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What’s the news: The holidays are arriving early at Metro by T-Mobile! For the first time ever, the Apple Watch lineup — including Apple Watch Ultra 2, Apple Watch 10 and Apple Watch SE — are available at Metro (NASDAQ: TMUS) stores nationwide. Starting today, customers can switch to Metro and score Apple Watch SE and iPhone 12 together for just $99.99, the lowest price in prepaid, when signing up for Metro Flex Plus and adding a smartwatch line.
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Apple Watch at Metro comes with all the value that customers expect without the yada yada … that means no contracts, no credit checks and no surprises. Customers simply add a smartwatch line for just $10/month and enjoy unlimited talk, text and data — without any activation fees for a limited time.
Apple Watch and iPhone make the perfect gifts for the holiday season. Apple Watch offers a wide variety of health and fitness features, making it easy for customers to stay active and connected to the people they care about most, and provides advanced safety features right at the wrist. With iPhone and its advanced camera system, customers can capture lasting memories this holiday season and enjoy long-lasting battery life to keep them connected to friends and family during busy holiday activities.
Whether in the market for the perfect Apple Watch or just looking for a new iPhone, Metro by T-Mobile has deals for everyone — including iPhone 12 on Us when bringing a number to Metro and signing up for a Metro Flex Plus plan. With this plan, customers get iPhone 12 on Us when they join and can upgrade as soon as every year with Metro’s best deals on select devices. For customers today, that means after 12 months on Metro Flex Plus, they can score a free 5G device — making Metro the only brand in prepaid giving people new customer vibes again and again.
Metro Flex Plus customers get the best benefits in prepaid including an Amazon Prime membership (valued at $14.99/month) with fast, free delivery, nonstop streaming and exclusive member savings. Customers also get one-of-a-kind deals and freebies every week with T-Mobile Tuesdays, like discounts on Shell gas and $5 movie tickets; a free season-long subscription to MLB.TV and Scam Shield to identify and block spam and scam calls. And this is all on top of unlimited talk, text and 5G data on the nation’s fastest prepaid network.
Who it’s for: Anyone can get Apple Watch SE, Apple Watch 10 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 at Metro for an affordable price without the headaches of contracts or credit checks.
Why it matters: There is no time like the present to be a holiday hero to friends and family — or to treat yourself! — with Apple Watch deals at Metro.
What else: For more information on Apple Watch SE, Apple Watch Series 10 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 coming to Metro stores nationwide, visit: https://www.metrobyt-mobile.com/deals/apple
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Here’s how it works: If you use a lot of data, more than 35GB/mo., you may notice slower speeds when our network is busy. Video streams in SD. You’ll need email & ID (to verify your name & address) to sign up. iPhone & Apple Watch SE Bundle: Qualifying port-in required. Limit 2 per account. Flex Deals: See details at metrobyt-mobile.com/metro-flex. Like everything else in this crazy world, Metro Flex details could change. Fastest: Based on analysis by Ookla® of select Prepaid Wireless providers Speedtest Intelligence® data for the U.S., 1H 2024. Ookla trademarks used under license and reprinted with permission. See 5G device, coverage & access details at MetrobyT-Mobile.com.
About T-Mobile
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Apple Watch launches in Metro stores nationwide on Nov. 7 and to celebrate, customers can get Apple Watch SE for the best price in prepaid (Graphic: Business Wire)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden's name wasn't on the ballot, but history will likely remember Kamala Harris' resounding defeat as his loss too.
As Democrats pick up the pieces after President-elect Donald Trump's decisive victory, some of the vice president's backers are expressing frustration that Biden's decision to seek reelection until this summer — despite long-standing voter concerns about his age and unease about post-pandemic inflation as well as the U.S.-Mexico border — all but sealed his party's surrender of the White House.
“The biggest onus of this loss is on President Biden,” said Andrew Yang, who ran against Biden in 2020 for the Democratic nomination and endorsed Harris’ unsuccessful run. “If he had stepped down in January instead of July, we may be in a very different place.”
Biden will leave office after leading the United States out of the worst pandemic in a century, galvanizing international support for Ukraine after Russia’s invasion and passing a $1 trillion infrastructure bill that will affect communities for years to come.
But having run four years ago against Trump to “restore the soul of the country,” Biden will make way after just one term for his immediate predecessor, who overcame two impeachments, a felony conviction and an insurrection launched by his supporters. Trump has pledged to radically reshape the federal government and roll back many of Biden's priorities.
