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With 28nm chips, it seems like CDMA and LTE battery life have been the same. I stay in CDMA/LTE mode on my GS3, and do not notice a difference in battery life whether I have a 3G or 4G connection. However, if I have a weak 3G connection, my battery will drain pretty fast. Robert via CM9 Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

My Verizon hotspot is also limited to 8 devices. I think I've never exceeded 4 connections. Robert via CM9 Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

There was a CNET piece the other day that said the GS3 display is better: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57524291-37/color-me-prettier-galaxy-s3-display-outdoes-iphone-5s/ Robert via ICS Kindle Fire using Tapatalk

That's the server location that the Speed Test app used. Robert via ICS Kindle Fire using Tapatalk

There was an article in the past six months where Verizon said they were working on VoLTE and even flip phones that were LTE only. I think the timeline for release was 2013. Robert via ICS Kindle Fire using Tapatalk

Exactly. This is a commonly misunderstood point. VoLTE tower spacing is significantly tighter on the same frequency as 1x. VoLTE is only good to approximately -93dBm RSSI, whereas 1x voice can be used to roughly -103dBm. 10dBm is huge and represents a lot of coverage difference. Sprint would have to run VoLTE on LTE 800 just to get in the ballpark of CDMA 1900 coverage. And then it would be nowhere near as good as 1x is on 800. Robert via ICS Kindle Fire using Tapatalk

The Cupertino sites have been online for a few months now. They were put up for Apple. Almost like their own personal FIT for iPhone 5 testing. The deployment for the rest of the market is just beginning now. Robert via ICS Kindle Fire using Tapatalk

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Here is my trace route Robert via ICS Kindle Fire using Tapatalk

There must be something wrong about the storage specs. To have a top end flagship phone with only 8GB and 16GB internal storage, with no MicroSD slot? That cannot be right. People are not going to buy a high end smartphone with so little storage. Makes no sense.

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This may be hard to believe, but I have never done tracerouting. Is there a good app that you can use to do it on a smartphone? Robert

I would be on a stock ROM (or at least one definitely verified that LTE works) and a 25XXX series PRL. Don't forget to cycle through airplane mode. Robert

I ran about 5 dozen speed tests using the continuous testing feature in the RootMetrics app, all around Albuquerque, through Santa Fe and all the way home. All the sites that are normally above 2Mbps were still above 2Mbps on eHRPD on my testing today. No evidence of any traffic shaping, by what I could tell. Hopefully it stays that way in our market. Robert

Yup. The cursor on the map screen shot is right on my home in El Valle de Arroyo Seco, New Mexico. I'm not sure what to think of it at the moment. Maybe the ABQ market is moving up to be an early 3rd Rounder? It may mean nothing at all. I'm not certain at this point. Robert

No physical work necessary for eHRPD implementation. All software. Robert

Still on eHRPD even at home in Northern Santa Fe County. All the sites in the Espanola area are on eHRPD too. Seems to be market wide. Here are screen shots from my EVO LTE and LG Viper. Both of them were connected to EVDO-A initially. I had to cycle through airplane mode and then they connected to eHRPD. Robert on Samsung Galaxy S-III via Tapatalk

Based on our observations, both Sprint LTE and Verizon LTE is unusable with a weaker signal than -95dBm RSSI. That's a full 10dBm less than 1x will do from the same site. That is a lot of lost square mileage of coverage in rural areas. Robert

I have now made it all the way to Santa Fe on eHRPD. I am starting to wonder if I can make it all the way home to my site on eHRPD. Española or bust. Robert via Samsung Galaxy S-III 32GB using Forum Runner

I'm going up I 25 north bound right now all the way through Bernalillo and into Algodones still on eHRPD. EDIT: Still on eHRPD at Budaghers and La Bajada Robert via Samsung Galaxy S-III 32GB using Forum Runner

Just drove down Central through UNM. eHRPD all the way. Check your settings. Robert via Samsung Galaxy S-III 32GB using Forum Runner

I went to the Sprint Call Center today in the Albuquerque suburb of Rio Rancho. I thought I may be able to sniff out some LTE there like the one near Denver. Sadly, I did not encounter any LTE. I even went inside. But I did discover eHRPD. At first, I thought the eHRPD was just at the Call Center. But it appears to be throughout the ABQ metro area. I drove all over Rio Rancho and the ABQ west side changing sites more than 10 times, and I'm still on eHRPD. Looks like we are eHRPD live now. I took several screen shots. Performance is identical to EVDO-A when connected to the same sites. As expected, the site where I get 2Mbps+ site speeds (at Unser and Paradise on the west side) is still just as fast on eHRPD. But I always get those speeds there. Robert on Samsung Galaxy S-III via Tapatalk