Returned evo lte due to data dropouts and crap reception for the photon with hopes of getting the gs3. Will the gs3 have similar data issues due to the new 4g radios in these new sprint phones? So far the photon reception is insane.
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I think most people would agree that the Photon is well known among Sprint phones to be the champion when it comes to reception. If you're hoping for reception like it had in the GS3, I wouldn't hold your breath. I had the EVO LTE before the GS3 & the reception was about the same between the two. Samsung did do us a service in improving the radio slightly in the GS3 over the GS2 though. I get approximately 2-3 dBm better reception with my GS3 over my GS2 in the same spots. YMMV.
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As far as cdma Motorola has a patent that allows them superior radio quality. Does anyone know one that patent will expire? Lol
Should I stick it out with the photon and skip on the gs3?
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Dude, the SGS3 is the pinnacle of smartphone hardware you can own in the WORLD, regardless of network, right now. It is an amazing piece of technology. Like I said, if you expect to see reception like you do with the Photon, that's probably going to be a pipe dream. But I think you'd be crazy not to at least try it out. Am I biased? Yeah, mostly!
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Great time for a return. Verizon SGSIII should be out shortly, return that Photon, pick up that SGSIII should receive equal to +/- reception and you'll be in excellent condition. I couldn't do the EVO LTE, looking forward to Verizon, again :good:.
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Great time for a return. Verizon SGSIII should be out shortly, return that Photon, pick up that SGSIII should receive equal to +/- reception and you'll be in excellent condition. I couldn't do the EVO LTE, looking forward to Verizon, again :good:.
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As long as you can swing the limited data.
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Just got off the phone with best buy and according to them, I should get the gs3 right away since I preordered which should be in my 30 day return policy with best buy. Ill give it a shot and if I see the same poor reception as the evo lte, Ill go back to the photon. As far as going back to verizon, not happening, I just did an assumption of liability with some one on xda an gave up my unlimited. Couldn't justify spending 150 a month for three lines with only one smartphone, 700 minutes, and only 200 text per line. Now I'm spending about 165 for all three lines two of which are iphones for my wife an mother in law. On the 1500 data unlimited. Sprint in my area is fine for service and will only improve as they make network upgrades plus I should be grandfathered in my current plan if they ever decide to change policy. Again this is all speculation, not fact. Here's to hoping the gs3 doesn't drop data the way the beautifully designed evo lte did.
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Just got off the phone with best buy and according to them, I should get the gs3 right away since I preordered which should be in my 30 day return policy with best buy. Ill give it a shot and if I see the same poor reception as the evo lte, Ill go back to the photon. As far as going back to verizon, not happening, I just did an assumption of liability with some one on xda an gave up my unlimited. Couldn't justify spending 150 a month for three lines with only one smartphone, 700 minutes, and only 200 text per line. Now I'm spending about 165 for all three lines two of which are iphones for my wife an mother in law. On the 1500 data unlimited. Sprint in my area is fine for service and will only improve as they make network upgrades plus I should be grandfathered in my current plan if they ever decide to change policy. Again this is all speculation, not fact. Here's to hoping the gs3 doesn't drop data the way the beautifully designed evo lte did.
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I agree, Sprint ftw! Also, the EVO LTE is beautiful, but once you have the GS3 in hand I doubt you'll be disappointed from a design perspective. It's gorgeous & also more comfortable to hold IMHO. Hopefully the signal strength will be better for you, too! Good luck in your endeavor.
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I don't know maybe it was a fluke thing with being defective, like I said if the gs3 fails in that dept ill be back to the photon. This sucks!
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I have the evo lte currently and was thinking of getting the sgs3 also. I went into t-mobile store today to play with one and I wasn't exactly blown away by it. device looks odd because of the really rounded corners. I compared screen sizes and could barely see the difference. I still can't decide
I think both phones are excellent phones and the which one is better, is a silly argument. Ultimately both phones will tackle just about any task you throw at it and any performance differences will be minimal.
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I have the evo lte currently and was thinking of getting the sgs3 also. I went into t-mobile store today to play with one and I wasn't exactly blown away by it. device looks odd because of the really rounded corners. I compared screen sizes and could barely see the difference. I still can't decide
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Reason why I switch wasn't much cause I didn't like my Evo but more because sprint service really not good most of the time, I had to let it go but the GS3 is a really great device tho
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I had the evo lte and returned it due to poor reception and other issues. I've had much better results with the gs3. I also owned the photon before and while the gs3 is not quite as good as the photon, I'd say in 90% of areas I am in, there is no noticeable difference in reception.
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Reason why I switch wasn't much cause I didn't like my Evo but more because sprint service really not good most of the time, I had to let it go but the GS3 is a really great device tho
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my service is perfectly fine with the evo. wish I had better data speeds though :banghead: everything about evo is perfect for me lol. but I halfway wasn't to try a Samsung galaxy device. I'll just get both lol
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I don't know maybe it was a fluke thing with being defective, like I said if the gs3 fails in that dept ill be back to the photon. This sucks!
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Dav, you get what you pay for... I'm with Sprint and I put a pre-orders for 2 S3 with Verizon. I cant even load Google maps while on the train here in LI NY. IMO after Sprint went with the iPhone my speed went from awesome to pure garbage, yes, you get unlimited but what good does it make if you can't even stream a song without skip.
