Samsung Craft to be MetroPCS' first LTE handset

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Yesterday, pre-paid wireless provider MetroPCS dropped a few more details about their first LTE phone and launch plans. MetroPCS CEO Roger Linquist noted that the company’s first LTE device would be the Samsung Craft and that its price would be comparable to that of smartphones currently in its lineup. Currently, the most expensive device in Metro’s lineup is the BlackBerry Curve 8530, which retails for $279. Mr. Linquist also noted that netbooks and other non-smartphone devices were likely to appear on his company’s LTE network at some point in the future. MetroPCS will begin its LTE rollout in Las Vegas and the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Also of note, the CEO said his company would bolster their handset lineup to, “include a number of Android devices by the end of the year.”

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  • Mohammad

    what’s metropcs?

    • Dick Cheney

      It is a phone company that accepts your application when your credit score is less then Dubya’s I.Q.

      • ultraseven32

        thx D.C . he asked for that!!!

      • keepinitreal

        It is a great phone company for people who are smart enough to not get caught up in a contract that waste money. We have been using them for 3 years and love it. Our credit score is great and so is our savings thanks to Metro PCS. We were with Sprint paying $300 a month for unlimited on one phone and local on a second. With Metro PCS we get 3 phones unlimited with internet and tons of other extras for a grand total of $120. Its not about credit its about being smart with your money no matter what the economy is.

  • historychannel

    ohhhh metro pcs…. for when your credit score is lower than the amount of times you need to take a cab to a laundromat in a year.

  • MikeD

    Metro PCS going LTE. who’d a thunk that.

    I didn’t expect them to be talking that for a while. it’s all good though.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

  • fresh618

    They gonna get boughtout jus watch.. tmobile

    • Killah Kyle

      Metro-Mobile sounds pretty cool imo

    • Fascinate

      There going to get bought out by T-mobile?
      T-mobile is GSM why would they buy a CDMA company?
      It wouldn’t expand there network!!!!!

  • fanboyardee

    You know, don’t go hatin’ on MetroPCS.

    OK – I wouldn’t be caught dead with a phone with MetroPCS on it. Well, unless it was an Android LTE phone. MetroPCS is the new Hyundai!

    • Killah Kyle

      Fyi, for those of you unknowing, hyundai was a practically unknown car manufacturer who made cars just as reliable as any honda or toyota. And out of nowhere, especially with their new sonata and genesis coupe they’re easily becoming the best of the best.

      • Celz

        Easily.. I’ve been watching Hyundai and Ford do phenomenal jobs in terms of improving quality, image, offerings, and marketing.. Hyundai makes some of the best cars on the road and Hyundai’s and Ford’s are competing with Lexus and Acura in terms of tech gear while remaining in Toyota and Honda market..

    • ChazzMatt

      “MetroPCS is the new Hyundai!”

      Good analogy, fanboyardee. l live used to have Verizon, but got tired of the excessive charges.

      A friend of mine got a divorce, moved into an apartment and his first Verizon phone bill was $400. He didn’t know that in the living room he was on Verizon network, in the bedroom it switched to roaming. :) Mine bill was never THAT bad but was still unpredictable enough that I didn’t like it.

      So, I went to MetroPCS a few years ago. Unlimited text, local and long distance phone calls for $40 a month. No surprises, you know? Note that is not $40 + taxes, fees, etc. It IS $40, period.

      Yeah, they never had “cutting edge” phones. But I mostly need to make phone calls and receive a few texts now and then.

      Yeah, phone reception was limited to about 50 mile radius outside the city. But I lived within that radius and mostly stayed in that area.

      BUT, now they ARE getting cutting edge phones, like this Samsung Android — with more Androids to come. They even have unlimited DATA, text and phone calls for a low price.

      Over the past two years they have significantly expanded their coverage in my state. And they are building their own “4G” (LTE) network.

      Plus, they have roaming agreements with Verizon and others so you can have nationwide coverage (called Travel Talk) — for extra charges — when you need it. The difference is you are authorizing the extra charges from money you have already put into an account.

      It’s still pre-paid, but it’s not pre-paid ripoff like some companies. It’s smart pre-paid. And they are constantly improving — like Hyundai. It’s for people who want real value, not for people who can’t afford anything else.

      • http://www.verizonwireless.com VZW

        None of them (Cricket or Metro Piece Of Crap) have roaming agreements with Verizon. When you are on Verizon you pay ROAMING fees. Not like Sprint who will do anything for a penny. Straight Talk is on Verizons network tho.

      • http://twitter.com/cmilette cmilette

        Sprint has a roaming agreement wit big V so they both roam on eachother’s cell towers and 1x (aka 2G) data services.
        Sprint charges cheap – they dont do “anything for a penny”. you must have Sprint confused with Verizon

  • Butthead007

    I doubt Tmobile would buy metro.

    Metro just exists to remind the big guys there is market competition and adjust your rates accordingly.

    Two markets for launch? Well, I suppose those 4th place trophies do come in handy sometimes when they involve making people happy and feeling better about themselves.

