If T-Mobile can’t have the iPhone 5, at least it can have its own robot.
The company on Thursday introduced Tappy, its custom-built phone-testing robotthe first automated testing droid among the mobile carriers.
The tap-happy machine has its origins in the realization about five years that software was becoming a more frequent reason for device returns, according to Grant Castle, T-Mobile vice president of engineering services and quality assurance.
A T-Mobile engineer took to the laboratory to test every function of every phone and tablet, and, “in true geek fashion,” Castle said, he built a robot.
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