If you want to check how Sprint is doing where you live try check here network.sprint.com
on LI too! Ditched sprint all together, cant justify spending $225 for service thats barely there. Giving t mobile a shot and if that doesnt work, im going back to a pager and some pocket change for a payphone! Im still in my 14 day return period with sprint and was able to port my numbers over, got three lines with 1000 minutes unlimited text, 2gb high speed data with the unlimited slow 3g thing. went with the one s for myself and two nokia lumia 710's for my wife and mother in law at $145 a month. Anything above $150 is pushing it with theses greedy cell companies. Att wanted $200 for something similar to sprint and verizon is about $190. I know a few people with t mobile on LI that say service is fine.
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on LI too! Ditched sprint all together, cant justify spending $225 for service thats barely there. Giving t mobile a shot and if that doesnt work, im going back to a pager and some pocket change for a payphone! Im still in my 14 day return period with sprint and was able to port my numbers over, got three lines with 1000 minutes unlimited text, 2gb high speed data with the unlimited slow 3g thing. went with the one s for myself and two nokia lumia 710's for my wife and mother in law at $145 a month. Anything above $150 is pushing it with theses greedy cell companies. Att wanted $200 for something similar to sprint and verizon is about $190. I know a few people with t mobile on LI that say service is fine.
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Never got the gs3 and ended going one s
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Never got the gs3 and ended going one s
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Really? The one s is nice but after using galaxy nexus and evo my eyes would actually get tired after reading for while, that's why I changed and also some apps don't look as updated as the evo ones, like the mail and contacts, when you swype the bottom part in the contacts apps you don't get the cool animation, and the email app wouldn't display some stuff correctly, nice phone tho, really thin device
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I switched to Verizon about 2 weeks now and purchased the Galaxy Nexus. Figured I would write a little comparison about the 2 devices as well as the service. This might help some people to decide who might be on the fence about switching carriers or thinking about the GN when it comes to Sprint.
Lets compare devices first. I truly loved the E4GT as I am sure many of you are aware so it is not like I jumped ship because I didn't like the device. My main reason was I was sick of seeing .04kbs on download speeds over 3G. Also Sprint removing all the reasons why I stuck around with them as their network became more degraded day by day. With all these changes it made the playing field more equal with other providers.
I am going to try and keep it short and to the point. For screen quality, nothing beats a Super Amoled Plus screen. I was running my E4GT to appear like a 720p screen and there was no way to tell this wasn't the native resolution of this device. It still looked beautiful. The reason why I bring this up is because it is almost unfair to compare the E4GT screen at a WVGA resolution as it just looks ridiculous. The GN screen is still beautiful and looks fantastic, but when held up against the E4GT you can see it just falls a little short. Against all other screens it is still a beast. The whites on the E4GT are bright and true white while the GN is not. Again, the screen still looks beautiful.
For resolution, I know a lot of people who tried 720p on their E4GT thought that it made everything to small for them. On the GN, while it is 720p, The text and icons are larger then what they are on the E4GT running at 720p so you should not worry about things being to small.
Camera has been a big complaint for people. The E4GT has one of the best camera's in a phone I ever used. For the GN, I can see why people have been complaining. In low light situations you can get a lot of noise in the picture. The flash will help with this but it often gives a strong appearance of red eye to anyone looking directly at the camera. When you learn to use the camera and realize you need a steady hand, pictures do come out great. I have taken pictures in good lighting conditions that look as good as the E4GT. The more I use the camera the more I am liking it and capturing better pictures. At first I really was disappointed with it but not so much anymore.
No I know people love benchmarks and stuff but 1 thing I must say even though the E4GT wins hands down on all speed tests, the GN has absolutely no lag and runs just as smooth as the E4GT. If you did not know what was inside these phones you would not be able to tell who has the better equipment inside. So for those who are thinking they will not downgrade to this device based on specs, it really is not an excuse. You need to get over quadrant and base it on how a device performs. Look at the iPhone. They never tell you what is running in that thing and at what speed. It is know they underclock their processors but it still runs smooth as butter so who cares. What would the difference be if they over clocked it? It would run just as smooth.
Now obviously the best part of the experience is ICS. This is my first Nexus device and I think I am sold! I love the idea of having a true Android experience with nothing in it's way. There is nothing in the developers way. We already have an official CM9 nightly. There are a ton of themes and mods available as well as some great Roms. We can even remove the bottom onscreen nav keys and use the entire screen so we do not waste any real estate using them. You can use on-screen gestures (LMT) or button savior instead. You now have a true 4.65" screen with nothing in it's way and the list goes on and on.
Bottom line, if I had to choose again, I would go Nexus all the way. I know the SGS3 is going to be a beast as well but the thing that saves the GN is the true Android experience that you will not get with the SGS3.
Now for Verizon. Not much to discuss here. Destroys Sprint in every way. I don't even turn 4G on as 1.5 - 1.8mbs on 3G is all I need to do my daily things on the phone anyway. If I do turn 4G on, um it seems to be everwhere, lol.
