T-Mobile will charge customers $5 per month to use iPhone Handoff, an e-SIM feature that allows the same phone number to be used on two separate iPhones. iPhone Handoff requires carrier support, and at launch only users of T-Mobile in the United States and Deutsche Telekom in Germany will be able to use it. T-Mobile…
Carrier-financed iPhones purchased from Apple will soon be locked to the carrier, ending a workaround used by customers to purchase an unlocked iPhone with a payment plan. Until the rule changed, buying an iPhone from Apple and opting for financing through Verizon or T-Mobile meant you’d get an unlocked iPhone on either carrier’s network. This…
Some T-Mobile customers with older phone plans are automatically upgraded to newer T-Mobile plans, reports CNET. The company sent notifications to customers on old plans, letting them know they were being moved to a current plan. Customers pushed to a new plan could benefit from an automatic increase in their bill. The operator plans to…