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T-Mobile Starts Showing Where Its Good 5G Is

Kellen July 28, 2021 33

T-Mobile talks about 5G more than anyone in the industry not named Qualcomm, because when they bought Sprint, they inherited a whole bunch of the good 5G that no one else had (at the time). We're talking mid-band 5G, the type that will actually improve your...

Tip: Turn Off RCS “Chat” When You Switch Phones or Else…

Kellen July 20, 2021 37

Now that Verizon has committed to RCS with Google, the three major US carriers are all onboard. RCS is here (unlike 5G) and will be a big part of your messaging experience going forward, assuming you have an Android phone. And while RCS is great and a big...

Is Truly Unlimited Data With No Throttling a Thing You Want?

Kellen July 19, 2021 71

When 4G LTE arrived, US carriers realized that data was the new way for them to milk customers out of extra cash. That led to the end of truly unlimited data plans and the introduction of tiered data, where you paid by the GB. Once they built those networks...

Who Has the Best Unlimited Plan: Verizon, AT&T, or T-Mobile?

Kellen July 13, 2021 66

There has been a good amount of talk around here lately involving unlimited data plans from the top US carriers. I recently shared my move to one of Verizon's newish unlimited plans, plus AT&T just announced a handful of important upgrades to its best...

AT&T Joins the Google Messages and RCS Party

Kellen June 30, 2021 23

Google and AT&T dropped a bit of excellent news on the wireless industry today by announcing that AT&T is all-in on Google Messages and RCS. We love this because it means another carrier is onboard for the greater messaging good in the US, following in...

T-Mobile Made a Real Gin and Called It “5Gin” Because of Course

Kellen June 23, 2021 5

Talking about 5G is one of my least favorite things about this industry. Qualcomm and its partners have been saying that "5G is here" for like 5 years now (not exaggerating) and yet, my 5G speeds in Portland are essentially no better than the 4G LTE speeds I...

OnePlus Nord N200 5G Hits the US for Just $240

Kellen June 15, 2021 6

OnePlus announced the Nord N200 5G today, its newest affordable Nord line phone for the US that drops in at a more than reasonable price of $239.99. They teased this phone a week ago, in case you are sitting there at this early time of day wondering why this...

There’s a New 5G Report Card, Each US Carrier Gets a Trophy

Tim May 26, 2021 22

There's a new 5G report card from RootMetrics this week, with the data-minded folks accumulating speed and reliability numbers from across the country, then compiling them into multiple easily digestible graphs. If you're shopping for a carrier and want to...