Sprint trials 4G network that’s faster than Google Fiber
5G is going to be the unicorn-pooping high-speed internet future that we all need, but it’s also years away from being real. The technical standards …
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Report: T-Mobile and Sprint are finalizing plans for a merger
T-Mobile and Sprint have been flirting with the notion of a merger like a pair of coy teenagers at a high-school dance, but we’re seeing …
Verizon barely edges out T-Mobile as the fastest network of 2017
For years, the battle between mobile carriers wasn’t a very competitive one. Verizon and AT&T were at the top of the food chain while T-Mobile …
Sprint is giving away an entire year of unlimited data for free
Most cellphone plan deals normally come with all kinds of strings attached. Get a free iPhone! — provided you buy two other iPhones, port three …
The insanely-hyped Essential Phone is a Sprint exclusive, sort of
After months of (unwarranted) teasing, the high-end Android flagship from Andy Rubin’s Essential Products startup — called simply Essential Phone — finally made its long-awaited …
Sprint finally beat T-Mobile for something
Network speed comparisons often aren’t kind to Sprint. Among the big four carriers, Sprint has a nasty habit of coming in stone dead last on …
Sprint’s LG G6 deal is good, but Best Buy’s is even better
Poor Sprint. It probably thought it would have a killer deal if it cut the price of the LG G6 in half forv Memorial Day, …
Sprint announces vague plans for 5G in 2019, assuming it lasts that long
Sprint is struggling to find its place in the US wireless industry right now. Its network has been hit by years of under-investment to be …
Get ready for all the wireless carriers to get worse
The last couple months have seen a welcome change in the wireless industry. Instead of massively confusing bills and data caps, we’ve had prices slashed …
Sprint is axing its oldest and best deal
For the last three years, Sprint has had one killer deal to try and persuade people to switch. If you walked in off the street …
Order your Galaxy S8 on Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and more starting at midnight
Samsung’s long-awaited and repeatedly leaked next-generation Galaxy smartphone was finally made official today at the company’s Unpacked event in New York City. As expected, the …
Verizon is stealing Sprint’s customers with its new unlimited data plan
Verizon began 2017 by blindsiding everyone with a new unlimited data plan. I say “blindside,” because a year ago yesterday, Verizon’s CFO told us all that …
Is there really such a thing as an unlimited data plan?
They say everything old will eventually be new again, and as of this week, all four major wireless carriers are once again offering “unlimited” data …
Sprint improves its unlimited data plan to play with the big boys
Earlier this week, Verizon announced an all-new unlimited data plan that included HD video streaming and mobile tethering. Not to be outdone, T-Mobile followed suite …
Not even T-Mobile can touch the new deal Sprint just announced
A report this week put Sprint’s network firmly in last place among national carriers. Coverage and speed — the only two things that really matter …
This is why T-Mobile is everyone’s favorite wireless carrier
The results are in, again. According to Nielsen Mobile Insights, which is comfortably the largest survey of cellphone customers,, T-Mobile has the best customer satisfaction, …
Sprint hopes this $50 unlimited data deal can bribe you onto its network
Sprint has announced a temporary sale on its unlimited talk, text and data plan. For the next four days, new subscribers can get the plan for …
Sprint just made Jay-Z rich
Early this morning, slowly dying wireless carrier Sprint announced that it has bought a 33 percent stake in Tidal, Jay Z’s nearly-dead streaming music service. …
AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint all just promised gigabit wireless in 2017
Perhaps now more than ever, the wireless industry is just one huge game of one-upmanship, which is why it’s not entirely surprising that when one …
Sprint is extending its most popular Black Friday unlimited data deal
As is becoming tradition, Sprint rolled out a bunch of “limited-time” offers on data plans for Black Friday. As it turns out, the only time …
Sprint’s Black Friday deals are great, if you like Sprint
In an announcement that was definitely not similar to T-Mobile’s yesterday, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure unveiled Sprint’s Black Friday offerings. The deal it’s showing does …
Don’t buy the crap T-Mobile (or anyone else) is selling
T-Mobile CEO John Legere took to YouTube today to unleash one of his patented down-with-the-kids tirades against Verizon. The subject? Verizon’s recent ad campaign against …
Sprint still doesn’t understand what ‘unlimited’ means
There’s a bad trend going around the mobile industry right now of describing a plan as “unlimited”, and then going to specify three paragraphs of …
How to get rid of your ‘safe’ Galaxy Note 7 before it explodes
First came the rumors, then photos, and then the recall. Now we’ve got a second round of explosions, this time from at least one device …
What to do with your Galaxy Note 7 now that Samsung announced a recall
Samsung’s unprecedented decision to recall all Galaxy Note 7 handsets sold to date, and to stop sales in various markets around the world, is definitely in …
What is LTE Advanced, and why should you care that Verizon is rolling it out?
Earlier today, Verizon announced that it’s rolling out LTE Advanced to customers from coast to coast, at no additional cost to Verizon’s traditional arm and …
Sprint proves it doesn’t understand what ‘unlimited’ means
Sprint and T-Mobile both recently released unlimited data plans that aren’t actually unlimited — you can use a whole bunch of data, but you are …
Watch Sprint’s CEO try to carefully avoid saying ‘we throttle video’
Yesterday, T-Mobile launched a brand-new set of unlimited* data plans. At right about the same time, Sprint also announced a set of very similar data …
The only bad cell company is Sprint
For the longest time, there was a Big Two of mobile networks. AT&T and Verizon were the only players with good coverage, and T-Mobile/Sprint/US Cellular were …
Struggling Sprint takes Verizon’s ‘Can You Hear Me Now’ sloppy seconds
On Sunday night, the unthinkable happened. No, it wasn’t when the Golden State Warriors dismantled the Cleveland Cavaliers to the tune of 110-77. And it …
