T-Mobile Bows $399 5G Phone, Sets $200 Offer for Switching or Adding Lines

T-Mobile is hoping to take the bite out of 5G smartphone pricing with the Revvl 5G, tagged at $399. The 5G phone is $200, after 24 monthly bill credits, for consumers switching or adding a line, said the carrier Thursday. Nearly six in 10 consumers familiar with 5G are worried about the high cost, it said. The Android phone has a 6.5-inch Full HD+ display, triple rear camera with a 48-megapixel main camera, plus super-wide and macro cameras and a 16-megapixel selfie camera. The phone will operate on T-Mobile’s 600 MHz and 2.5 GHz 5G spectrum. The wireless carrier said this month it was expanding 5G coverage by 30%, making it the first to launch a commercial nationwide standalone 5G network, covering 250 million people (see 2008040036). T-Mobile also launched the Revvl 4 ($120) and Revvl4+ ($192) on the LTE network. Availability is Sept. 4.