With the double data plan, it made it worth the move. You get 4 gigs for the price of 2 which cost $30. Most people will not go over 4 gigs. I believe this deal runs through the end of the month. I truly believe Sprint will go this route so I figured I would jump on Verizon now and take advantage of the deal before Sprint decides to go tiered and I get stuck paying for it on a crappier network.
I do get a 22% discount with Verizon and I can use that discount towards the $50 data plan or higher. So with double data I pay $39 for 10gigs. To me that would be equivalent to unlimited anyway. Will definitely not need to watch the gigs.
If anyone has any particular questions just let me know. I will be happy to answer it. I will miss my Sprint peeps. I have been with Sprint for around 15 years and have seen a lot of the same faces throughout my time on XDA, PPC Geeks, and back in the day Sprint Users.....
Edit...Some additions to add:
If you are going to switch to Verizon and the GN, Amazon has the device for $99 with a new contract. You can port your number right online with them. Amazon's customer service is top notch and if their is any problems with your phone, they will overnight you a new one so you will not have any down time without your device.
If you are eligible for a discount on Verizon, once your number is officially activated with them, you just sign up on the Verizon Wireless webpage to have your discount applied. If you are unsure if you are eligible for a discount, go to the Verizon Wireless web page and enter in your work address to see. You will get an immediate email letting you know what you are eligible for.
Also, I highly recommend the extended battery that can be ordered online from Verizon at half off, so it is $25. It adds barely any bulk and jumps you from the stock 1850 mAh to 2100 mAh. Even the TPU case for the standard battery fits the device with the extended one so it goes to show you there isn't much size difference. With the extended you should be good to go with 3.5 hours of on screen time depending on your use. Haven't used the stock battery so not sure how well that performs.
Thanks for this. Very informative.
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Nice. I'm thinking about making the same move so this helped.
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ive been considering this move too... thx for the info
Come over and experience the awesomeness
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I think Verizon service is definitely what would make me move over. I'm still not sold on the nexus. I've played with a friends and I'm not sure I like the form factor. Then again, I am used to my epic now so that may be what is skewing my opinion. Plus, I can't get over the 299 price tag.
Here is how I look at it.
- Deposit for bad credit: $500
- Monthly service: $89.99
- Extra line: $5.00
- Tiered Data: $60.00 for only 4gb each line.
- New phones: $600
Grand total: $1254.99
It's just a huge chunk to make the switch.
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I made the switch about 2 weeks ago as well. The op helped me out answering some key questions for me. Phone wise I didn't notice much difference. The community over there is cool. Not much complaining. And CM nightly support just hit. The network is much better so all in all ive been happy so far.
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Sprint data service is usable (that's not the same as good, mind you!) Most of the time for me, so paying more for service from Verizon isn't justified at the moment, but I would certainly appreciate reliable 3g! My 25% discount certainly helps... I'd only get an 18% discount at Verizon.
My main hangup, besides price, with Verizon is that they don't have roaming service at all up north at my cabin. Kind've a deal breaker for me.
Great write up though! It's nice to see objective reviews.
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I think Verizon service is definitely what would make me move over. I'm still not sold on the nexus. I've played with a friends and I'm not sure I like the form factor. Then again, I am used to my epic now so that may be what is skewing my opinion. Plus, I can't get over the 299 price tag.
Here is how I look at it.
- Deposit for bad credit: $500
- Monthly service: $89.99
- Extra line: $5.00
- Tiered Data: $60.00 for only 4gb each line.
- New phones: $600
Grand total: $1254.99
It's just a huge chunk to make the switch.
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Did you miss the part that Amazon sells the phone for $99?
Thats exactly what I bought mine for. And got free activation.
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kbizzle said:
I think Verizon service is definitely what would make me move over. I'm still not sold on the nexus. I've played with a friends and I'm not sure I like the form factor. Then again, I am used to my epic now so that may be what is skewing my opinion. Plus, I can't get over the 299 price tag.
Here is how I look at it.
- Deposit for bad credit: $500
- Monthly service: $89.99
- Extra line: $5.00
- Tiered Data: $60.00 for only 4gb each line.
- New phones: $600
Grand total: $1254.99
It's just a huge chunk to make the switch.
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Plus tax, activation fees, etc.
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Did you miss the part that Amazon sells the phone for $99?
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What?? No way. Is it mail in rebates??
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Thanks for the writeup Op. I was thinking about going to Verizon because they just got up brand new 4g LTE in my area and its really fast. My question is though my 3g and voice will be in roam. I know that sounds funny but that is how it is here. I have 4g just on roam. How does this work for Verizon. Will I be hit with charges because of roaming? Thanks.
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What?? No way. Is it mail in rebates??
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No mail in rebate, $99 straight up. Oh yeah, no tax either.
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Thanks for the writeup Op. I was thinking about going to Verizon because they just got up brand new 4g LTE in my area and its really fast. My question is though my 3g and voice will be in roam. I know that sounds funny but that is how it is here. I have 4g just on roam. How does this work for Verizon. Will I be hit with charges because of roaming? Thanks.
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Think you would need to speak with Verizon about this.
musclehead84 said:
Thanks for the writeup Op. I was thinking about going to Verizon because they just got up brand new 4g LTE in my area and its really fast. My question is though my 3g and voice will be in roam. I know that sounds funny but that is how it is here. I have 4g just on roam. How does this work for Verizon. Will I be hit with charges because of roaming? Thanks.
