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Verizon Pixel 3 Units Have to be Activated on Verizon First Before Heading to Another Carrier (Updated)

Kellen October 18, 2018

Thought about heading into Best Buy to buy a Pixel 3 or Pixel 3 XL and then slapping a SIM card in from T-Mobile? You can't, even with the phones being capable of working on almost any network. The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL sold as "Verizon" models are SIM locked...

DEAL: Galaxy Note 9 Bundle With Gear IconX and Wireless Charger is Just $929

Kellen October 2, 2018

Amazon has a heck of a deal today on the Galaxy Note 9. For $929, you can get yourself into a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (US unlocked model), pair of Gear IconX (2018) wireless earbuds, and Samsung fast wireless charging stand (2018). I don't know the exact math...

First 5G Phones Probably Won’t Work Between Carriers

Kellen September 17, 2018

5G will be great, some day. Mobile 5G in the US will start to arrive over the coming months, first with AT&T and a 5G hotspot product, followed by Verizon in early 2019. T-Mobile and Sprint will trickle in 5G too. When that happens, and the first phones...

Verizon was Supposed to Start SIM Locking Phones by Now (Updated)

Kellen September 6, 2018

Verizon shared plans back in February for a future change that involved SIM locking of their phones. The news made headlines because for one, Verizon doesn't lock their phones and hasn't for years (unlike other carriers), but it also was a significant change...

DEAL: Grab a Samsung Galaxy S9 on eBay for $575

Kellen July 6, 2018 21

The current best Galaxy S9 deal I've seen in a while is at eBay as we head into the weekend. For $574.99, you can grab an unlocked dual SIM model with 64GB storage. Remember, the Galaxy S9 typically retails at a starting price of $720, so we're talking about a...

OMG: US Unlocked Galaxy S9 Units Now Getting First Update in Months

Kellen June 25, 2018 48

Guys, the US unlocked Samsung Galaxy S9 is getting an update right this minute. This is big news, to those who have followed along in the Samsung-is-failing-to-update-the-Galaxy-S9 saga, as this is the first update for the phone since it launched 3 months ago....

Unlocked and Prime Exclusive Moto X4 Getting Android 8.1 Update

Kellen June 19, 2018 6

The unlocked and Amazon Prime Exclusive versions of the Moto X4 are picking up an update to Android 8.1 today. This is significant only because most companies are passing on Android 8.1, sitting on Android 8.0, and likely just waiting for Android 9.0 to get...

Samsung is Failing to Update the Galaxy S9 and S9+ in the US

Kellen June 6, 2018 156

About an hour ago, I was a paragraph away from publishing this story with a much different focus. Originally, the post was about the unlocked Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ and how Samsung was failing to update them regularly. But then I got to looking and realized...