{"id":5257,"date":"2013-06-05T07:30:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T12:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/?p=5257"},"modified":"2022-02-04T10:29:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T16:29:02","slug":"two-t-mobile-phones-plus-byod-coming-to-metropcs-36593","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/metro\/two-t-mobile-phones-plus-byod-coming-to-metropcs-36593\/","title":{"rendered":"Two T-Mobile phones, plus BYOD, coming to MetroPCS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[While <a href=\"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/providers\/metropcs\/\">MetroPCS<\/a>&#8216;s service plans haven&#8217;t changed at all since the merger with T-Mobile, it has still gained plenty. Perhaps this biggest gain is a network that <a href=\"https:\/\/prepaidreviews.com\/blog\/metropcs\/metropcs-to-reach-100-million-more-thanks-to-t-mobile-36582\/\">covers 100 million additional people<\/a>. As we learned yesterday, MetroPCS will soon get a chance to expand and reach many of those potential customers. According to a leaked document, MetroPCS will soon offer the Samsung Galaxy Exhibit and the LG Optimus L9, both handsets that T-Mobile has already released. More importantly, they&#8217;ll begin offering a bring your own device program starting in mid-June, which could open up even more opportunities.\n<!--more-->\nThe Galaxy Exhibit and the Optimus L9 aren&#8217;t the top phones on the market, but they&#8217;re serviceable mid-range handsets. The Exhibit is basically the Galaxy SIII Mini, with a 4-inch screen, dual-core 1GHz processor, and a few other bells and whistles. The L9 has a 4.5-inch screen also with a dual-core 1GHz processor. Again, nothing groundbreaking but perhaps two useful handsets in the $200 range. (That&#8217;s an estimate, by the way, and not the certain price range of these devices.)\nThe bring your own device plan for MetroPCS will allow them to take T-Mobile-locked and unlocked GSM handsets. The program will begin on June 12th and will cover a wide range of smartphones and feature phones, including the iPhone. The leaked screen doesn&#8217;t mention BlackBerry phones, and Phone Arena explicitly says that BlackBerry devices will not be included.\nWhile these changes won&#8217;t have AT&#038;T and Verizon customers flocking for MetroPCS, they do illustrate the many ways that the T-Mobile merger will benefit both companies.\nVia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/MetroPCS-adds-a-pair-of-phones-to-its-roster-BYOP-to-start-June-12th_id43646\">Phone Arena<\/a>.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-metro"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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