Sprint’s ad faux pas: customer characterizing a ‘ghetto’ T-Mobile

If you don’t know why the term “ghetto” is socially unacceptable as a descriptive term (to say the least), perhaps you should look into our Further Reading link. Sprint looked to no one before publishing one of its videos from the Listening Tour that CEO Marcelo Claure is conducting across the nation.The order of any given clip would be for Claure to ask his panel about words that came to mind when mentioning a carrier. The clip in question came down to this one woman who said:Oh my ...

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Does OnePlus have any selling points besides its pricing?

And the opinion rounds have come full circle. We praised OnePlus for beginning to wear the big pants now after the OnePlus 2, an underdog that has hopes of clawing its way to the top. And when the big reveal came undone … whiplash. No NFC, no wireless charging, no Quick Charge 2.0 and furthermore, nothing special. We’re at that point in the sub-$400 smartphone bin where consumers are demanding ...

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The OnePlus 2 might be an example of how an underdog can shine

Okay, the extremely exciting initial news, spec and video blast is over and done with. Great. Breathe in. Breathe out. Now what?Remember how I just said earlier that the OnePlus 2 isn’t a ...

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The OnePlus 2 of 2015 isn’t the flagship killer of 2016

Welcome to the hype machine, hope you enjoy your stay! The spin cycle on this phone sounds as boastful as ever. It’s supposed to be, that’s how marketing builds your attention towards a launch event like this one for the OnePlus 2. Sure, it has great specs and the cache the company has with its forum followers is extremely strong. But what does it mean to “kill” a flagship?Flagship Kill la Kill?

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Fix the OnePlus Two invite system by getting rid of it

The original title of this post included the words “kill it with fire.” I don’t think we should be taking the flaming pitchforks to anything OnePlus is doing here, including what the OnePlus Two has in store for us. And it has a lot in store for us.But as we’ve discussed many times before on the

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