Phones

T-Mobile Accused of Selling Used Phones as New in Lawsuit

NEW YORK — New York City is suing T-Mobile for what it calls “abusive sales tactics” at Metro by T-Mobile stores, the wireless carrier’s prepaid phone brand. The city’s lawsuit says dozens of stores sold used phones to customers as new, charged fake taxes and unexpected fees and offered financing for phones that resulted in higher-than-expected prices. RELATED: T-Mobile-Sprint merger approved …


Border Agent Searches of Americans’ Cellphones Spark Lawsuit

An advocacy group is suing the Department of Homeland Security to release details about every time U.S. border officers have searched travelers’ electronic devices over the past five years. According to documents filed Monday, the Knight First Amendment Institute has alleged that recent reporting by NBC News shows that U.S. border officers are acting unconstitutionally, violating both the First …


Note 7 Owners File Class Action Suit Against Samsung Over Smartphone Debacle

Samsung’s Note 7 fallout keeps expanding, as a possible class action lawsuit looms against the company, after three former Note 7 owners in the U.S. joined ranks to take the OEM to court. The news lands only a week after the company pulled the plug on the manufacturing of the handset, a decision determined by mounting numbers of devices that overheat and burst into flames. The lawsuit, which …