The Affect Of T-Mobile"s Take Over On Your BlackBerry
At the end of April AT&T's bid to acquire T-Mobile for $39 Billion was made official.
AT&T's reason for the acquisition is to improve their 4G LTE network's coverage.
It might also have something to do with AT&T's networks not being able to handle the load of traffic, hence, the number of calls dropped particularly by iPhone users.
In addition, T-Mobile has an impressive range of Android devices for their users to select from and has the most competitively priced plans.
What most T-Mobile subscribers are wondering is how does this effect them.
The short answer is it will not.
T-Mobile users will be able to keep their existing rate plans and their handsets will continue to work as before.
T-Mobile is the tenth largest cellular provider in the world with 150 Million subscribers, giving it third place in the US.
T-Mobile owns its own network (1900 MHz).
According to PC World's downloading tests, T-Mobile came out second with their 4G network giving you an average download speed of 3.
70 Mbps.
However, currently BlackBerry phones are running on 3G, and T-Moble has the quickest 3G network with an average download speed of 2.
08 Mbps.
T-Mobile has announced that the Bold 9900 will be available through T-Mobile in September, which will be the first BlackBerry to support 4G.
The 9900 though similar in design to the current Bold 9780 sports some impressive features, such as the slightly larger 2.
3 Inch 'liquid graphics' touch screen, the new operating system 7, and a 1.
2 GHz snapdragon processor twice as fast as the current Bold.
When it comes to cell phone plans, T-Mobile is the most competitively priced out of the big providers.
They currently have a special on, giving you unlimited calling, messaging, and data for $79.
99.
That is $40 less than the same options on Verizon.
You can also expect to pay the one time activation fee of $35.
Currently T-Mobile has two BlackBerrys available, the Curve 3G 9300 and the Bold 9780 that comes in white and black.
If you are wondering which is better, I would recommend you go with the Bold for an extra $50.
However, the Curve is in many respects very similar to the Bold and has some great reviews.
The most popular features of both these phones are the physical QWERTY keyboard, that BlackBerry has mastered making text messaging and emailing a breeze.
In addition, BlackBerry security is good; BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is a much loved instant messaging app; BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) is popular amongst the corporate sect for its ability to synchronize work email, contacts, calendar, etc.
; and these BlackBerry's have a robust and solid build.
AT&T's reason for the acquisition is to improve their 4G LTE network's coverage.
It might also have something to do with AT&T's networks not being able to handle the load of traffic, hence, the number of calls dropped particularly by iPhone users.
In addition, T-Mobile has an impressive range of Android devices for their users to select from and has the most competitively priced plans.
What most T-Mobile subscribers are wondering is how does this effect them.
The short answer is it will not.
T-Mobile users will be able to keep their existing rate plans and their handsets will continue to work as before.
T-Mobile is the tenth largest cellular provider in the world with 150 Million subscribers, giving it third place in the US.
T-Mobile owns its own network (1900 MHz).
According to PC World's downloading tests, T-Mobile came out second with their 4G network giving you an average download speed of 3.
70 Mbps.
However, currently BlackBerry phones are running on 3G, and T-Moble has the quickest 3G network with an average download speed of 2.
08 Mbps.
T-Mobile has announced that the Bold 9900 will be available through T-Mobile in September, which will be the first BlackBerry to support 4G.
The 9900 though similar in design to the current Bold 9780 sports some impressive features, such as the slightly larger 2.
3 Inch 'liquid graphics' touch screen, the new operating system 7, and a 1.
2 GHz snapdragon processor twice as fast as the current Bold.
When it comes to cell phone plans, T-Mobile is the most competitively priced out of the big providers.
They currently have a special on, giving you unlimited calling, messaging, and data for $79.
99.
That is $40 less than the same options on Verizon.
You can also expect to pay the one time activation fee of $35.
Currently T-Mobile has two BlackBerrys available, the Curve 3G 9300 and the Bold 9780 that comes in white and black.
If you are wondering which is better, I would recommend you go with the Bold for an extra $50.
However, the Curve is in many respects very similar to the Bold and has some great reviews.
The most popular features of both these phones are the physical QWERTY keyboard, that BlackBerry has mastered making text messaging and emailing a breeze.
In addition, BlackBerry security is good; BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is a much loved instant messaging app; BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) is popular amongst the corporate sect for its ability to synchronize work email, contacts, calendar, etc.
; and these BlackBerry's have a robust and solid build.
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