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Background

AT&T Mobility LLC, also known as AT&T Wireless (formerly Cingular Wireless) and marketed as simply AT&T, is an American telecommunications company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc. and provides wireless services in the United States. AT&T Mobility is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, with 241.5 million subscribers as of the end of Q4 2023.

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1st Logo (2007-2009)	2nd Logo (2007-2010)	3rd Logo (2009-2014)	4th Logo (2010)	5th Logo (2014-2015)	6th Logo (2015-)

1st Logo (2007-2009)

Visuals:

Startup: A blue bar moves horizontally on a black background, bringing up five signal bars. The background then changes into white, as the signal lines expand and curve into the right and then spin out into the forming AT&T logo while the sphere forms around it. "at&t" moves from the left at the bottom.
Shutdown: There is the AT&T logo on the white background with the sphere spinning. The five signal bars then spin in quickly at the front as the logo fades out. The background turns black and the bars shrink as a blue turning off effect appears off-center.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio:

Startup: A jet-style whooshing sound.
Shutdown: Another whooshing sound, this time in the style of a "turning off" effect.

Audio Variants:

On some low-spec devices, no sounds are heard.
In several devices, the default startup or shutdown sound of the manufacturer (like Samsung) is heard playing with the animation.

Availability: Seen on some non-3G AT&T-branded mobile phones from the period.

2nd Logo (2007-2010)

Startup animation

Shutdown animation

Visuals: Same as the Cingular 3G startup and shutdown, except the Cingular logo is swapped with the AT&T one. In the shutdown, the "Good bye" text may be different.

Variants:

In some devices, the AT&T logo in shrunk (sometimes into a horizontal line) and the text "World Phone" is shown below.
- An open matte version of this is seen on HP iPAQ models.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Same as the Cingular 3G startup and shutdown. The single whoosh from the previous logo can be heard in a few devices.

Availability: Seen on AT&T-branded mobile phones from the period.

3rd Logo (2009-2014)

Visuals: Over a white background, multiple colored droplets in blue, orange and green drop out into the center, forming the bars of the AT&T sphere as they change into blue. The base of the sphere fades in, and the slogan "Rethink Possible" with the trademark gradually wipes in below.

Technique: CGI.

Audio:

Startup: Earlier devices used the whooshing sounds from the previous logos. Later on in 2010, a shortened version of the Firefly ringtone was used.
Shutdown: The whooshing shutdown sounds from the previous logos in earlier devices.

Availability: Same as the second AT&T logo.

4th Logo (2010)

Visuals: There is an orange background with the AT&T sphere logo and "WORLD PHONE" below.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on some AT&T-branded BlackBerry mobile phones.

5th Logo (2014-2015)

Visuals: The AT&T logo is spinning over a white background.

Technique: Basic 3D animation.

Audio: Same as the third AT&T logo.

Availability: Seen on AT&T-branded mobile phones from the period.

6th Logo (2015-)

Visuals: Over a black background, a blue circle grows in from the center, and curved lines cut out from it, forming the recent AT&T sphere design.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: A guitar rearrangement of the Firefly ringtone. Composed by Made Music Studio.

Availability: Seen on some recent AT&T-branded mobile phones.

