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Mobile Miscellany: week of September 30th, 2013
If you didn't get enough mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we've opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This week brought a peek at Motorola's upcoming cheaper version of the Moto X, glimpses of the Lumia 929 for Verizon in white and two new smartphones to MetroPCS. So buy the ticket and take the ride as we explore all that's happening in the mobile world for this week of September 30th, 2013.
T-Mobile to launch LG G2 in stores on September 25th, sells Optimus F6 today (update 2: AT&T and Verizon)
At last, the LG G2 has a US release date: T-Mobile is shipping the Android flagship to stores on September 25th, with online availability starting September 18th. The 5.2-inch smartphone will require a $100 initial spend on a downpayment plan, and costs $630 outright. Both black and white colors will be available, although you'll have to order the white version online; thankfully, you can pre-order either model today. Too expensive for your tastes? You can buy the newly available Optimus F6 instead. The 4.5-inch budget smartphone is now selling online for $50 on a downpayment plan, or $290 at full price. Those who'd prefer a walk-in purchase can pick up the F6 at a retail store on September 11th. Update: Verizon has since provided its G2 launch details, and it's beating T-Mobile to the punch. It will release its logo-laden variant on September 12th for $200 on a two-year contract. Update 2: AT&T has chimed in as well: it will sell the G2 on September 13th for the same $200 on contract as Verizon, or $27 per month on Next.
LG Optimus F6 and F3 land on T-Mobile
T-Mobile is super excited about getting the LG G2, but the Korean manufacturer's new flagship isn't the only handset en route to Big Magenta. The Optimus F3 and F6 are also arriving on the carrier. The 4-inch F3 is available today, with all the expected LG features such as QuickMemo, QSlide, VuTalk and Genius Camera. As part of a launch promotion, customers can get the F3 for no money down, though the 24 monthly payments of $10 as part of its Simple Choice plan do make it quite a bit more expensive than on Sprint and even Virgin Mobile. The Optimus F6 doesn't have a price or release date yet. In fact, T-Mobile would only say that LG's brand new mid-range device would be hitting shelves in "the coming weeks." The 4.5-inch IPS-equipped handset features Jelly Bean and the usual suite of LG customizations, including it rather heavily tweaked camera UI. The sensor itself is a rather pedestrian five-megapixel slice of silicon, though, it is backside illuminated, which should deliver slightly better than expected results. Inside, you'll find LTE and WiFi, as well as NFC. While neither handset is likely to set the tech world on fire, they both deliver solid mid-range features on T-Mo's growing, but still fledgling LTE network.