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Yeah we live in the same area... and I too had thoughts considering I'd get 4G LTE right away. I would want to be able to mostly use 3G for day to day, and only kick on 4G for web browsing though... so I'm not sure it makes sense for us considering we'd be on 3G roaming.
Sprint has been frustrating me for the last year, with dropped calls, no service, slow data speeds, when I had amazing speeds, and great coverage from May 2007 - Jan 2011. So, I switched to Big Red. I know it costs more, but I'm getting what I pay for.
The Epic 4G Touch is probably the best phone I've ever owned. And I've enjoyed the support it has received from the talented devs. I really hope Sprint gets its act together, and fixes their network, as I know I'm not the only one who has been complaining about Sprint service.
Maybe I'll be back one day. Keep fighting the good fight. I hope Sprint comes through for you.
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Sprint has been frustrating me for the last year, with dropped calls, no service, slow data speeds, when I had amazing speeds, and great coverage from May 2007 - Jan 2011. So, I switched to Big Red. I know it costs more, but I'm getting what I pay for.
The Epic 4G Touch is probably the best phone I've ever owned. And I've enjoyed the support it has received from the talented devs. I really hope Sprint gets its act together, and fixes their network, as I know I'm not the only one who has been complaining about Sprint service.
Maybe I'll be back one day. Keep fighting the good fight. I hope Sprint comes through for you.
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I thanked you solely for the title of this thread.
Good luck over on VZW.
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I thanked you solely for the title of this thread.
Good luck over on VZW.
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Agree the title reminds me of something...... something about fish
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Agree the title reminds me of something...... something about fish
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Now I have the song from the movie stuck in my head hahaha
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OP. Were you at the end of your contract?
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I left verizon to go to sprint because my wife didn't want to leave. I struggled for almost 2 years w that crap. I left and went back to verizon recently and we are about to get 4g lte here. I couldn't be happier. Once she comes over I will be paying $20 more a month for vastly different service. Sprint would have been nice had they given what they offered. She has the gs2 also and while its a fantastic phone it is poorly represented on sprints terrible network in my area.
You won't be sad to be paying more. No more mad at the world because I can't receive an mms lol.
I did have to pay to get out of my contract (my phone was the only one with remaining time). I read the ETF fee schedule, and I calculated my ETF at $160. I was hoping to get out of my ETF by using the change in the way Sprint discounts the family plans. I missed the deadline by a few days. However, they said my ETF was $90. And, by buying the phones through Amazon, we saved $400. I'll just put my 4G Touch up for sale, as well as the wife's Evo 4G, and I will more than pay for the cost of the phones, as well as the ETF. I will probably be able to pay most of the first month's bill with that, too.
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I left verizon to go to sprint because my wife didn't want to leave. I struggled for almost 2 years w that crap. I left and went back to verizon recently and we are about to get 4g lte here. I couldn't be happier. Once she comes over I will be paying $20 more a month for vastly different service. Sprint would have been nice had they given what they offered. She has the gs2 also and while its a fantastic phone it is poorly represented on sprints terrible network in my area.
You won't be sad to be paying more. No more mad at the world because I can't receive an mms lol.
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Once that LTE comes to your area, you won't be able to wipe the grin off of your face.
Well I got sprint to waive my ETFs but they said I have to return my phones! Wtf?!
What's the point then?
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Hey, just when I thought we were running out of these "I'm leaving" threads, another pops up. #coolstorybro
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so sorry to hear about your departure, you should totally make a thread about it.
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I have Verizon for work and have a couple dropped calls a day. Never had one on my sprint. In the Washington dc area
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SwampGoblin might buy your device....
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SwampGoblin might buy your device....
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I take it there is a good back-story with this? I'm not up on my politics in this forum, so you will have to forgive me...
I have E4GT as private phone and iPhone 4S from VZM as a business phone.
I know those are different phones with different hardware/software but I counldn't help to notice that I always have better signal and reception with my E4GT.
In some areas where I don't have reception at all with my iPhone I'm still getting signal on my E4GT.
And I moved to sprint from AT&T 2.5 years ago because in my area AT&T had a worse service/signal ever.
So may be sprint is not a fastest network but so far it was the best for me for area where I leave and where I travel most.
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Well I got sprint to waive my ETFs but they said I have to return my phones! Wtf?!
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How'd you get them to waive it? My data dips as low as 0.05 mbps on Long Island. It feels like 56k dialup. I don't know how Sprint can legally sell data plans on Long Island. It's soooo bad and it's only getting worse. The tower upgrades did NOTHING.
I really don't want to spend hours on the phone trying to convince 10 different reps to waive the ETF. I'm thinking of just paying the $350 ETF, selling the phone on ebay, and switch to AT&T or Verizon. At least their data works here.
What's the alternative? Keep spending $90/month for a data plan that I can't use? Absolutely ridiculous.
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How'd you get them to waive it? My data dips as low as 0.05 mbps on Long Island. It feels like 56k dialup. I don't know how Sprint can legally sell data plans on Long Island. It's soooo bad and it's only getting worse. The tower upgrades did NOTHING.