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 ===Background===
-'''AT&T Mobility LLC''', also known as '''AT&T Wireless''' and marketed as simply '''AT&T''', is an American telecommunications company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of [[AT&T|AT&T Inc.]] and provides wireless services in the United States. AT&T Mobility is the third-largest wireless carrier in the United States, with 101.6 million subscribers as of the end of Q1 2022. Originally known as '''Cingular Wireless''' (a joint venture between SBC Communications and BellSouth) from 2000 to 2007, the company acquired the old AT&T Wireless in 2004; SBC later acquired the original AT&T and adopted its name. Cingular became wholly owned by AT&T in December 2006 as a result of AT&T's acquisition of BellSouth.
+'''AT&T Mobility LLC''', also known as '''AT&T Wireless''' (formerly [[Cingular Wireless]]) and marketed as simply '''AT&T''', is an American telecommunications company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of [[AT&T|AT&T Inc.]] and provides wireless services in the United States. AT&T Mobility is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, with 241.5 million subscribers as of the end of Q4 2023.
+{{ImageTOC
-==Cingular Wireless==
+|AT&T Mobility (2000s).png|1st Logo (2007-2009)
+|AT&T 2007 On 2.png|2nd Logo (2007-2010)
+|AT&T (2010).png|3rd Logo (2009-2014)
+||4th Logo (2010)
+|Samsung Galaxy S5 at&t (2014).jpg|5th Logo (2014-2015)
+|Hisense Infinity F24 (2015).png|6th Logo (2015-)
+}}
-==={{Ordinal|1}} Logo (2005-2006)===
+===1st Logo (2007-2009)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-'''Logo:'''
+AT&T Mobility (2000s).png
-*'''Startup:''' Over a white background, multiple red and orange balls fall while the Cingular logo, an "X" styled curved stick figure appears at the center. The logo then spins out into the left as the letters of "cingular" in blue appear next to it.
+</gallery>
-*'''Shutdown:''' The "cingular" logo is shown as the letters of "cingular" appear one-by-one.
+{{YouTube|id=5JP2pbSK8yQ}}
+'''Visuals:'''
-'''FX/SFX:''' 3D animation at a low frame-rate.
+* '''Startup:''' A {{color|blue}} bar moves horizontally on a black background, bringing up five signal bars. The background then changes into white, as the signal lines expand and curve into the right and then spin out into the forming AT&T logo while the sphere forms around it. "at&t" moves from the left at the bottom.
+* '''Shutdown:''' There is the AT&T logo on the white background with the sphere spinning. The five signal bars then spin in quickly at the front as the logo fades out. The background turns black and the bars shrink as a {{color|blue}} turning off effect appears off-center.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' TBA
+'''Technique:''' Computer animation.
+'''Audio:'''
+* '''Startup:''' A jet-style whooshing sound.
+* '''Shutdown:''' Another whooshing sound, this time in the style of a "turning off" effect.
+'''Audio Variants:'''
+* On some low-spec devices, no sounds are heard.
+* In several devices, the default startup or shutdown sound of the manufacturer (like Samsung) is heard playing with the animation.
-'''Availability:''' Uncommon; seen on any Cingular-licensed mobile devices from the period.
+'''Availability:'''  Seen on some non-3G AT&T-branded mobile phones from the period.
-==={{Ordinal|2}} Logo (2006)===
+===2nd Logo (2007-2010)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Startup animation">
-'''Logo:'''
+AT&T 2007 On 1.png
-*'''Startup:''' We see a white background. From the left multiple orange comets with the text "3G" on them form 3D signal bars in blue. The bars spin into the center as another "3G" comet appears moving and changes the bars into the Cingular logo, with the slogan "raising the bar" in blue and signal bars shown next to it.
+AT&T 2007 On 2.png
-*'''Shutdown:''' Similar to before, but the Cingular logo is shown at the beginning, and the bars zoom in instead of spinning out. The 3G comet then appears as the text "Goodbye" appears at the end.
+AT&T 2007 On 1 (World Phone).png
+AT&T 2007 On 2 (World Phone).png
+AT&T 2007 On 1 (World Phone, Open Matte).png
+AT&T 2007 On 2 (World Phone, Open Matte).png
+</gallery>
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200" caption="Shutdown animation">
+AT&T 2007 Off 1.png
+AT&T 2007 Off 2.png
+AT&T 2007 Off 1 (World Phone).png
+AT&T 2007 Off 2 (World Phone).png
+AT&T 2007 Off 1 (World Phone, Open Matte).png
+AT&T 2007 Off 2 (World Phone, Open Matte).png
+</gallery>
+{{Youtube|id=-OYGB1KehIc|id2=BSOsUAS2iBc}}
+'''Visuals:''' Same as the Cingular 3G startup and shutdown, except the Cingular logo is swapped with the AT&T one. In the shutdown, the "Good bye" text may be different.
-'''FX/SFX:''' 3D computer animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:'''
