MacinJosh

The non retina needed a spec bump badly. I'm disappointed in Apple on that. But it did get a price drop, which is a start.

Although the air is really nice and light and portable, I hate the really low RAM specs. I can't do anything with less than 8GB RAM. I need 16 though. It's just better.

People love the Retina models, even with the lack of expandability. I want the processing power associated. I already have an external SuperDrive, so that's $79 I don't have to buy. I'll be using mine for video editing on a regular basis, hence the need for more power. The 13" retina is a good machine for that since I can't justify almost $2,000 for the 15", and even before the retina's, I couldn't afford the 15" model. And for expansion capability, they have kept the 13" non-retina model, which can also support up to 16GB RAM, up to a 1.5TB HDD, until something with more capacity comes out in 9.5mm.

It depends. I don't have an income right now, so I don't get anything back.

That's why I'm going straight to 16GB RAM. No more being cheap on something so essential to the system. As for flash drive upgrades, I believe that OWC will catch up and release flash upgrades for the newer models.

macsales.com has flash drive upgrades for rMBP's. And they were spec bumped with 8GB RAM minimum on the 13", and 16GB on the 15".

They are so much more affordable now. 13" with 2.6GHz i5 256 flash drive and 16GB RAM is now 1699.

Model number is SPH-L710T

I have a MacBook Pro that would be Handoff compatible, but I'm still upgrading to the newest rMBP that was just spec bumped late last month.

Thanks for answering him.

The hotels have wifi, don't they?

I'm sure calls are still going through down there. Data is pretty good in some areas, and frankly, why would you need internet when you are there for a bachelor party? Aren't you going to have fun?

Vegas was a 3rd round market, so it was far behind many other places like Los Angeles and Atlanta. However, one of our members discovered that Las Vegas will not see Band 26 LTE for a while due to some circumstances in a bordering market. But Band 41 LTE work is progressing at a pretty good pace, but that work is in testing, and may not always be live where each site is until official market announcement. Plus the Las Vegas metro area has never been "launched" and therefore even if you call Sprint, there isn't much that they'll do until it launches officially.

We went off the factory specs for the international version for microSD card support because the UA profiles are all wrong on Sprint for this device. The current profile doesn't show anything usable.

Maybe a slight difference in RF performance, but the specs are exactly the same as the non tri-band edition.

He works for Sprint.

The CCA should start it's own spectrum holding company, and all the members should pool their money in to fight the Duopoly in this auction. A spectrum sharing agreement of this magnitude will scare the crap out of AT&T & VZW.

No one hates you for saying that, but there are still many using WiMAX devices. I still have Clear for a mobile hotspot for when I'm in Vegas or out and about in Visalia and trying to keep from using my data up.

Yeah, you just never know where they could be hiding.

JAB just bought WaveDirect last month.

When you decide to grow, Pahrump, NV could use another fixed broadband provider. We had 2, but they merged about a month ago, and $45/mo for 3Mbps isn't the greatest deal.

Chairman Wheeler is now showing his true colors. His bitch about Verizon throttling unlimited LTE data customers was just a coverup.

by Josh McDaniel and Tim Yu Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 11:59 PM MDT On June 5, 2014, LG received FCC OET approval for the LG LS990, otherwise known to handset consumers as the Sprint variant LG G3. Then, just two weeks later, on June 19, the device received a Class II Permissive Change filing that appears to show slightly improved radio capabilities. The LG G3 has a strong spec/feature list: Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974 Android 4.4.2 KitKat 5.5” QHD display (1440 x 2560 pixel resolution) 3 GB RAM 13 MP back camera 2.1 MP front camera 32 GB internal storage 64 GB microSD support As expected, the FCC docs show that this phone does not support SVDO nor SVLTE, as it is a tri-band, single radio handset. It does include support for Wi-Fi calling. Unfortunately, LG didn’t include the antenna diagram with this flagship, opting to make that diagram a permanently confidential item. Included in the documentation is also the testing certification for QI wireless charging, which has become prevalent on many flagship devices. Though it is not included in the actual retail device, which comes with a standard non wireless charging back cover, a wireless charging cover is apt to be available for retail sales soon after release of the handset. On LTE, the G3 supports the following carrier bandwidths: Band 25 3/5/10 MHz FDD Band 26 1.4/3/5/10 MHz FDD Band 41 10/15/20 MHz TDD Radiated power levels for each LTE band show middle of the road performance, lower than that of some of the mid-range tri-band LTE devices available and/or coming to the market. For review, here is a summary of the radiated power levels: CDMA BC0 (850) 21.03 dBm CDMA BC1 (1900) 23.08 dBm CDMA BC10 (800) 22.75 dBm LTE Band 25 (1900) 21.28 - 22.9 dBm LTE Band 26 (800) 17.49 - 20.51 dBm LTE Band 41 (2500/2600) 20.37 - 22.87 dBm While the publicly available FCC docs do not include the aforementioned antenna diagram, they do divulge the peak antenna gain structures for each of the supported bands/band classes. For best RF performance in an internal antenna flagship smartphone, we expect to see around -4 dBi for below 1 GHz, around 1 dBi for 1-2 GHz, and around 3 dBi for above 2 GHz. In those regards, the LG G3 is a disappointment, and that may account for its middling radiated power levels. For reference, below is the peak antenna gain table: But as always these don't show the whole story as some devices that show higher power level actually perform worse than those which show lower power levels. It varies by device but it is an unknown until users run thorough tests against the previous LG G2 flagship and other flagships (Samsung Galaxy S5, HTC One M8, etc.). The LG G3 was announced to be in stores starting July 18, 2014, but in a surprise move by Sprint, it was launched July 11, the same day that AT&T launched its LG G3 variant. Sources: Android Authority Phone Arena FCC OET FCC OET C2PC

Pahrump is actually Pah-Rimpi in Shoshone. It means "Water Rock".

Water rock, but bad water is ok.