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Teaser: Samsung and Sprint 'Tri' again with the Galaxy S III


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by Josh McDaniel

Sprint 4G Rollout Updates

Saturday, April 26, 2014 - 4:45 PM MDT

 

Samsung and Sprint are planning to re-release the Galaxy S III in a Sprint tri-band LTE edition. According to the Sprint UA profile, the SPH-L710T has mostly the same specs as the original GS3, except the inclusion of tri-band LTE, and an upgrade to Android 4.4.2. Plus, in a nice twist, Samsung didn't make confidential the antenna diagram for this phone, so I include it for your viewing pleasure.

 

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Remember, as with all other Sprint tri-band LTE handsets, this phone is not capable of supporting SVLTE because the single transmit path is shared among CDMA1X, EV-DO, and LTE. But the phone is open to be another Sprint Wi-Fi calling capable device based on the fact that Samsung made sure to include this phrase in the simultaneous transmission scenarios section: "Pre-installed VOIP applications are considered."

 

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Also included is 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi with support for 40MHz 802.11n carriers. Unfortunately, in hotspot mode, all 5 GHz Wi-Fi is disabled.

 

Source: FCC, Sprint UA Profile

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As was already mentioned, I have a feeling that this is mostly for Boost and Virgin Mobile customers. S3s still seem to be very popular with that crowd. 

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This phone will be released in July and yes it will be released on Boost and Virgin. As far as Sprint, IDK.

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This phone will be released in July and yes it will be released on Boost and Virgin. As far as Sprint, IDK.

 

You have inside information? Because I'm kind of expecting a late May release, if not sooner.

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Seems like a waste.  If you are going to go with a new phone on contract go with the best one or close to the best.  Sprint's paying for most of it and you will still get updates and performance will be much greater.  

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On Sprint Sight it says that the Galaxy S3 is Spark Compatible

 

I just checked and it says it's not. There is still a red 'x' over the Spark logo.

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