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Well, the other side of that is: can you do anything without offending someone? Generally, the answer is no. There are two ways you can approach this: you can minimize your "offensiveness", or you can strategically use "offensiveness" (using it as part of "candor" and whatnot) to build the business. Very few people can play the role John Legere is doing successfully. The fact he can pull it off is a testament to his acting ability and his business acumen. I wouldn't recommend anyone else to try to do what he's doing. The reason he can do what he does is because he knows how to do it, and when he screws up, he admits it quickly and well enough that everything works out fine. Most executives aren't capable of that because of the tons of hand-holding by lawyers. The fact that John eschews that and uses his own sense of law and business, and his common sense allows him much more flexibility than most. Very few executives are confident enough to do that. And of course, there's no denying that he's getting results.

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According to those I know who have it, the ZTE ZMAX is a rather good phone. The near-stock Android combined with Wi-Fi calling and decent specs (most ZTE phones released to Sprint and its brands suck in terms of specs) make it a powerful and speedy device for the value.

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Now. Band 12 has gone live in portions of D.C., Ohio, Texas, and Atlanta already. Work is underway to roll it out in other areas, and T-Mobile is negotiating agreements for DTV 51 stations to either move or accept reduced coverage contours. It has successfully negotiated the Dayton, OH; Altanta, GA; and Kansas City DTV 51 stations to move to other channels, and work began in those areas to roll out Band 12 some time ago. Band 12 devices are rolling out as we speak. Currently, T-Mobile carries four band 12 devices on its site: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 Samsung Galaxy Avant Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (available for pre-order currently, comes out later this month) ZTE ZMAX The following upcoming devices will also include band 12: Sony Xperia Z3 Samsung Galaxy Note Edge Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 There's also an unlocked device that has band 12 that isn't sold by T-Mobile, the Verykool SL5000 Quantum. Most of the specs on the device are good, but it has a 5.0" FWVGA screen instead of qHD/720p/1080p HD in order to bring the cost of the device way down to $230. However, it does have AWS for HSPA+/LTE and supports bands 12 and 17. That said, the ZTE ZMAX is a far better device (5.7" 720p HD screen, Wi-Fi ac, Wi-Fi calling, etc) at only $22 more. But if you need a device that is as cheap as it gets (for kids or whatever) with band 12, the "verykool" phone is the one to get. But $22 more for the ZMAX is a much better bargain (especially since it has stock Android, too).

Considering that DT didn't accept less than $40/share from SoftBank, I think a bare minimum for any consideration will be $38/share. And even then, I don't think DT would all its entire stake to be sold. And that's really only if DT is considering a sale, which I don't think it is anymore.

I don't see Deutsche Telekom agreeing. Selling T-Mobile US would drop DT out of the top 10 in terms of revenue, profits, and subscribers. Without T-Mobile US, it may not be able to maintain its consolidated financial performance as it had in the past. Not only that, T-Mobile US is DT's only growing business unit right now. Based on what Reuters indicated earlier this week, I simply don't see a sale happening at all.