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All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Most carriers have already shut down their legacy 2G networks, so the frequencies can be re-used for LTE and 5G, and 3G's expiration date is now quickly approaching.
It was bound to be another summer of Samsung budget smartphones and, by golly, we've got more to add to the list. The Galaxy A51 and A71 still await their 5G-enabled counterparts, but we do have widespread availability now of the Galaxy A11 and A Both phones started getting around to carriers at the end of last month, but it seems like more of them are now starting to pick up sales, too.
With new ownership comes immediate changes such as a modified logo and new rate plans effective tomorrow. One of the laces left untied in the closure of the Sprint and T-Mobile merger was the condition that the combined carrier would sell prepaid entity Boost Mobile to Dish Network. Now, after a blip of a possibility that the satellite company would back out of negotiations, the two have officially locked into the divestiture deal. Virgin Mobile is one of the smallest network carriers in the United States.
A wholly-owned subsidiary of Sprint, the MVNO has been on the decline for years, and now the brand is set to cease operation as early as next month. Congress has told voice service providers to shut down robocallers and instate call blocking by default. The FCC has mandated just the same. Amidst news of the Department of Justice's approval of its merger with Sprint, T-Mobile has announced a record second quarter with big gains in both subscribers and revenues.
In its earnings call, the carrier tooted its horn about its rapid pace of capital expenditure related to MHz and millimeter wave spectrum and painted a couple of insights to its spectrum and MVNO sale to Dish. Power and Associates recently released the results of its U. However, Boost scored only a middling grade on performance and reliability, the characteristic that survey participants rated as most important.
Meanwhile, J. Powers reports that this year, about half of of all no-contract customers have month-to-month plans, rather than prepaid ones. The increase in attractive monthly no-contract offers might start stealing customers away from contracts. Sure, it may not have the same high-end specs as the latest and greatest Android gadgets, but it's an excellent choice for anyone looking to get in on the Android action on the cheap. That makes it our Editors' Choice for smartphones on Boost.
It also makes the cut for our list of The Best Android Phones. And while the phone is surprisingly light, it feels solid. The back is made of a soft-touch black plastic, which gives it a comfortable, luxurious feel in the hand. The 3. The display itself is a bit on the small side, but it was nicely bright and vibrant, and suitably responsive to touch. Typing on the on-screen keyboard felt predictably cramped, but still entirely doable.
Four function keys sit below the screen on the face of the phone, and light up whenever the screen is touched. Reception was average, and voice quality was good overall. Calls sounded bright and clear in the earpiece, if a bit thin. On the other end, calls made with the phone sounded fine, though voices were a touch muffled and fuzzy. The phone didn't completely block out the sound of a passing city bus while I was making a call, but I was still able to hear my voice above it just fine.
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