Killswitch Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Sold my Samsung Galaxy S4 for $355 and bought the Nexus 5. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbolen Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Sold my Samsung Galaxy S4 for $355 and bought the Nexus 5. How do you like the N5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Sold my Samsung Galaxy S4 for $355 and bought the Nexus 5. Nice. Depending which model you got, that nearly breaks even. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiblur Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 How do you like the N5? Awesome phone. Very quick, nice screen, awesome RF performer, and the ability to swap between Sprint, AT&T, various MVNOs, and Tmobile on the fly is very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killswitch Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 How do you like the N5? Nice. Depending which model you got, that nearly breaks even. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Awesome phone. Very quick, nice screen, awesome RF performer, and the ability to swap between Sprint, AT&T, various MVNOs, and Tmobile on the fly is very nice. I should have it by tomorrow unless UPS is still having issues. I just hope the signal picks up better inside buildings. My wife has an iPhone and I used it today and it worked so much better than the Galaxy S4 it was sickening. Not sure if I have a POS phone or if all the S4's on the Sprint network are crappy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 I should have it by tomorrow unless UPS is still having issues. I just hope the signal picks up better inside buildings. My wife has an iPhone and I used it today and it worked so much better than the Galaxy S4 it was sickening. Not sure if I have a POS phone or if all the S4's on the Sprint network are crappy. I really wonder if you just ended up with a bad one. I haven't actually owned one, but what I've heard is that it performed as good or better than the GS3 which had very good LTE reception. Not quite the Note, but good. The N5 has the best reception of any Sprint LTE smartphone out right now. Won't necessarily mean better speeds, but at least better coverage. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilg740 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 I really wonder if you just ended up with a bad one. I haven't actually owned one, but what I've heard is that it performed as good or better than the GS3 which had very good LTR reception. Not quite the Note, but good. The N5 has the best reception of any Sprint LTE smartphone out right now. Won't necessarily mean better speeds, but at least better coverage. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Typos galore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Typos galore! ?? One LTE that my phone decided to turn into LTR (keeps doing that no matter how many times I correct it). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmac631 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Lol so some poor sap just paid $355 for a likely defective S4... Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilg740 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Lol so some poor sap just paid $355 for a likely defective S4... Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk Well, if it is still under warranty then Sprint should be able to swap is out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killswitch Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 The S4 was deemed to be in perfect working condition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killswitch Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 I sold it to my Brother in Chicago and he said it has been working perfectly. He is a salesman and is in and out of building downtown and said so far - so good. That tells me it has to be the STL market isn't ready for LTE yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaQue Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 (edited) Chicago has AT&T OF a lot 800 of MHz live if I remember right. Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk Edited December 27, 2013 by DaQue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Chicago has AT&T OF 800 MHz live if I remember right. What are you talking about with AT&T, "OF," and 800 MHz? AJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaQue Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Auto correct of a lot of... Boss came by... I will fix it when I get home. Sorry AJ DQ Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlman314 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Behind Sam's Club Not mapped Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Chicago has a lot 800 of MHz live if I remember right. Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk Chicago has a lot of 1x800, but no 800 LTE, so that wouldn't make a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I sold it to my Brother in Chicago and he said it has been working perfectly. He is a salesman and is in and out of building downtown and said so far - so good. That tells me it has to be the STL market isn't ready for LTE yet. I really think you just managed to find the holes. With the exception of downtown, there are enough sites completed to at least provide outdoor coverage across the whole city. That's all that's required for launch. In fact, that's more than required for launch. And nowhere does any carrier claim to provide consistent indoor coverage. Expecting indoor coverage everywhere is unrealistic, for any carrier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killswitch Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I really think you just managed o find the holes. With the exception of downtown, there are enough sites completed to at least provide outdoor coverage across the whole city. That's all that's required for launch. In fact, that's more than required for launch. And nowhere does any carrier claim to provide consistent indoor coverage. Expecting indoor coverage everywhere is unrealistic, for any carrier. Seriously? Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickie546 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Seriously? Wow. What's so wow about that?? Rickie Tapatalk on my LG g2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilg740 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Friday-Sunday Sorry guys....I have been sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Seriously? Wow. Wow what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilg740 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Wow what? I would expect to have voice coverage(at least 1x) everywhere. 3G data pretty much everywhere. LTE 1900 when the market is complete pretty much everywhere outdoors and indoors 50-50. LTE 800 should be a game changer though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 I would expect to have voice coverage(at least 1x) everywhere. 3G data pretty much everywhere. LTE 1900 when the market is complete pretty much everywhere outdoors and indoors 50-50. LTE 800 should be a game changer though. That still doesn't change the fact that expecting indoor coverage everywhere is unrealistic for any carrier. The different types of building materials, distances from cell sites, frequencies used ... ect. make it impossible to provide ubiquitous coverage. The only guaranty made by any carrier is outdoor coverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilg740 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 That still doesn't change the fact that expecting indoor coverage everywhere is unrealistic for any carrier. The different types of building materials, distances from cell sites, frequencies used ... ect. make it impossible to provide ubiquitous coverage. The only guaranty made by any carrier is outdoor coverage. Only time I have ever experienced no coverage outdoors is in rural Illinois out past Fosterburg and Brighton and north of there. And even then I roam on VZW and used to roam on USC. Indoors within Sprint Coverage areas the only time I don't service is inside the tin can of a wharehouse we have in Delhi, IL. In there I don't even get 1x unless I put my phone in the window in the office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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