    /me shrugs

  • Kevin

    Why all the hating on MetroPCS. The CEO went on national TV and said that all he need for unlimited is $17 a month. Everything else is gravy. Shows you how much AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and Tmobile are actual making off all you perpetrators. Makes you feel stupid that you are funding the private jets of the executives of those companies. Samsung and LG (Lucky Goldstar, that’s right, the Goldstar that used to sell at Kmart) were once junk Korean companies, now look at them. I don’t have Metro PCS but I used them as a possible competitor to lower my own bill at Verizon. Had Verizon not given me a substantial discount I would have gone with Metro PCS

    • blkrabb1t

      Yeah, that’s all MetroPCS needs. Metro is a regional carrier, so they don’t have as many towers to support, they don’t as much coverage, and operating expenses as a result. Sorry to say this, but Metro’s overhead costs are far smaller than what the big 4 have. Their cheap overhead costs will skyrocket once they have more users on the network consuming data services.

      • Dick Cheney

        So what is the excuse for landlines being more expensive the Metro PCS cell phone?

    • http://www.verizonwireless.com VZW

      Metros Data speeds will be like 3Mbps if they have enough support on the towers. Right now they never hit 1Mbps. Same with Cricket. Mostly 500Kbps.

  • Mohammad

    Hyundai offers 10 yrs 100000 miles warrenty while the rest offers 5 yrs 50000 warrenty. Even a caveman can see Hyundai is the best deal.

    MetroPcs offers $40 for unlimited call/text/data. Not $40 ish but just $40 with all gimmicks included. If they would use GSM & I can bring unlocked phones I would dump the big threes and go with MetroPcs because even a caveman see MetroPCS is the best deal.

    • Celz

      Very true.. If you use a more expensive alternative be glad Metro Piece of Sh!t, Ghettro, or whatever you want to call it exist because Metro is what pushed Sprint and Tmo to drastically lower prices and that is pressuring VZW and AT&T.. And there coverage is sadly on par with AT&T and Tmo in So Cal..

    • blkrabb1t

      Technically,you can “flash” ANY CDMA phone onto their network. Take that as you will.

      • blkrabb1t

        And I forgot to note that you will pay more than $40 for having a smartphone on Metro’s network.

      • ChazzMatt

        True, $40 for regular phones, $50 or $60 for smartphones, including Android. For this new Samsung it will probably be on the same $60 plan used for the Blackberries.

        But, that’s the whole bill each month, just $60 — which includes all tax, fees. Try going to AT&T or Verizon and getting that for the Blackberry Torch or Droid X.

      • blkrabb1t

        I don’t mind paying the extra $20-$30 to actually have national service. Metro doesn’t even work at all where I live, and in most places I frequent results in dropped calls and slow data.

    • Vyk

      I’d rather have a 5yr 50k warranty that I never use than a 10yr 100k warranty that I have to use constantly. Who the hell keeps a car longer than a few years anyway? What is this, a third world country?! :D

  • Sin World

    I’m just happy that one day, all of these carriers will be using the same technology, though different bands. Once roaming agreements take place, exclusivity will be very limited. Props to MetroPCS.

  • jared

    Ghetto people don’t know what LTE is.

  • jarrod

    unfortunately because of the 2lines 150$ deposit people @ sprint they know about 4g. ghetto people dont even know how to use these phones other for youtube to watch souljaboy and the transvestite ciara on the bus loudly without the earbuds cause they have ‘dutches’ in their ears and it hurts…….

    • Celz

      If your racist just say that.. Your closet racist off topic remarks just show that you deserved all those years of bullying

      • ItsMeBeaches

        I agree, granted they never mentioned a race but i think there was clear intent there…anyways let ignorant ppl be ignorant, in fact the only reason they remain ignorant is because they think their opinions matter…also they should be thanking Metro PCS and the “ghetto” ppl that have it, because without them, ppl on the 4 major carriers wouldn’t know what unlimited anything means.

      • Sin World

        This website is like the Worldstar of Tech News anyway. You just have to brush that shit off, when you post in here. I wasn’t surprised to see my positive post being negative, and if I was betting man, that person uses Verizon.

  • chellykay88

    I live in Kc and Metro PCS doesn’t work here…. I’ve heard of it though. I guess its similar to boost mobile nonsense.

  • fanboyardee

    Hyundai > (Toyota, Honda, NIssan)

  • allaboutme

    well i’ve been w/metro 4 along time off & on switching from sprint 2 metro..metro is coming up so stop dissing them..

  • Ladarius loving

    i will give it to metro there a ok company all they need to do it get a better phone selection ….and there already working on the network so hands up to merto pcs….never thought i would say that

  • fleetwing11

    I’ve been with Metro PCS, and I jokingly call it ‘Ghettro PCS’. I had their service first out of necessity and since then have kept it because I’m pleased with their improvements. I remember when I had to use ‘travel talk’ minutes for San Diego and now I can talk just about anywhere with no worries. Love it when AT&T friends in SF have to put their pretty IPhones down and ask to use my Metro phone because their calls are constantly being dropped.

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