Have a Sprint 5G phone? T-Mobile will force some of you to upgrade.

When T-Mobile and Sprint announced their merger, one of the main upsides touted for the "new" T-Mobile was its ability to build a better 5G network. 

For 5G phone owners and eager early adopters, that sounded great. But now we know the newly combined telco's 5G footprint doesn’t exactly work in the favor of those who currently own a Sprint 5G handset.

Wireless customers with Sprint's 2019 5G phones — like the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, OnePlus 7 Pro 5G, and the LG V50 ThinQ 5G — will need to upgrade their phones, according to T-Mobile, when the company eventually switches Sprint’s 5G network over to its own.  Read more...