MetroPCS snatches up sub-$200 Alcatel 7, but it’s free for select customers

You'll have to be switching from another network to get it for free and the Alcatel 7 looks to be something that may punch above its original value.

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$20 Wi-Fi Hotspots, $8 monthly service on UNREAL Mobile

FreedomPop's latest Sprint-based prepaid carrier is working hard to grab attention to its low-cost services. The hotspot is the latest ploy.

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Mint Mobile now offering money-back trial of its network

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The prepaid carrier runs on T-Mobile’s network and sells plans by the quarter or by the year for a lump sum fee. A free trial is darn important.

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iPhone SE refurb for $85 also comes with discounted Straight Talk service if you want

Walmart is offering complimentary no-contract wireless service with the refurbished iPhone SE for $85.49. And you don't even have to use the network.

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New customers get double the data for the same price on Verizon Prepaid

Instead of 500MB of high-speed data for $30 a month, it's 1GB for the same price. And while the Unlimited plan snoozes on this promo, it's a high ceiling.

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UNREAL Mobile decides to undercut Sprint Unlimited Kickstart with $10 unlimited data

Sprint's deal for switchers was low, sweet and so far gone. So, what's left for bargain seekers in the cellular space? FreedomPop's UNREAL Mobile, perhaps.

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Apple v. Samsung ends, the HTC U12+ begins | #PNWeekly 306 (LIVE at 3p ET)

Nearly seven years later, we may finally have reached the end of this argument between two bickering tech giants. That and a really big phone this week on our show!

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UNREAL Mobile exploits Sprint/T-Mobile merger to offer unlimited data at $15 per month

Prepaid operators are concerned about wholesale data prices from the big players going up with the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile. FreedomPop wants to poke a hole in that fear.

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Boost Mobile founder wants to take it back from Sprint and T-Mobile

He sees the merger as a crisis and an opportunity to protect the prepaid wireless market from data price gouging and reduction of choice.

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Low income earners watching Sprint/T-Mobile merger with concern

MetroPCS, Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile would come under the T-Mobile ownership umbrella and would have a combined 54 percent of the prepaid market.

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Cricket’s LG Fortune 2 is a dirt-cheap Android Nougat phone with mediocre specs

The LG Fortune 2 only seems to have that ultra-low $99.99 price point going for it, running Android 7.1 Nougat and featuring overall subpar specs by 2018 standards.

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