+'''Variants:'''
+* In some devices, the AT&T logo in shrunk (sometimes into a horizontal line) and the text "World Phone" is shown below.
-*'''Startup:''' Two jet-style whooshing sounds.
+** An open matte version of this is seen on HP iPAQ models.
-*'''Shutdown:''' A different whooshing sound.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
+'''Audio:''' Same as the Cingular 3G startup and shutdown. The single whoosh from the previous logo can be heard in a few devices.
-'''Availability:''' Rare; seen on any Cingular-licensed 3G mobile devices from 2006.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on AT&T-branded mobile phones from the period.
+===3rd Logo (2009-2014)===
-==AT&T Mobility==
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-==={{Ordinal|1}} Logo (2007-2009)===
-[[File:AT&T Mobility (2000s).png|frameless|center]]
+AT&T (2010).png
+</gallery>
-{{YouTube|id=5JP2pbSK8yQ}}
+{{YouTube|id=8gpQ3hzYNrc}}
-'''Logo:'''
-*'''Startup:''' We see a blue bar move horizontally on a black background, bringing up five signal bars. The background then changes into white, as the signal lines expand and curve into the right and then spin out into the forming AT&T logo while the sphere forms around it. "at&t" moves from the left at the bottom.
-*'''Shutdown:''' We see the AT&T logo on the white background with the sphere spinning. The five signal bars then spin in quickly at the front as the logo fades out. The background turns black and the bars shrink as a blue turning off effect appears off-center.
+'''Visuals:''' Over a white background, multiple colored droplets in {{color|blue}}, {{color|orange}} and {{color|green}} drop out into the center, forming the bars of the AT&T sphere as they change into {{color|blue}}. The base of the sphere fades in, and the slogan "Rethink Possible" with the trademark gradually wipes in below.
-'''FX/SFX:''' Computer animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:'''
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-*'''Startup:''' A jet-style whooshing sound.
-*'''Shutdown:''' Another whooshing sound, this time in the style of a "turning off" effect.
+'''Audio:'''
-'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' In several devices, the default startup or shutdown sound of the manufacturer (like Samsung) is heard playing with the animation.
+* '''Startup:''' Earlier devices used the whooshing sounds from the previous logos. Later on in 2010, a shortened version of the Firefly ringtone was used.
+* '''Shutdown:''' The whooshing shutdown sounds from the previous logos in earlier devices.
-'''Availability:''' Uncommon; seen on any AT&T-licensed mobile devices from the period.
+'''Availability:''' Same as the second AT&T logo.
+===4th Logo (2010)===
+'''Visuals:''' There is an {{color|orange}} background with the AT&T sphere logo and "WORLD PHONE" below.
+'''Technique:''' A still, digital graphic.
+'''Audio:''' None.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on some AT&T-branded BlackBerry mobile phones.
+===5th Logo (2014-2015)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+Samsung Galaxy S5 at&t (2014).jpg
+</gallery>
+{{Youtube|id=2J0qHH6nAvI}}
+'''Visuals:''' The AT&T logo is spinning over a white background.
+'''Technique:''' Basic 3D animation.
+'''Audio:''' Same as the third AT&T logo.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on AT&T-branded mobile phones from the period.
-==={{Ordinal|2}} Logo (2007-2010)===
+===6th Logo (2015-)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-'''Logo:''' Same as the Cingular 3G startup and shutdown except the Cingular logo is swapped with the AT&T one. In the shutdown, the "Good bye" text is different.
+Hisense Infinity F24 (2015).png
+</gallery>
+{{Youtube|id=Vwx90gErPM8}}
+'''Visuals:''' Over a black background, a {{color|blue}} circle grows in from the center, and curved lines cut out from it, forming the recent AT&T sphere design.
-'''Variant:''' In some devices the AT&T logo in shrunk (sometimes into an horizontal line) and the text "World Phone" is shown below.
-'''FX/SFX:''' 3D computer animation.
+'''Technique:''' 2D animation.
+'''Audio:''' A guitar rearrangement of the Firefly ringtone. Composed by Made Music Studio.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the Cingular 3G startup and shutdown. The single whoosh from the previous logo can be heard in a few devices.
-'''Availability:''' Uncommon; seen on any AT&T-licensed mobile devices from the period.
+'''Availability:'''  Seen on some recent AT&T-branded mobile phones.
+{{Chronology|[[Cingular Wireless]]|}}
 [[Category:United States]]
 [[Category:American mobile bootscreens]]
 [[Category:Mobile bootscreens]]
 [[Category:AT&T Inc.]]
+[[Category:Logos with music by Joel Beckerman]]
+[[Category:Logos with music by Made Music Studio]]