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t-mobile might be last with the iPhone but it's charging the least I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update t-mobile will finally begin selling the iphone five on Friday April twelfth t-mobile's the last of the major carriers to sell the iphone but buying a smartphone on t-mobile now has a new twist there are no more contracts t-mobile is breaking away from the traditional model by offering data plans that are cheaper and simpler also there's a lower upfront cost to getting a top-of-the-line smartphone customers can get the iphone 5 for a hundred dollars and just pay twenty dollars a month for two years to pay off the cost of the phone it also costs one hundred dollars to walk out with the galaxy s4 the HTC One and blackberry z10 so if you wanted to splurge and go with the top smartphone and t-mobile's unlimited data plan you'll pay ninety dollars a month that's seventy dollars for the service and 20 for the phone feet until you pay it off not only does it come out to be cheaper than other carriers but you also paid less for the phone up front if you want to leave t-mobile at any time you can because there's no service contract you're just responsible for paying off the phone and if you want you can trade that phone back for credit or if you want to keep the phone and leave t-mobile will unlock it for you if you're looking for a deal it's cheaper to buy the iphone 5 from t-mobile than buying it unlocked from Apple the only downside of using t-mobile is that the wireless network isn't as advanced as some others t-mobile just launched 4g LTE speeds in seven markets and it will expand that network throughout the year it seems google is desperate to get people to think it's social network is cool I say that because it just added the option to allow an animated gif as a profile picture on google plus but google did make a more useful update to its Google Plus apps for Apple and Android devices the app has new photo filters and editing options and users can share their location with specific circle groups you'll notice that Facebook has added the option to reply to someone within comment threads but the options only for brands or company pages and popular public figures with more than 10,000 followers that way when comments get out of control you could just reply directly to one commenter so it's easier to read we have car news rolling out this week as the new york auto show kicks off and cars are getting more techy the new BMW 6-series has a voice recognition system that lets the driver dictate emails and text messages and it also has a new digital instrument cluster so you can switch it to look traditional or sporting and the car compared to phones at a time that's your tech news update you can find more details at cnet com / update and you can follow along on Twitter from our studios in New York I'm virtue carry