Jump to content

Google Nexus 5 by LG Preview (LG D820)


MacinJosh

Recommended Posts

I'm pretty stoked to get mine. I ordered mine yesterday when it said "Nov 8th" and it has yet to ship. I'm just happy to have a Nexus again and Tri Band support is just icing on the cake.

 

Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I decided to go a different route with my Nexus 5. I swung by Walmart after work to pick up the T-Mobile $30 microSIM kit. For $30, it gives me unlimited text, 5gb of 4G data, and 100 mins of talk.

 

If I really fall in love with the phone, then I'll sell my GS4 and activate it on Sprint. Unlocked phones FTW~! :D

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I decided to go a different route with my Nexus 5. I swung by Walmart after work to pick up the T-Mobile $30 microSIM kit. For $30, it gives me unlimited text, 5gb of 4G data, and 100 mins of talk.

 

If I really fall in love with the phone, then I'll sell my GS4 and activate it on Sprint. Unlocked phones FTW~! :D

Is that lte? I want to test T-Mobile in a few places and for 30 bucks I'd be willing to do it. Any one know how simple it would be to switch between sprint and T-Mobile and back again??

 

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Is that lte? I want to test T-Mobile in a few places and for 30 bucks I'd be willing to do it. Any one know how simple it would be to switch between sprint and T-Mobile and back again??

 

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Not sure. But I will test it the day I get it 2-3 weeks with my Sim on Sprint and my girl's T-Mobile Sim.

 

Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk

 

 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I just got shut down on the international line step-by-step, I even told them I knew the part number I needed and the woman was unwilling to process. I'll start making phone calls tomorrow. If anyone in greater DC needs to find one or has found one in a store, let's shoot some PM's around with good/bad stores.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I called three times now. 1st and 2nd time they said they would have them in 3-5 days. 2nd time i talked to supervisor and gave her the SKU. She said it pulled up an error with red letters and numbers. Don't know what that means. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I want to caution people against bugging customer care too much or going apeshit over the SIM concern.  Let it all play out.  The Nexus 5 may be shipped with a SIM that you can use.  Regardless, you will be able to activate the handset on Sprint, but you may need to exercise some patience.

 

This is the first cash and carry, unlocked Sprint handset in many years.  Do not raise a ruckus and make Sprint question the decision to run with Google on this one.  Like VZW, Sprint can just as easily decide to sit this one out next time.  Then, we are back to the safe, easy to manage "walled garden" of devices.

 

AJ

  • Like 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I want to caution people against bugging customer care too much or going apeshit over the SIM concern. Let it all play out. The Nexus 5 may be shipped with a SIM that you can use. Regardless, you will be able to activate the handset on Sprint, but you may need to exercise some patience.

 

This is the first cash and carry, unlocked Sprint handset in many years. Do not raise a ruckus and make Sprint question the decision to run with Google on this one. Like VZW, Sprint can just as easily decide to sit this one out next time. Then, we are back to the safe, easy to manage "walled garden" of devices.

 

AJ

 

Sit this one out next time? Sprint SoftBank won't do that :P

 

Edit - However I do agree with what you said about not making a ruckus :)

Edited by Shiki8
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Sit this one out next time? Sprint SoftBank won't do that :P

 

Edit - However I do agree with what you said about not making a ruckus :)

 

SoftBank will not?  Do not push it.  This is the US, not Japan.  Sprint total subscribership is nearly half the total population of Japan.

 

AJ

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Wow....

 

Armand K.Unfortunately, in order to get the SIM for the Nexus 5 you will need to go to a Sprint store to order the SIM.


chat_enduser_message.png Jeremy Gillis: Will you see if the sku that I provided is in stock?
chat_agent.png Armand K.: All SIM cards show as out of stock in my system. You are 10th person requesting the SIM I have had today.
chat_enduser_message.png Jeremy Gillis: So if i were to tell you that i needed a sim for Galaxy S4 it would be out of stock?
chat_agent.png Armand K.: Every SIM card shows as out of Stock on my system.

 

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.

  • large.unreadcontent.png.6ef00db54e758d06

  • gallery_1_23_9202.png

  • Posts

    • A heavy n41 overlay as an acquisition condition would be a win for customers, and eventually a win for T-Mobile as that might be enough to preclude VZW/AT&T adding C-Band for FWA due to spreading the market too thinly (which means T-Mobile would just have local WISPs/wireline ISPs as competition). USCC spacing (which is likely for contiguous 700 MHz LTE coverage in rural areas) isn't going to be enough for contiguous n41 anyway, and I doubt they'll densify enough to get there.
    • Boost Infinite with a rainbow SIM (you can get it SIM-only) is the cheapest way, at $25/mo, to my knowledge; the cheaper Boost Mobile plans don't run on Dish native. Check Phonescoop for n70 support on a given phone; the Moto G 5G from last year may be the cheapest unlocked phone with n70 though data speeds aren't as good as something with an X70 or better modem.
    • Continuing the USCC discussion, if T-Mobile does a full equipment swap at all of USCC's sites, which they probably will for vendor consistency, and if they include 2.5 on all of those sites, which they probably will as they definitely have economies of scale on the base stations, that'll represent a massive capacity increase in those areas over what USCC had, and maybe a coverage increase since n71 will get deployed everywhere and B71 will get deployed any time T-Mobile has at least 25x25, and maybe where they have 20x20. Assuming this deal goes through (I'm betting it does), I figure I'll see contiguous coverage in the area of southern IL where I was attempting to roam on USCC the last time I was there, though it might be late next year before that switchover happens.
    • Forgot to post this, but a few weeks ago I got to visit these small cells myself! They're spread around Grant park and the surrounding areas, but unfortunately none of the mmwave cells made it outside of the parks along the lake into the rest of downtown. I did spot some n41 small cells around downtown, but they seemed to be older deployments limited to 100mhz and performed poorly.    
    • What is the cheapest way to try Dish's wireless network?  Over the past year I've seen them add their equipment to just about every cell site here, I'm assuming just go through Boost's website?  What phones are Dish native?  
  • Recently Browsing

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...