T-Mobile veteran Mike Katz, who was serving as the product chief at the un-carrier, is exiting the company after a long career. Katz shared some thoughts about T-Mobile on his way out, and one conclusion that most people came to is that the classic T-Mobile is never coming back.
Classic T-Mobile is never coming back
Mike Katz said that, over the years, T-Mobile has had to evolve to keep up with the industry. It’s no longer a carrier that can continue to grow by pointing out what AT&T and Verizon are doing wrong. As such, the un-carrier has become just a carrier, and it will continue to adopt standard industry practices, much to the dismay of its customer base.
In a poll, we asked you what you felt Mike Katz was hinting at with his statements. Over 67 percent of you said that what Katz was saying was that the classic T-Mobile that users fell in love with all those years ago under Legere was never coming back again.
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Meanwhile, almost 28 percent of voters said that Katz is saying that T-Mobile is now pretty much the same as AT&T and Verizon. Which means that the “un-carrier” name is now outdated and inaccurate.
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Lastly, five percent of respondents said that what Katz really wanted to say was that T-Mobile has fallen behind its two biggest rivals. Which might be part of why the company is adopting their practices now. What’s your opinion on all of this?
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Can you really blame people for coming to this conclusion?
T-Mobile has changed drastically since the John Legere days, and there is perhaps no stronger modern indicator of this shift than the T-Life app. With employees being laid off en masse and customers being forced to use the app for everything even if they’re at a physical store, T-Mobile no longer seems to care about how the customer actually wants to be served.
It’s pretty apparent that T-Mobile is undergoing a massive and permanent shift. There’s no coming back from this. And if the numbers are anything to go by, T-Mobile is doing pretty well with its new strategies and AT&T and Verizon will be following suit shortly.
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