I really don't want to spend hours on the phone trying to convince 10 different reps to waive the ETF. I'm thinking of just paying the $350 ETF, selling the phone on ebay, and switch to AT&T or Verizon. At least their data works here.
What's the alternative? Keep spending $90/month for a data plan that I can't use? Absolutely ridiculous.
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Seriously .....rant to sprint we can't do anything, hope you feel better bro
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I picked my nose. I should start a thread about it.
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I take it there is a good back-story with this? I'm not up on my politics in this forum, so you will have to forgive me...
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Swamp Goblin is a dev who happens to be looking for an E4GT so he can start working on new ROM goodness for our phones. He's been looking on Craigslist and ebay but don't think he's had any real success yet. There's a thread that explains it all if you want to contact him.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572184
Also I think sextape (again not an inside joke) might be looking for one, but don't quote me on that.
I would go to At&t before Verizon. You know At&t is a union company. If my family didn't work for Sprint that is where i would go. At least you know their employees get treated better.
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I got my Sprint GNex in the beginning of May and been having some problems with Sprint 3g (Metro Detroit). I am not sure if it just a Sprint issue or if it has to do with my phone. The problems I am experience are;
1) Certain MMS pictures just show 'download' button and wont download when pressed. I have tried toggling between wifi/3G.
2) Google music won't buffer a song when I have a full 3g signal.
3) Signal seems to get stuck on '1x' when it should have a 3g signal.
I unlocked the bootloader, rooted, and installed CMM 9. I believe I updated the radios to FD02 from FD12 but am kind of a noob when it comes to radios. I have tried updating profile and PRL but it doesn't seem to have any effect. Any suggestions?
Thanks for your help.....
I just got my GNEX yesterday. Immediately after activating, I noticed the 3G data speeds seemed a bit slower than my EVO but I didn't think much of it. Then after a day of use I noticed slower data speeds overall. Today I was having trouble where I couldn't access a webpage at all in a known area with weak reception. The funny thing is I tried to access the same page from my wife's iPhone (also on Sprint) and while slow, it was still able to load the page.
From what I read the big issue with the GNEX on Sprint was that it wasn't connecting to 3G data services at all, and the FD02 software update was supposed to fix that. I'm running FD02 and I can access the 3G data network, however the transfer speeds are very slow compared to my old EVO and my wife's iPhone.
I really do enjoy this phone and I hope this is something that can be fixed via a SW update. What's the best way to handle this problem? I was thinking about going to a Sprint store to compare it with a demo model of the same phone just to see if perhaps I have a bad piece of hardware.
Haven't had this issue. However to radios in Samsung devices are notorious for having weaker signal reception which is why comparing to the Evo and iPhone it is much less. It could potentially be a bad radio in the phone you can always take it into a sprint store and have then test it.
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I had the galaxy nexus on sprint and now selling speeds on sprint have gotten really bad so I just dropped off sprint and got tmobile and without LTE I'm hitting 12-16mbps if you guys singup a contract you should consider tmobile really
Waiting for my GN btw I'm paying 65$ for one line
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Maybe if in lived in a populates city but I doubt if any carrier out here is any better... also I don't think I could get a better deal on my bill. And I've already signed my two year contract.
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Maybe if in lived in a populates city but I doubt if any carrier out here is any better... also I don't think I could get a better deal on my bill. And I've already signed my two year contract.
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That's what I thought too man but suffering after a year I couldn't take it anymore where you located and when did you sign up?
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That's what I thought too man but suffering after a year I couldn't take it anymore where you located and when did you sign up?
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I just upgraded... not too long ago. And i live in the hill country of central texas. You can google map the city of Marble Falls, Texas. I havent even seen a Tmobile store anywhere in my area... other than the bigger cities. So i dunno... besides how much are their plans? Cheaper than sprint? That and i dont know what phone i would even go after... definetly not the One X or any HTC phone... has to be a samsung and the only one i would even consider is the S3...
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I just upgraded... not too long ago. And i live in the hill country of central texas. You can google map the city of Marble Falls, Texas. I havent even seen a Tmobile store anywhere in my area... other than the bigger cities. So i dunno... besides how much are their plans? Cheaper than sprint? That and i dont know what phone i would even go after... definetly not the One X or any HTC phone... has to be a samsung and the only one i would even consider is the S3...
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It looks pretty good to me (coverage kind of like mine)
I would get a unlocked nexus depending on your minute for one like you could be paying 65$ at month for unlimited everything but calls(500 minutes) and 5GB of 4G if you get a phone from then it could cost 85$ at month
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It looks pretty good to me (coverage kind of like mine)
I would get a unlocked nexus depending on your minute for one like you could be paying 65$ at month for unlimited everything but calls(500 minutes) and 5GB of 4G if you get a phone from then it could cost 85$ at month
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And I think 30$ for extra line I think minutes is the worst thing but I use one my data then minutes so I'm fine with it plus I have a company that phone
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Hmm... id have to think about it.. since its not in my name... its on my mother name... i'd have to ask somebody i know that actually has tmobile and see what they get. And it would involve breaking my contract now... doubt i could get out of it before they start crying and offering stuff i dont want... i may think about it.
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Hmm... id have to think about it.. since its not in my name... its on my mother name... i'd have to ask somebody i know that actually has tmobile and see what they get. And it would involve breaking my contract now... doubt i could get out of it before they start crying and offering stuff i dont want... i may think about it.
