Smartphone News

Typically I don't blog on news happening in the telecommunication industry, but heading into CTIA we have been bombarded with some big news stories. Here's the rundown:

• The biggest story, announced yesterday, is AT&T will be purchasing T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom in a cash-and-stock transaction currently valued at approximately $39 billion. This is of course if the feds approve of the deals. In doing so it will become the largest wireless carrier in the US.
• Press Release: Click Here
• T-Mobile FAQs: Click Here

• It's been leaked that Sprint's big CTIA announcements is packed with new devices. Here is a summary:

• HTC EVO 3D: Featuring 4.3-inch qHD 960 x 450-pixel Autostereoscopic 3D display, 4GB of RAM, 1GB ROM, 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm 8660 Snapdragon CPU, dual rear 5-megapixel cameras with a dedicated camera button, 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, and 1730mAh battery. The HTC EVO 3D will run Android Gingerbread 2.3 with HTC Sense UI and it will also output 1080p video via HDMI and output 720p 3D content as well. There will also be a Blockbuster 3D on demand app as well as YouTube 3D.
• HTC EVO View 4G Tablet:a 7-inch device with a 1024 x 600-pixel capacitive touch screen. The HTC EVO View 4G will also feature an aluminium unibody design, HTC Scribe with optional pen support, the latest HTC Sense UI optimized for tablet devices, a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a 4000mAh battery, DLNA and HDMI-out support.
• We may also see Motorola Xoom coming to other carriers. 
• The Nexus S is coming to Sprint soon, in 4G!

As always we will be bringing you the best smartphone deals! Yoursmartphoneguy.com

AT&T deals end March 8th

AT&T has made a corporate decision to end its "online dealer" program. What this means is that Your Smartphone Guy (as well as other online stores including Wirefly, Phonezip and all Simplexity partners) will no longer be allowed to promote AT&T online. AT&T's reason for this decision have to do with cost cutting and refocusing on their brand.

What we plan to do:

• On March 8, all pages, links, images, and references to AT&T will be removed from all YSG websites.

• No new orders for AT&T will be accepted after March 7.

• We will continue to take AT&T related Customer Service calls after March 7th, 2011 and address your customers needs accordingly.

• AT&T related web traffic arriving at our server will be redirected as needed so as to notify the customer that AT&T is no longer being offered.

The Future: 

Here at YSG, we have been working extremely hard on new prepaid offerings that are slated to be rolled out fully in Q1 2011. All of these new product lines will be directly fulfilled, which in turn offers us more control over the entire customer experience. The next 1-2 years are going to be a very exciting time! 

Please stay tuned and follow us on Twitter @ysgdotcom (http://twitter.com/ysgdotcom) and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/yoursmartphoneguy.com

Thank You,

Brandon

brandon@yoursmartphoneguy.com

UPDATE:  
As you know, AT&T terminated their online dealer program earlier this month. Because of this, our fulfillment partner companies, Simplexity and LetsTalk, were no longer allowed to sell AT&T products. Since then, we have been in discussions with AT&T and have been given the opportunity to sell directly through the AT&T website. You will notice AT&T links and products on the yoursmartphoneguy.com website today (including iPhone and iPad!). All AT&T products will be fulfilled and handled by AT&T themselves.

UPDATE:  We are still in talks.

CES has started!

The International Consumer Electronics Show started today. In honor of this we have some great new exclusive deals!
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Free Activation - We will waive your activation fees!

Looking to switch carriers but don't want the carriers activation fee? We've got THREE DIFFERENT exciting FREE Activation offers during December! 

Also, those who are renewing and upgrading their phone or plan never pay an activation fee.

Thanks to all our customers, supporters and fans!

Our Deals Are So Good...

Here at Your Smartphone Guy  we've noticed how many people get excited about this "black Friday". Seeing as how we would like for you to become a customer we wanted to join in. However, we already offer the lowest prices on cell phones and other wireless devices that we didn't think we would be able to join in the festivities.

But we did!

Starting today Friday, November 19th, we will be crediting customers the activation fee. Free activation on all new AT&T and Verizon phones! So not only are we offering free or insanely discounted phones and free standard shipping, but we will also credit the activation fees for Verizon and AT&T.