MacinJosh

@Brad The Beast I sure hope they have Qualcomm modems again too. Although I won't be getting a new phone this year. Bought a new MacBook Pro 2 months ago, so I'll be skipping out this upgrade cycle. I will be getting a new Apple Watch though. Just not decided on Series 4 for a cheaper price, or go for Series 5.

Potential benchmark released this morning.

https://www.macrumors.com/2019/09/02/geekbench-a13-iphone-xr-2019/

Well, since Apple invited the media to Steve Jobs Theater on September 10th, it's time to make a thread.

Post rumors, thoughts for specs you'd like to see, if you are considering acquiring a 2019 iPhone, and any other info.

I do know that I will not be getting the 2019 iPhone. I however will consider a Series 5 Watch depending on the feature set, or may just go for a Series 4 if the price is right.

(This first post will be updated on September 10th with launch information from the event.)

Updated with better invitation photo, linked here from MacRumors website.

I was against this merger from the beginning. And now, after seeing that Sprint & T-Mobile are willing to divest spectrum, I'm more against it than ever before. Hacking apart 2 companies to make 2 more makes absolutely no sense. T-Mobile and Sprint have way too much debt now, and they will have even more after the merger. At this point, the FCC should withdraw their approval, the DOJ should sue to stop it, and the 2 companies should just go another route. There are plenty of other companies that have plenty of money and can afford to absorb the debt load of either company.

Otherwise, if Sprint & T-Mobile are allowed to merge, prices will have to be raised to astronomical proportions just to afford the monthly debt payments, and even then, The New T-Mobile could still fail, the new 4th carrier could still fail, and where would we be? 2 nationwide cellular carriers! This show from Legere and Claure needs to stop! It's gone off the deep end!

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24 minutes ago, Marty R. Paz said:

Same to you! It’s refreshing to hear that sprint has invested in their network over the hump.

My primary device is a TMO iPhone X. I do have a current generation Sprint iPad, but don’t know how to check my connectivity type with/without the magic box turned on.


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Invest? I wish. Other than replacing existing equipment with Network Vision and then Tri-band antennas, it's still the same as it was pre-2015 when LTE first went live. The same 2 sites still serve all of Pahrump. I was told that they won't expand service here "because of the pending merger". I wish they would change their mind about that.

Now I can't complain too much because overall quality of the Sprint network has improved drastically since I switched to Sprint 8 years ago. For areas undercovered by Sprint LTE, roaming on TMO LTE has helped a lot too.

4 hours ago, Marty R. Paz said:

We lost a phone so my current sprint device is an iPhone 4. If things change, I will be able to test it.


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Welcome to the forums fellow Southern Nevada resident!

I'll be in Vegas next Monday for work, so if I can, I'll try to see if there is 15x15 B25. Out in Pahrump we are still limited to 10x10 B25.

5 minutes ago, Cardsfan96 said:

Why did they change it? Their roaming agreements are still in effect right?

They are still in effect. And yesterday my T-Mobile roaming was working again. And it works great too. I got 75 down and 31 up on B2 here.

On 4/19/2019 at 10:48 PM, MacinJosh said:

No, I don't think I've ever really had that issue. Maybe your phone is defective?

I have to update. I was wrong. I forgot about the issue because it doesn't happen too often for me to be too worried. But my phone does randomly drop service but usually picks it right back up. It doesn't do what @Manny789, @tybo31316, or @Brad The Beast describes, mine just says Cellular Data cannot be activated, and then just cycles itself back on.

I wonder if its an issue with the radio not handing off properly from one site/sector to the next. If so, it must be an inherent flaw in the Intel modem.

9 hours ago, Brad The Beast said:

Does anyone still have issues with their cellular randomly disconnecting? Mine still does it and I don't know what else to do.

No, I don't think I've ever really had that issue. Maybe your phone is defective?

On 4/18/2019 at 1:20 PM, tybo31316 said:

 

My wife and kids have the XR. They love it. The battery life is longer than any of the X series phones. Even the XS MAX.

I have not put my XS Max and XR side by side to test out battery capacity. I should, but haven't had time. Too much going on with work lately.

7 hours ago, Cardsfan96 said:

Has something changed with the roaming agreements or prl? I never pick up us cellular LTE anymore and hardly ever get T-Mobile roaming like I did when I first got this phone.

Probably the PRL. It happens. I just hope they change it back because there are a few places where I have no Sprint data service where T-Mobile data service came in handy.

Did anyone ever pick up an iPhone XR? I did get the 128GB in Blue last month, and I love it. I have it on a 2nd line.

36 minutes ago, clbowens said:

Has anybody had any issue with VoLTE on iPhone?  I was thinking about enabling it on my wife's iPhone.

No issues with VoLTE on my XS Max. I just don't have T-Mobile roaming in Pahrump anymore, which really annoys me a lot.

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7 hours ago, kct1975 said:

Okay

My apologies...I was not aware that there were any US based Customer Service centers left in the US after the the one in North Carolina was shut down.

My guess is that the Customer Service office, you speak of, must be for Corporate and Government accounts only.

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I was surprised to learn that the Vegas Customer Service Center was still open as my understanding it was supposed to be "closed" a few years ago as well. But I heard it was expanded, so that was a pleasant surprise.

1 hour ago, danlodish345 said:

I'd say it would be a couple of years before this merger is either approved or denied

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Hopefully the limbo won't last that long.

My service is working fine in Nevada. Have had the occasional issue because of microwave backhaul relay between Pahrump & Vegas, but that is because microwave relays and ice don't mix, and because electrical and rats don't either.

Just now, Cardsfan96 said:

We’re talking about something with many variables and different situations but for me I didn’t notice much difference between 12.1.1-12.1.2. The radio in the original update to address signal issues or the one after seemed like when it was working the best for me. After that every change after seemed to go downhill. Hope they keep tweaking the radio. 

My biggest reason for not upgrading was the reports of people having to disable WiFi Calling and VoLTE just so their phone's work for calls.

4 hours ago, tybo31316 said:

 

Yes when I first purchase the phone in October. Everything was fine. With every update seems like things are getting worst.

Wow. Interesting. Good thing I didn't upgrade from 12.1.1 yet.

2 hours ago, Cardsfan96 said:

I didn’t notice initially but the newest radio doesn’t seem to be transitioning as smoothly in roaming areas or holding onto a weaker signal. Kinda sad since at one point it seemed to be working flawlessly in my area and experience before.

4 minutes ago, tybo31316 said:

 

I’m having an issue where I won’t get a data connection. I have to power the phone off and restart it to get data.

 

Was this after the 12.1.2 update?

1 hour ago, cyclone said:

my iPhone XS is staying on 55069 even after trying ##UPDATE# multiple times -_-

I have that same issue. Mine only finally updated to 55070 because I installed 12.1.1 beta 3.

36 minutes ago, JDP121 said:

55070 out on iOS 12.1 on my iPhone XS Max

How do you get the PRL update on your XS Max? It's never worked right for me.

12.1.1 Beta 2 includes Sprint 35.0, and the XS Max has modem firmware version 1.02.16, Beta 1 had 1.02.09.