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Mm i see if is too much hassle try to see if someone wS to take it from you on craiglist is just advice I like sprint for a while but after the evo and the iphone there network went to crap and truth the nexus get lower speed test but I could assure you if you use data a lot you'll be happier with tmobile or att(too expensive had them for a while)
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Just wanted to know how many people are like me planning to purchased the Nexus 4
On T Mobile. Waited too long for Sprint to improved their signal strength. I live So Cal and still no LTE. I know T-Mobile has no LTE Till year, however i know their speed is a lot faster compared to Sprint
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Just wanted to know how many people are like me planning to purchased the Nexus 4
On T Mobile. Waited too long for Sprint to improved their signal strength. I live So Cal and still no LTE. I know T-Mobile has no LTE Till year, however i know their speed is a lot faster compared to Sprint
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I though nexus 4 had no lte.
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I know. But I believed their HSPA speed a lot faster then our wimax now
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The slow sprint data in Nor Cal got me frustrated too. I'm jumping ship to Tmobile.
Debating N4 vs Note 2
Speed test in my area:
Sprint average 150kbs (my phone)
Tmobile average 6MBS (cousins phone)
What would you do....
People always say "yo, I'm 'bout ta jump dis ship, who's coming??" I don't exactly understand it. Have you been having terrible service with sprint? Is the development just not the same? Granted, the Nexus 4 seems to be a very powerful device, but I'm just curious, because there has been a lot of "development is really slowing down" being thrown around, and yes, we have lost some development from some very good devs, but right now we have a lot of good things going on. This CM10 beta 2 is unbelievable. This feels like a knew phone.
**OR** I could be just completely out of line, I guess I'm just wondering why people are so interested in getting away from this device in particular.
WOW, maybe there's just a good connection is just in my area. 150kbps is terrible....
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People always say "yo, I'm 'bout ta jump dis ship, who's coming??" I don't exactly understand it. Have you been having terrible service with sprint? Is the development just not the same? Granted, the Nexus 4 seems to be a very powerful device, but I'm just curious, because there has been a lot of "development is really slowing down" being thrown around, and yes, we have lost some development from some very good devs, but right now we have a lot of good things going on. This CM10 beta 2 is unbelievable. This feels like a knew phone.
**OR** I could be just completely out of line, I guess I'm just wondering why people are so interested in getting away from this device in particular.
WOW, maybe there's just a good connection is just in my area. 150kbps is terrible....
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I kinda feel the same way, I think this device is getting better and better, but....that $300 price tag is enticing, but....no swappable battery. So no dice LG and Google, no dice. Waiting on the S4. I need a quantum leap between phones, I think the s2 to s4 might be that and I've had this since launch day.
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the epic Touch is one of the best phone i used. i guess just wanted a new phone and test out the service of a new carrier. $350 for N4 is not a bad price and with no contract with Tmobile plans even better
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People always say "yo, I'm 'bout ta jump dis ship, who's coming??" I don't exactly understand it. Have you been having terrible service with sprint? Is the development just not the same? Granted, the Nexus 4 seems to be a very powerful device, but I'm just curious, because there has been a lot of "development is really slowing down" being thrown around, and yes, we have lost some development from some very good devs, but right now we have a lot of good things going on. This CM10 beta 2 is unbelievable. This feels like a knew phone.
**OR** I could be just completely out of line, I guess I'm just wondering why people are so interested in getting away from this device in particular.
WOW, maybe there's just a good connection is just in my area. 150kbps is terrible....
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Or maybe because people just like new shiny things lol. It's natural.
And as mentioned earlier, $300 price tag with no contract.., not to mention a premium Nexus device? That's a no brainer. I won't be jumping ship, 'cause I'm tied down in my contract with Sprint until June 2013. Although if I had the opportunity, I'd probably do it. If you don't like the service/phone, sell phone, take a small loss, and go to another carrier. Simple.
I am. I'm tired of Sprint's slow 3g data and inconsistent wimax.
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I have an S3 w/Sprint and a S2 w/TMobile and I left for the exact same reasons.... speed. Believe me guys you dont need "LTE" what you need is faster data and I stay over 8mbps and have peaked near 20mbs on ocassion. More than enough for whatever it is you are doing. They can label it how they want HSPA, LTE, Wimax but all I care about is numbers and 8mbps+ are great numbers for me.
Jumping to TMobile where you can be online make calls and tether at the same damn time....:good:
Also on prepaid $70 flat a month
My bad oh yea NExus 4 no contract no brainer since if you dont like the phone your can sell it and get something else and slide the sim card in... If you are jumping go prepaid at first
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I have an S3 w/Sprint and a S2 w/TMobile and I left for the exact same reasons.... speed. Believe me guys you dont need "LTE" what you need is faster data and I stay over 8mbps and have peaked near 20mbs on ocassion. More than enough for whatever it is you are doing. They can label it how they want HSPA, LTE, Wimax but all I care about is numbers and 8mbps+ are great numbers for me.
