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iPhone accounts for 60% of smartphones sold on AT&T and Verizon
Five years after the original iPhone released, Apple continues to dominate the phone market in the US with the release of a new iPhone every year. Based on AT&T and Verizon earnings in Q3, Telcos consultant Benedict Evans found out three interesting things about the smartphone market. The first thing is that 48% of contract retails device sold were iPhone. 80% of devices were smartphones, and 60% of those smartphones were iPhones. As Benedict Evans stated himself,…
Sprint to offer iPad mini and iPad 4 like AT&T and Verizon
Sprint users, you will no longer be left behind when it comes to owning an Apple product. Now that they carry the iPhone, Sprint will offer the iPad as well. Apple today announced the iPad mini and iPad 4, both with cellular data. Previous cellular iPad models were only offered through AT&T and Verizon, it will be additionally offered through Sprint. This is good news for those who want to have unlimited data on their iPad, they will now have worry about finding good coverage with…
How to unlock the iPhone 5 from AT&T, Verizon and Sprint
iPhone 5 owners who don’t want to use any of the three official iPhone carriers – AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon- in the US or want to use the iPhone 5 outside the states will most likely have to unlock their iPhone 5. The process of unlocking an iPhone 5 vary from carriers and depends how the phone was bought (full price or subsidy). If you bought an iPhone 5 from…
Verizon iPhone 5 is factory unlocked
Surprisingly, the iPhone 5 for Verizon comes factory unlocked. The phone is unlocked out of the box, you won’t have to do anything else if you want to use it with any GSM carrier. Unlike unlocked Verizon iPhone 4S, the iPhone 5 can be used in GSM carriers across the sates. It ha been proven that it works with AT&T, and should also work with T-Mobile. The phone however…
Check if your iPhone 5 will have 4G LTE coverage
4G LTE is finally on iPhone. If you pre-ordered or planing to buy an iPhone 5 now that Apple decided to use LTE it’s important to know whether your carrier has LTE coverage around your area. If your carrier doesn’t offer/cover LTE in your area, then 4G LTE will be worthless on your iPhone 5. Thanks to LTE, we can also forget about shitty data speeds from carriers…
Verizon will not charge for FaceTime over cellular 3G/4G
iPhone users on Verizon will be able to use FaceTime over 3G or 4G without additional charge, The Wall Street Journal reports. According to WSJ , all Verizon subscribers will be allowed to use ”the data-intensive application with no additional charges, including those remaining on unlimited data plans.” AT&T customers will have to subscribe to data-sharing plans if they want to use FaceTime over cellular. Sprint customers – although it may be impossible to…
Verizon pays FCC $1.25 million for blocking tethering apps on Android Market
The blocked tethering apps on Verizon customers devices will come back to Android Market, after Verizon blocked it last year to prevent Android users from tethering their devices without paying the extra fee. Verizon will notify Google to bring tethering apps back to the Google Play. Verizon settled with FCC and will make a voluntary payment of $1.25 million to the U.S Treasury. (Read)
How to lower your phone bill
If you’re proud of no longer being in 2005 owning a dumb phone, then you’re likely paying for ridiculous over price data, voice, and text messaging plan for your iPhone, Android smartphone. Since we are using more cellular data than in 2005, carriers like AT&T and Verizon are over charging customers for any plan that include data or text messaging. If you’re using a smartphone on any of the top three US carriers (AT&T,…
Sprint to keep FaceTime over 3G/4G as a free feature, Verizon might charge
After discovering that AT&T might charge its customers for using FaceTime over cellular data, Sprint told the Wall Street Journal that they will not charge customers extra for using their unlimited data on applications. “We are committed to our unlimited data and that means not charging for data consumption based on the application,” Sprint told the Wall Street Journal. Verizon, the other greedy AT&T competitor, might charge for FaceTime over cellular data 3G 4G in the future….
Verizon to remove unlimited data from customers when switching to 4G LTE
If you have the Verizon $30 unlimited data plan, Verizon will soon take it away from you — forcing you to upgrade to a new data share plan which is planned to launch this summer, says Verizon CFO Fran Shammo. Speaking at the J.P Morgan Technology Media and Telecom conference today, Shammo said that as these 3G unlimited data plan customers migrate to 4G LTE, they will have to remove…
