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  • T-Mobile Announces Jump, Allows You To Upgrade Twice A Year

    T-Mobile Announces Jump, Allows You To Upgrade Twice A Year

    T-Mobile made headlines earlier when it ditched contracts, and became the “uncarrier.” Now it’s ditching another much maligned carrier practice – the two-year upgrade cycle.

    T-Mobile just announced Jump today at its press event. The new service, which costs $10 a month, allows those on T-Mobile to upgrade their smartphone twice every year. Even better, Jump treats you like a new customer so you don’t have to pay the full price of the phone when you upgrade. Instead, you only have to pay the down payment just like a new customer would. Like always, you can also pay off the rest of the phone at any time. As for your old phone, it must be traded in to T-Mobile upon upgrading. You wont owe anything more on it either.

    Some people may think that $10 a month is a little much for Jump, but T-Mobile is injecting a little more value into it besides the aforementioned two upgrades a year. You’ll be automatically enrolled into T-Mobile’s Premium Handset Protection and Mobile Security program. In short, it’s an insurance program that will replace your phone in the event of it being stolen or destroyed.

    T-Mobile says that it will start offering Jump to its customers on July 14. Incidentally, T-Mobile will start selling the Sony Xperia Z and Nokia Lumia 925 three days later on July 17. It’s a perfect excuse to pick up a new phone from T-Mobile while signing up for Jump for that sweet upgrade action.

    As an aside, T-Mobile has released two new ads for Jump starring SNL alum Bill Hader:

    [h/t: Gizmodo]

  • T-Mobile Gets Sony Xperia Z, Lumia 925 On July 14 [Rumor]

    T-Mobile Gets Sony Xperia Z, Lumia 925 On July 14 [Rumor]

    T-Mobile has been on a roll this year. It first ditched contracts in late March and then it started to offer the best deals in the industry on hot devices like the Galaxy S4 and HTC One. Now the carrier is getting even more great smartphones.

    TmoNews obtained a product roadmap from T-Mobile that lists July 14 as the launch day for both the Sony Xperia Z and the Lumia 925. Barring any sudden love for Sony from the other major carriers, both the Xperia Z and Lumia 925 will be exclusive to T-Mobile.

    So, what will these new devices bring to the table? The Xperia Z is Sony’s latest flagship device, and as such, comes equipped with some pretty serious hardware. It has a 5-inch 1080p display, a Snapdragon S4 quad-core CPU, 2GB of RAM, 13MP rear camera and support for 4G LTE. It’s also dust and water resistant.

    As for the Lumia 925, it’s Nokia’s continuation of its popular Windows Phone 8 line of devices that began with the AT&T exclusive Lumia 920. The Lumia 925 is more similar to Verizon’s Lumia 928 as both devices feature a number of upgrades over the original Lumia 920. The 925 features a 4.5-inch OLED display, 1GB of RAM, an 8.7MP camera and 32GB of internal storage. Unfortunately, the 925 doesn’t have the Xenon flash that the 928 has, instead opting for a dual-LED flash.

    Like all rumors, you should take this information with a grain of salt. I don’t doubt the authenticity of the product roadmap, but launch dates change all the time. T-Mobile is certainly no stranger to delaying product launches at the last minute. Let’s just hope that it’s not hit with any major delays as yours truly is really looking forward to the Xperia Z.

  • Nokia Announces The Lumia 925, This One Is Exclusive To T-Mobile

    Nokia Announces The Lumia 925, This One Is Exclusive To T-Mobile

    It seems that Nokia is taking a rather novel approach to making sure its devices are on every carrier. Instead of making one phone available on every carrier, it’s building separate, but still largely the same, flagship devices for each major carrier.

    After announcing the Lumia 928 for Verizon last week, Nokia announced today that its next flagship device – the Lumia 925 – will be available on T-Mobile later this year. The Lumia 925 is very similar to the Lumia 928 with the only differences seemingly appearing in the camera.

    Before we get to that, however, you should know that the Lumia 925 has the same 4.5-inch OLED display that the 928 has. It also features the same 1GB of RAM, 8.7MP camera and 32GB of internal storage.

    As for the camera differences, the Lumia 925 features a dual-LED flash – the same on the original Lumia 920. The Lumia 928 went with a Xenon flash instead. The 928 will have the best flash out of the three, but a dual-LED flash isn’t too shabby.

    Speaking of cameras, Nokia also announced today new camera software for the Lumia 925 called Smart Camera. As its name implies, it allows users to do some pretty sophisticated photo editing work from within the camera app:

    So, when will T-Mobile customers be able to get their hands on the Lumia 925? The carrier isn’t saying yet. The same goes for the price.

    [h/t: Engadget]