Jumping to TMobile where you can be online make calls and tether at the same damn time....:good:
Also on prepaid $70 flat a month
My bad oh yea NExus 4 no contract no brainer since if you dont like the phone your can sell it and get something else and slide the sim card in... If you are jumping go prepaid at first
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I could get by just fine on the $30/month plan *unlimited text, 100min, unlimited web*. I barely use 100mins a month currently on Sprint. I'm also sure there are ways to use google voice to make call over data instead.
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans
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I have an S3 w/Sprint and a S2 w/TMobile and I left for the exact same reasons.... speed. Believe me guys you dont need "LTE" what you need is faster data and I stay over 8mbps and have peaked near 20mbs on ocassion. More than enough for whatever it is you are doing. They can label it how they want HSPA, LTE, Wimax but all I care about is numbers and 8mbps+ are great numbers for me.
Jumping to TMobile where you can be online make calls and tether at the same damn time....:good:
Also on prepaid $70 flat a month
My bad oh yea NExus 4 no contract no brainer since if you dont like the phone your can sell it and get something else and slide the sim card in... If you are jumping go prepaid at first
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So T-Mobile doesn't throttle you even on their prepaid? Idk I use alot of data as to me my phone is my mini PC/laptop that's another reason why I'm getting the note 2 just not sure if its going to be with sprint even tho lte is being tested here in Miami.
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I could get by just fine on the $30/month plan *unlimited text, 100min, unlimited web*. I barely use 100mins a month currently on Sprint. I'm also sure there are ways to use google voice to make call over data instead.
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans
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Yes there are apps on the market 1 being GrooveIP that can handle your request. To me for speed and the ability to do things in 2012-2013 you need faster speeds. I now run Plex Server from my house - no problems Slingbox from my house - no problems and anything else I want.... good upload speeds at home and fast internet on phone = pure bliss :good::good:
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So T-Mobile doesn't throttle you even on their prepaid? Idk I use alot of data as to me my phone is my mini PC/laptop that's another reason why I'm getting the note 2 just not sure if its going to be with sprint even tho lte is being tested here in Miami.
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I am down here as well and had to do it. I got a S2 rooted it running CM10 and I stream from phone to tablet while using my Slingbox so the kids can watch Nick at Night or Disney Channel either way it streams great. Also if OMGFast comes a knocking at your house by all means get 50 dl and 5 up for $40 a month...
My bad thread getting derailed.... blame me but just trying to help some of you out. Its $74 w/tax up to 5gb then throttle but I am right at that every month. Its like $80 plus tax for contract unlimited I believe
I jumped ship to the nexus s 4g lols
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I am considering jumping ship from sprint their 3g is getting slower and slower .Got wimax phone but never got wimax even though it supposed to be deployed in few months after I got my phone .
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You guys must be in areas were Tm gets good service. It's crap in northern VA yeah faster speeds but half the service I can't do it. Plus for $155 and some change, 4 phones and unlimited everything I'm sticking with sprint.
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People always say "yo, I'm 'bout ta jump dis ship, who's coming??" I don't exactly understand it. Have you been having terrible service with sprint? Is the development just not the same? Granted, the Nexus 4 seems to be a very powerful device, but I'm just curious, because there has been a lot of "development is really slowing down" being thrown around, and yes, we have lost some development from some very good devs, but right now we have a lot of good things going on. This CM10 beta 2 is unbelievable. This feels like a knew phone.
**OR** I could be just completely out of line, I guess I'm just wondering why people are so interested in getting away from this device in particular.
WOW, maybe there's just a good connection is just in my area. 150kbps is terrible....
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This phones getting pretty old, many of us (myself included) got the phone in release day, with a new nexus unlocked for 300 bucks with a quad core and 2gb of ram who can say no?
I'm planning on getting solevi (sp?) with tmobile, sounds like a pretty good deal. Can't wait to see how development goes on the n4!
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I am also going to wait for SGS4 gonna be one epic phone! Trying so hard not to upgrade to sgs3 or the note 2 >_< MUST RESIST!!!!!!!!
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You guys must be in areas were Tm gets good service. It's crap in northern VA yeah faster speeds but half the service I can't do it. Plus for $155 and some change, 4 phones and unlimited everything I'm sticking with sprint.
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How r u paying 155 and some change for 4 phones?!?!? Mine is 225 for 4 phones. 3 smart , 1 flip phone
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How r u paying 155 and some change for 4 phones?!?!? Mine is 225 for 4 phones. 3 smart , 1 flip phone
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It was $70 for the first $20 for the next phones 3 and 4 are $10 each ( $110) plus $40 for smart phones $10 each. Plus state taxes very each month $5 to $10 so $155 sometimes $160 and more depending on how many apps we buy.
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http://www.tmonews.com/2013/07/investor-sees-t-mobile-as-takeover-target-for-dish-network-sprint/
I honestly don't want either to take over. But if I had to choose, I'd choose dish.
With me just coming from Sprint I have this to say
You would have to shoot me in the face to get me to ever give another penny to Sprint. Their 3g data speeds are horrific in most places (even in places that have network vision dine, it's just "meh" speed, still sub par) I could never get above a 20 kb/s download rate. Not to mention how much more expensive they are with their plans (when I was with then, I had the cheapest available, 450 min and unlimited everything else for 69.99 a month.) Back in the day, Sprint could compete, but they let their towers become dated and do to little to late when they finally do decide to do something about it. Not to mention hour they boned their wimax phone buyers.
