peteyz24 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Its not that 1900 is bad. Its that a device with connectivity on all three bands will be able to utilize the completed network to its full potential and Network Vision awesomeness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Yea sorry it was early at work lol. I don't understand if the next galaxy s4 only does 1900 lte. Nobody wants it. Are they shutting off 1900mhz? Or is it because 800mhz will theoretically go farther and doesn't support the 2600mhz. 1900Mhz is the PCS band and it is not going anywhere, PCS is Sprint's bread and butter. The initial LTE rollout is occurring in a in the PCS G Block, a 5x5 Mhz block of Spectrum that was allocated as part of a rebranding plan. I think it had to do with the Nextel Spectrum in the 800Mhz block and shuffling that, but I'm not sure. Sprint will also be able to utilize its existing PCS spectrum in the A-F blocks for LTE when needed. All the existing equipment on the towers supports this and it will take an LTE carrier card install. PCS Spectrum is what your current 3g connection is based on and can travel quite far. I get LTE on PCS from a tower about 4 miles away, but it is inconsistent. In flat areas with "boomer" towers, PCS signals have been seen to travel 10 miles. The SMR (800Mhz) is being reused from the pending Nextel shutdown. Sprint will have a 5x5 LTE carrier and a CDMA 1xA voice carrier in SMR range. SMR spectrum travels further and penetrates buildings much better than PCS. However, Sprint only has about 14Mhz of SMR and it is not nationwide. In the Southeast, Sprint has much less SMR as SouthernLink was the iDen provider in that area. They are keeping their iDen and have announced a roaming agreement with one of the GSM carriers. I think Sprint has enough SMR in that area to still do the CDMA 1xA voice and a small 3x3 LTE carrier. The BRS spectrum in the 2600Mhz range is coming from the Clearwire purchase. BRS travels the least distance and penetrates buildings the worst, but Sprint has access to 60Mhz and can create some very large carriers that will have huge capacity. Sprint will initially deploy these as "hotspots" similar to a wifi hotspot in areas where the existing LTE needs some help. Clear is already deploying LTE on its own towers and Sprint can request them to deploy on any of its own towers. With all that info, Sprint is currently only deploying devices that support LTE in the PCS range. The speculation is that tri-band devices that support SMR/PCS/BRS LTE will appear around the end of the year. Many people were hoping for dual band LTE devices in Q1/Q2 of this year because of the Nextel shutdown in June, but it looks like Sprint is skipping dual band LTE for tri-band LTE. There is a great list in the FAQ of Sprint devices that support CDMA 1xA in SMR for voice services. Any device in the last year along with a smattering previous of that. Hope this info helps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z250kid Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Att and tmobiles release dates are around may 1st. http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/03/28/samsung-galaxy-s4-price-confirmed-u-s-pre-orders-start-in-april/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascertion Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Anyone know when the S4 is coming to Sprint? The last 2 Samsung galaxy variants launched on Sprint first but Preorders aren't available yet. Maybe a mid May or early June launch? Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rukin1 Posted April 15, 2013 Author Share Posted April 15, 2013 Anyone know when the S4 is coming to Sprint? The last 2 Samsung galaxy variants launched on Sprint first but Preorders aren't available yet. Maybe a mid May or early June launch? Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2 It seems like Sprint will get it last.. BS!! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascertion Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 It seems like Sprint will get it last.. BS!! lolVerizon is announced May 30th. Seems like it'll be perfect because my upgrade comes July 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rukin1 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 Dang very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z250kid Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I hope not in june. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascertion Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I hope not in june. It's possible a May release but with Verizons coming May 30th with Sprints no where in sight, a June release is likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rukin1 Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share Posted April 16, 2013 It's possible a May release but with Verizons coming May 30th with Sprints no where in sight, a June release is likely. the gs3 came out in June right? Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z250kid Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 It's possible a May release but with Verizons coming May 30th with Sprints no where in sight, a June release is likely. Att is shipping out April 30th. Source is there website! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 From Sprint PR on twitter, Galaxy S4 comes to Sprint on April 27th http://bit.ly/11fm3jQ Edit in: PreOrder starts tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoWireless Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Pre-orders start tomorrow. Sprint's variant looks to be $50 more expensive the the other carriers'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascertion Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Why is it $50 more than everyone else? Is there anything different over the rest? I see it's still 16gb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiblur Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I wouldn't mind them getting it working without TouchWiz! Sent from Tapatalk App Share the wealth.. To help pay for the people getting them for $150 that port from another carrier. I showed a friend this deal and he got excited to switch until he saw the no coverage in his city. 5 lines of new service out the door again... Sigh... Sent from my little Note2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitslizer Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Totally piss off about the $249, just a slap in the face for existing customer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beejis Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I bought my brand new S3 for that price two weeks ago no contract. I'll be happy with this until the S5 or Note 4 come out or whichever comes with 800 lte. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubajwd Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Sorry if this is a repeat..but as much as I would like to have an S4, as with Beejis above, I'm going to go S3 for a year or so until Vegas/Henderson really get LTE..I'm expecting the S3's to drop radically in price over the next few months.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rukin1 Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 50$ more? That's bs. looks like I know what I'll be buying sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z250kid Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Pre order starts Tomorrow!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForce627 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Just ordered mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rukin1 Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 I'll be pre-ordering mine through best buy next Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z250kid Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I'm not happy that new customers get 150 dollars off and get the upgrade fee waived! That is a huge slap in the face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z250kid Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Okay I preordered it. But do we actually get it the 27th? Also why do new people get another 100 off and the activation wee waived? Talk about non retention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascertion Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I'm not happy that new customers get 150 dollars off and get the upgrade fee waived! That is a huge slap in the face. Agreed. They're making up for the new customer pricing by making the existing customers pay more. I'll just buy through a third party anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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