T-Mobile launches $125 smartphone

In This List

Podcast

Next in Tech | Episode 119: Defeating Digital Deficiencies

Blog

Insight Weekly: Loan delinquencies up; US money supply falls; coal employment grows

Blog

Insight Weekly: Loan-to-deposit ratio rises; inventory turnovers ebb; miners add female leaders

Case Study

Central European Broadcaster Monetizes Content with a New Online Streaming Service

10 Aug, 2017 | 17:21

Author Urooj Janjua
Theme Technology, Media & Telecom

T-Mobile US Inc. launched its own branded smartphone, T-Mobile REVVL, which is available for sale starting Aug. 10.

The phone is available for monthly installments of $5 via JUMP! On Demand, or an upfront payment of $125. The phone has a 5.5 inch HD screen, 2 GB of RAM, 32 GB of internal memory, a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, a 3,000 mAh battery, and a fingerprint sensor. It runs on Google Inc.'s Android Nougat operating system.

The company also rolled out a new program, Smartpicks, to offer "affordable" phones to its customers. Along with the T-Mobile REVVL, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s Galaxy J3 Prime, LG Electronics Inc.'s K20 Plus and Aristo, as well as ZTE ZMAX Pro are available for sale to customers on an 18-month lease.