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Rather it be Dish than Sprint. Had a 4g phone since wimax came out... then LTE.... Still no 4g in Savannah. I said goodbye to them when the S4 came out and switched to tmo. Got them to cancel the early termination fee because of the past few years of bad service in the entire Southeast area of GA and SC. Took a week of convincing.
Then Tmo: It was instant "oh this is what 4g is like!" Roommate is still getting 10-100 KILObytes on Sprint, while I'm getting 15-26mb on Tmo. Suck it Sprint.
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You realize that if sprint took over they would use t mobiles existing network, right?
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You realize that if sprint took over they would use t mobiles existing network, right?
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This.
And with what money is Sprint buying anyone, TMo isn't exactly Virgin Mobile.
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You realize that if sprint took over they would use t mobiles existing network, right?
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Lol yes. Very well aware. Different tech. It's just the thought of being a customer of a Sprint owned anything. Seeing them fail so much.
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Thats hillarious. Sprint DOES NOT have the money to take over a network that is triple in size to the one they already have. I also don't see how a tv company wants a cell phone network. I think its a load of garbage. Yes i read the link in the OP. T-Mobile is doing better than a lot of its competition, i seriously don't see Sprint "taking them over". Thats a laughing joke lol. Sprint sucks beyond sucking xD
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You realize that if sprint took over they would use t mobiles existing network, right?
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yes but if sprint takes over, they will probably let the towers become dated like they did their own and we wont see these speeds for long
Seems to me that AT&T tried this not too long ago. The result? Fed Govt said "Nope, not going to happen" AT&T got pissy and walked away.. but not before paying T-Mo a pretty sizeable chunk of cash because the merger didn't go through.
Don't see anyone picking up T-Mo in the near future.
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Seems to me that AT&T tried this not too long ago. The result? Fed Govt said "Nope, not going to happen" AT&T got pissy and walked away.. but not before paying T-Mo a pretty sizeable chunk of cash because the merger didn't go through.
Don't see anyone picking up T-Mo in the near future.
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Exactly. Don't know hat anything has changed either for the Fed to rule otherwise.
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I think this has been rumored for a while and I don't think it will ever happen. T-mobile's patent company, Deutsche Telekom, is a massive company and I don't think they would let tmo go.
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Dish and sprint don't have that kind of money to take over tmobile ...
>O/C GalaxyGS4<
yeah as it was said AT&T tried to buy them out and the US government put a big red flag in that. people (such as myself) are leaving sprint to go with tmo because of the better service and price. plus, not sure if youve seen/heard the commercials but AT&T are trying to stay afloat by copying tmo's not contract deals... oh and to the guy who said something about a tv company buying a cell company.... even though verizon started as a phone company im fairly certain that their tv/internet service is pretty amazing.
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http://www.tmonews.com/2013/07/investor-sees-t-mobile-as-takeover-target-for-dish-network-sprint/
I honestly don't want either to take over. But if I had to choose, I'd choose dish.
With me just coming from Sprint I have this to say
You would have to shoot me in the face to get me to ever give another penny to Sprint. Their 3g data speeds are horrific in most places (even in places that have network vision dine, it's just "meh" speed, still sub par) I could never get above a 20 kb/s download rate. Not to mention how much more expensive they are with their plans (when I was with then, I had the cheapest available, 450 min and unlimited everything else for 69.99 a month.) Back in the day, Sprint could compete, but they let their towers become dated and do to little to late when they finally do decide to do something about it. Not to mention hour they boned their wimax phone buyers.
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You couldn't be more correct about sprint speeds theyve bought people with there cheap lets get 10 people on a line call it a family plan... thats Soooo affordable crap..... and then throw you some 30 kb dload speeds...
Sprint should have went under along tine ago, even metro is better than them
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Damn, other carriers be jelly.
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So is there any actual factual information proving all these points being mentioned. I mean unless anyone here is a top corporate executive or has a mole in the company?
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On the other hand Tmo can take over Sprint and put that company out of business once and for all and put their customers out of their misery.
Sprint will be a lot better in a year. They have cash now because of Softbank. I was surprised they came out with the plans they did just recently but hopefully they lower them so that should help all of us.
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Sprint will be a lot better in a year. They have cash now because of Softbank. I was surprised they came out with the plans they did just recently but hopefully they lower them so that should help all of us.
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Sprint will never have good towers. They are trash. They've had two years to improve since I've left them. My cousin still has them. They suck. They aren't going anywhere.
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I'd have little problem with Dish, it could end up benefiting both sides. Still, T-Mobile stands to benefit less from a takeover now than they would have in the past. On the upswing as a carrier, or so it seems.
US wants 4 "major" carriers so unlikely tmo and sprint would merge anymore than tmo and at&t merger was approved by feds.
As for Dish (puke) they can't hardly run tv without being aluminum siding/used car salesmen. They'd be worse than the old nextel (which is where sprint got 95% of their terrible rape, pillage and burn customer service habits).
Full disclosure: was sprint customer almost 10 years (yes im a suicidal masochist lol) before givi g up in disgust & going to att for 3 and now on tmo.
TBH, only went with tmo because of pretty seamless wifi calling (no carrier signal works worth a dam at my house)
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