Anna Scantlin

If you’re in the U.S. and you use any of the four big carriers, you probably owe a big “thank you” to T-Mobile for instigating many of the changes we’ve seen over the past couple of years since their “Un-carrier” initiative started rolling out. Whether it’s being able to upgrade before 2 years have passed or carriers beckoning you to join them ETF free, you can bet that most of these extraordinary, seemingly out-of-the-blue changes were because of our friends in magenta.

When it was announced that Amazon would be making a smartphone of their own, expectations were high. With Amazon’s massive success of their Kindle eReader and their Kindle Fire tablets, a smartphone seemed like the next natural step for Amazon to take when it came to popular gadgets. However, when it came to the actual details of the Amazon smartphone, the Amazon Fire Phone, it would seem that Amazon missed the mark by a long shot.

It’s never easy to leave a job that has been good to you, even when you know it needs to be done. When I first started writing at PhoneDog in 2012, I had no idea what to expect. I had been a ghostwriter for a couple of years but had never consistently written for any one publication. I was excited because I loved mobile technology, but I was nervous because I didn’t know if I’d be able to convey that love well into words.