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AT&T Raising Upgrade Fees to $45, Will Add $15 Activation Fee to Next and BYOD Customers on August 1

Kellen July 21, 2015 122

According to sources, AT&T will raise its activation/upgrade fees for customers when signing one and two-year contracts, but also add-on an activation fee for AT&T Next and Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) customers, starting August 1. The new activation/...

T-Mobile’s JUMP! On Demand Leasing Program: How It Actually Works

Kellen July 2, 2015 138

Smartphone leases seem to be the hot topic of the moment, thanks to a public battle between the CEOs of T-Mobile and Sprint. They also seem to be confusing to many, including those in this industry. What's the difference between T-Mobile and Sprint leases? Do...

T-Mobile’s JUMP! On Demand Program is Now Live at T-Mobile Stores

Kellen June 29, 2015 90

That's right, T-Mobile's new JUMP! On Demand (JOD) program is now live in-store for those interested in buying into a program that lets you upgrade up to three times per year. Announced last week, JUMP! On Demand is a lease program that breaks a phone's cost...

These are the Phones and Prices for T-Mobile’s JUMP! On Demand (Updated)

Kellen June 25, 2015 166

T-Mobile's new JUMP! On Demand program is all the rage this morning, with smartphone lovers excited over the idea that they could trade in phones for the new hotness up to 3 times per year. But some of you may be wondering which phones are a part of the...

T-Mobile Announces Jump On Demand, Letting You Upgrade “When You Want” Up to 3x Per Year (Updated)

Kellen June 25, 2015 151

T-Mobile kicked off Un-carrier Amped! this morning, just as they promised. The first announcement in what should be a series of new initiatives, involves JUMP!, the device-payment upgrade program T-Mobile introduced back in 2013. Starting June 28, T-Mobile...

Tuesday Poll: How Often Do You Upgrade Phones?

Kellen June 16, 2015 145

It's 2015 and almost all of your options for upgrading to new phones while keeping unlimited data through places like AT&T or Verizon have been killed off. I would imagine that in order to upgrade these days and not fork out $600 up front, many of you have...

Early Upgrades at Verizon are Now a Thing of the Past

Kellen May 27, 2015 162

Yesterday, Verizon told us that they were simplifying the Edge upgrade and payment experience by getting rid of the plan's requirements that ask you to wait 30 days and pay off 75% of the phone in order to pick up a new phone. The new version of Edge, which...

DROID Turbo to be Updated Straight to Android 5.1

Tim March 18, 2015 183

According to Luciano Carvalho, an engineer at Motorola, the DROID Turbo on Verizon is to receive an update straight to Android 5.1, bypassing all versions of Lollipop before it. Not to waste resources, the reasoning to skip other builds is stated to be Verizon...