“Maybe in 20 or 30 years, history will remember Biden for some of these achievements,” said Thom Reilly, co-director of the Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy at Arizona State University. “But in the shorter term, I don’t know he escapes the legacy of being the president who beat Donald Trump only to usher in another Donald Trump administration four years later.”
The president on Wednesday stayed out of sight for the second straight day, making congratulatory calls to Democratic lawmakers who won downballot races and to Trump. Biden invited Trump for a White House meeting, and the president-elect accepted.
Biden is set to deliver a Rose Garden address Thursday about the election. He issued a statement shortly after Harris delivered her concession speech Wednesday, praising Harris for running an “historic campaign” under “extraordinary circumstances.”
Some high-ranking Democrats, including three advisers to the Harris campaign, expressed deep frustration with Biden for failing to recognize earlier in the election cycle that he was not up to the challenge. The advisers spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly.
Biden, 81, ended his reelection campaign in July, weeks after an abysmal debate performance sent his party into a spiral and raised questions about whether he still had the mental acuity and stamina to serve as a credible nominee.
But polling long beforehand showed that many Americans worried about his age. Some 77% of Americans said in August 2023 that Biden was too old to be effective for four more years, according to a poll by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs.
The president bowed out on July 21 after getting not-so-subtle nudges from Democratic Party powers, including former President Barack Obama and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California. Biden endorsed Harris and handed over his campaign operation to her.
Yang argued that Democratic Party leaders also deserve blame for taking too long to push out Bident. With few exceptions, most notably Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips, Democrats shied away talking publicly about Biden's age.
“Why was this not coming from any Democratic leaders?" Yang said. “It’s a lack of courage and independence and an excess of careerism, if I just keep my mouth shut, we’ll just keep on trucking along.”
The campaign was also saddled by anger among some Arab American and young voters over its approach to Israel's conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon. Sen. Bernie Sanders, an ally of Biden and Harris, said in a statement that Democrats lost the thread on working class Americans' concerns.
“Will the big money interests and well-paid consultants who control the Democratic Party learn any real lessons from this disastrous campaign?” the Vermont independent said. “Will they understand the pain and political alienation that tens of millions of Americans are experiencing?”
Harris managed to spur far greater enthusiasm than Biden was generating from the party's base. But she struggled to distinguish how her administration would differ from Biden's.
Appearing on ABC’s “The View” in September, Harris was not able to identify a decision where she would have separated herself from Biden. “There is not a thing that comes to mind,” Harris said, giving the Trump campaign a sound bite it replayed through Election Day.
The strategists advising the Harris campaign said the compressed campaign timetable made it even more difficult for Harris to differentiate herself from the president.
Had Biden stepped aside early in the year, they said, it would have given Democrats enough time to hold a primary. Going through the paces of an intraparty contest would have forced Harris or another eventual nominee to more aggressively stake out differences with Biden.
The strategists acknowledged that overcoming broad dissatisfaction among the American electorate about rising costs in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic and broad concerns about the U.S. immigration system weighed heavy on the minds of voters in key states.
Still, they said that Biden had left Democrats in an untenable place.
Harris senior adviser David Plouffe in a posting on X called it a “devastating loss.” Plouffe did not assign blame and said the Harris campaign “dug out of a deep hole but not enough.”
At the vice president's concession speech on Wednesday, some Harris supporters said they wished the vice president had had more time to make her pitch to American voters.
“I think that would have made a huge difference," said Jerushatalla Pallay, a Howard University student who attended the speech at the center of her campus.
Republicans are poised to control the White House and Senate. Control of the House has yet to be determined.
Matt Bennett, executive vice president at the Democratic-aligned group Third Way, said this moment was the most devastating the party has faced in his lifetime.
"Harris was dealt a really bad hand. Some of it was Biden’s making and some maybe not," said Bennett, who served as an aide to Vice President Al Gore during the Clinton administration. “Would Democrats fare better if Biden had stepped back earlier? I don't know if we can say for certain, but it's a question we'll be asking ourselves for some time.”
Associated Press writer Matt Brown contributed to this report.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris hugs President Biden during the Democratic National Convention Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris listens as President Joe Biden speaks about distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, in the East Room of the White House, May 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
