Come to Atlanta, the land of the car fire. Traffic report: "Today's car fire is on I-20 Westbound at Gresham Rd...." They calm down a bit in winter, but late Spring thru Fall it is a daily occurrence.

Perhaps the reason for all the congressional/government banning of Huawei equipment was really not because there was any proof of Chinese government spying, but because there was no way for the NSA to get THEIR backdoors into Huawei equipment. The NSA could not allow US government and telecommunications companies to begin using equipment they could not hack.

"ITworld's Peter Smith is shedding a tear for his $250 Turtle Beach PX5 headset." Sorry, but no sympathy for him. Instead of shedding a tear for your "beloved" device, why not DON'T BUY A PS4. But no, everyone will bitch and moan and gnash their teeth and rant online, but they'll still hand over their money to Sony, who doesn't give a rat's ass. Hey Peter Smith, it's YOUR fault, yours and those like you who keep giving these greedy idiots your money.

Add me to the users that have never broken a microUSB port. My current 2+ year old phone gets plugged into the charger at least every day, previous phones were used even longer with no broken plugs. Several other devices I've used daily with plugging/unplugging their microUSB connections. Until reading of the few people in this thread complaining about broken plugs, I would have never assumed it to be much of a problem. I am an active participant on XDA forums where many Android smartphone owners discuss many issues with devices, including hardware. The only time I've ever encountered much discussion of broken ports, it is when someone accidentally did something really stupid with the device/plug.

When Apple first became available in China, the "status" drove sales. But, that market was quickly saturated. The Chinese market typically demands several things of a smartphone: microSD support and swappable batteries. Phones without those abilities are simply not as well received. Some manufacturers make special products just for the Chinese market, like HTC does with their One model. In the US and Europe, the HTC One is completely sealed, no access to battery, no microSD slot. But in China, the HTC One has at least the microSD because that market demands it. In China, they put a lot of video onto microSD to play on their devices, whether phone or tablet. The Apple system requires those videos to be converted on a host computer before they will play on the device. Android typically does not require any conversion, it plays many more formats than Apple. The microSD can be loaded up with movies and tv shows to watch on the commutes to/from work and school. Apple doesn't seem to understand the Chinese market. They had the initial status-driven people, but those don't offer continued sales/growth.

That's one way to force the use of proprietary hardware. Such a benevolent company. Use Official Apple Product or DIE!

So now we know who is kissing the Fed's ass.

Bah! If you're not coding in binary assembler, you're just coloring by numbers. /s

As part of the new KGB-Plus service available as an option on many plans, the wireless provider can have genetically modified carrier pigeons enhanced with bloodhound DNA find and alert you anywhere in a growing number of metro areas. The specially-trained pigeons will carry a coded message that only you will understand to tell you to turn on your phone and prepare for an incoming call or text message, or to seek a safe house/shelter should your identity and location be discovered by unknown forces.

So what of all those children in other Western countries who watch the same movies and TV shows and play the same video games and have nearly the same access to weapons as do Americans, yet they don't go on violent rampages with the frequency of Americans?

I wonder if the grammar and sentence structure used in the blog post is indicative of that used during the application and interview process? It hurt my mind to read that hot mess.

I wouldn't trust Oracle further than I could smell them.

But it DOES have a signal amplifier for AWS 1700/2100 MHz, for the T-Mobile system. Which, as we now know, will also work for the LTE Band 4 systems (like in Canada and the upcoming T-Mobile LTE-Advanced networks). So, yes, it CAN be upgraded to 4G LTE through software.

New unlimited data plans are completely unlimited, no throttling. Try to keep up with current info. :-)

T-Mobile will be rolling out LTE-Advanced, which is a generation ahead of what AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint are offering. It supposedly has far better noise and signal tolerance for high-speed use. I think it was smart for T-Mobile to skip the LTE-lite and go straight into LTE-Advanced.