Business never sleeps at AT&T! The company has just announced that it will completely acquire the Alltel brand and assets from Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. The deal is for $780 million. In cash! This purchase naturally includes all of the Alltel assets, from spectrum, network licenses and wireless properties, to retail store locations, and will actually add about 585,000 subscribers –...
AT&T / Carriers / HTC / Phones / Sprint / Verizon
by Phones Review · Published 01/23/2013 · Last modified 08/16/2013
There’s been a lot of talk lately regarding the HTC M7 – the next big flagship rocking top of the line specs and cutting edge design: 4.7-inch 1080p full HD display, 2GB of RAM, quad-core processor, and 32GB of internal storage. Looks to be a got damn superphone! Yesterday, we even saw a few leaked images of the device, showing...
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that AT&T is considering an expansion into the European markets by a possible acquisition of a European carrier. Negotiations may be already in progress but the deal will be closed by the end of the year only. That is… if it happens at all! The Journal’s sources say Dutch company Royal KPN NV and...
AT&T / BlackBerry / Carriers / Phones / T-Mobile / Verizon
by Phones Review · Published 01/10/2013 · Last modified 08/16/2013
RIM’s BlackBerriy has been for years an iconic business phone, and not just in the States! No matter what they say, and despite of the difficult times RIM has had lately, the phone still keeps its reputation. That said, and considering that in just three weeks the company is releasing its new BlackBerry 10 devices, no one would be surprised...
HTC One VX is avaiable at AT&T for just $49.99 today. HTC One VX is powered by dual-core Snapdragon S4. It has 1GB RAM, 4.5″ 540×960 display, 8GB internal storage, 5 megapixel camera and micro-sd expansion slot. This budget handset features Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich and soon will be upgraded to Jelly Bean. You can buy it from AT&T...
Now that quad-core smartphones are pretty much the norm, everyone in the smartphone market is shifting their focus towards larger 1080p HD displays and beyond. A new phone by LG for AT&T has been spotted sporting such specifications. Based on the GLBenchmark details, this very well could be another flagship smartphone from LG. The results confirm Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean,...
They may be named “America’s worst carrier” but this hasn’t stopped AT&T (T) from being a powerful competitor in the wireless industry. CNET reports that according to AT&T wireless chief Ralph de la Vega, the company’s smartphone sales in the fourth quarter of this year have already reached the total of 6.4 million mark. De la Vega also said that...
Strange it was to many that smaller carriers have been steadily providing the latest Android update – the Jelly Beans, to their subscribers’ Samsung Galaxy S3 devices, while AT&T just sat idle. Good news is that finally the Samsung Galaxy S3 users on AT&T can also get the Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean. The update shall be provided over-the-air, and is...
AT&T / Carriers / Mobile OS / Phones / Samsung / Windows Phone
by Phones Review · Published 11/28/2012
Windows Phone Tango brings numerous small fixes to the OS via AT&T. The update includes multiple images in MMS, send ringtones (MMS), more reliable push notifications, new wallpapers and other neat optimizations. However, after the OS is updated users will be prompted to also install a new Samsung firmware update, to coincide with the OS upgrade. Usually firmware upgrades fix...
If you’re still mad at mom and dad for not buying you an iPhone 5… Well, first, you should show some understanding; it’s a financial crisis out there! Second, things may look much more promising this time, with AT&T offering Apple’s latest smartphone in refurbished form at prices that no one can say ‘no’ to! Each iPhone 5 variant is...
