lvanders

Is LTE roaming still rolling out for the west like Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Montana etc.?

I hate cases but if i'm going to have one i'm going to make it useful. I actually just got the CM4 Q card case for the iPhone 6 plus. I love having my phone as my wallet because I never forget it and it consolidates everything. This has by far been one of the best cases for me. The case has a great feel to it (i'm seriously surprised at how slim it is) and it holds my cards. If you are looking for a bulky case to save your phone from an apocalypse this isn't it but i've dropped my phone already a few times and its done a great job. I don't want to sound like a commercial for them but since we are discussing cases just thought i'd put my 2 cents in. Its a very slim premium feel case thats functional as a wallet.

I wish I knew which LTE band each company uses. I know the iPhone 6/6+ picks up all LTE bands except band 12 so all the CCA partner carriers not using band 12, all iPhone 6 users could use. It'd be nice to know what carriers use only band 12 and where those carriers coverage is located.

unfortunately you will be roaming most of the time. The RRPP program hasn't kicked in yet and sprints coverage is pretty much all roaming in southern/eastern Utah. You will get spotty 3G but i doubt you can do much on the web with it. You will get LTE at the entrance of Zions like you mentioned and around Hurricane. Moab you should get 3G but i'd be surprised if your speeds were even around 0.4 mbps. Everywhere else you will be roaming and data will be pretty much useless. Enjoy your trip though!!

P.S i'm WAY jealous of all of you with your triband iPhones....one day i will get one......one day.......

Yeah if I remember correctly the first original iPhone was on 2G. Then the iPhone 3G came out and was obviously using 3G. Then the 3GS which still was just 3G but had improved internals for the "speed" factor

Yeah it was speed like schikka mentioned. Because that 3G data is so fast you get those incredible speeds haha. Though it was referring to processor speed not the data speed.

Something off topic but I had the thought Apple would do this for the next iPhone even before the 6 was released...everyone was disappointed that the new iPhone didn't come with a sapphire screen. My thought is that the iPhone 6S will be sapphire screen and thats what the "S" will stand for just like the 4S was "Siri" and 5S was "security." Just a fun thought I thought I'd throw out there

You are right they did just up the plans within the last week or so. I was going to switch to the $80 plan (i didn't) and I spent a long time on the phone with customer service and on the internet because my situation right now is a little complicated. They have upped the price to $85.

Is it posted somewhere what each rural provider is running in terms of LTE bands? It'd be interesting to see what/where all the current phones (Samsung S5, HTC One, iPhone 6/+, LG G3 ect.) would work on the rural providers networks since none work on band 12 yet I know all carriers don't use just band 12 I just don't know what ones do and what ones don't. So I'm curious as to what rural providers the phones would work with by looking at what LTE band frequencies they use.

This is an april fools joke to see who spends the most time typing things up and linking you to the right threads to answer your questions isn't it?

I'm not by any gmos. I'm surrounded by cdma 800 sites. I'm roaming in ogden and south ogden. There are places in washington terrace I will be roaming as well. Keep in mind I am roaming in buildings not out in the open.

Well thats a positive sign. Good to know!! I guess its just the iPhone 5 now that for some reason isn't picking up CDMA 800. I know for me personally on the iPhone 5 I will roam and then lose service and still not pick up CDMA 800.

Well the iPhone 5 is still waiting to be able to use 800 voice and from what I've read in other forums the 5s hasn't been able to connect to b26 or 800 voice where available. So those phones are still waiting on those as well. Edit: I do understand though that they aren't "spark" devices

The next iPhone will support it. Everything I want in an iPhone should happen with the 6...triband and bigger screen. If either is missing I will probably get the GS5. But I'm pretty confident both will happen. I just hope some of the rumors about it being released in june/july are right. I'ld love to pick it up before the usual september release.