-Netz", and Telekom named its service D1; the private consortium awarded the second license (now Vodafone Germany) chose the equally imaginative name D2.
Deutsche Bundespost Telekom was renamed Deutsche Telekom in 1995, and began to be privatized in 1996. That same year, DT began to brand its subsidiaries with the T- prefix, renaming the DeTeMobil subsidiary T-Mobil.
In 2002, as DT consolidated its international operations, it anglicized the T-Mobil name to T-Mobile.
On April 1, 2010, the T-Home and T-Mobile German operations merged to form a new wholly owned DT subsidiary, Telekom Deutschland GmbH. The T-Mobile brand was discontinued in Germany and replaced with the Telekom brand. The T-Mobile brand is still used in markets outside Germany. Non-German mobile-network assets are organized into various country-specific subsidiaries under the T-Mobile International AG subsidiary of DT.
In 2010, T-Mobile UK became part of a joint venture with France Telecom's UK mobile-network provider, Orange UK. Combined, the two companies make the UK's largest mobile-network operator, called EE. Despite the joint venture, the T-Mobile and Orange brands continue to co-exist in the UK market.
The T-Mobile brand is present in ten European countries – Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom – as well as the United States, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
Globally, T-Mobile International subsidiaries have a combined total of approximately 150 million subscribers, making T-Mobile International the world's tenth-largest mobile-phone service provider by subscribers and the fourth-largest multinational after the UK's Vodafone, India's Airtel, and Spain's Telefónica.
