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My nexus 6p DEFINITELY has CA enabled out of the box.

Yeah, you sell your current phone and the difference between it and the 5x is only $300

Well, an HTC One M7 on Sprint looks like it is going for ~$80 on Swappa and a nexus 5x 16 GB is $379 so $300 out of pocket (unless you are on a subsidized phone plan in which case go nuts).

Well, my sister and brother in law are going T-mobile -> Sprint. So they are on the $100 for 2x 6GB lines and will be going to $50 at Sprint and also probably getting new phones at Sprint for less than their current PLAN total let alone what they pay at Tmobile for Plan + phones. Crazy deal.

I am sure it will support B25/B26. The question is if it supports B41, really.

The phone reps at Sprint couldn't tell me which bands it supports (big surprise)

http://eguides.sprint.com/support/eguides/alcatelonetouchpixi7/index.html#alcatel_onetouch_pixi_7_ug/enhanced_4g_lte.html#_Toc306453180 Sounds like it has B41 support? Not sure though..

Marcelo tweeted a picture of himself with smiling sprint coworkers and the assbag tweeted 'did you tell them about their severance package?' or something similar. Really a shitty comment overall

Well, Framily unlimited (on a 7 user Framily) was $45 so never say never

Let us be clear: T-Mobile offers it's existing subscribers the same plans as the ones it newly promotes and that is a fantastic way to prevent churn and hold on to subscribers but it definitely cuts down on potential earnings/ARPU. Sprint, like AT&T and Verizon, has decided that they would rather keep existing customers at higher ARPU on their current plans rather than do this. Both of these have merit and neither one is wrong or incorrect. The truth of it is that loyalty to a certain carrier, much like loyalty to an employer, often doesn't pay. I've always been on Sprint even when I transferred to Ting after getting frustrated with my speeds vs my bill. However, I swapped my numbers to TMobile to get my current no line fees credit and I am not above moving carriers again. Judging by their current plan offerings Sprint must be fine with this potential for me to churn and so I don't take it personally one way or the other. I will, however, disagree with Robert and a few others here. This event was definitely overhyped. When you bill something as "the greatest deal in wireless" and "the other carriers won't like this!" and "we spent long nights on this plan!" and then fail to accurately explain the promotion you have the current situation. While this is a good deal for some people the confusion between the previously quite well advertised CYBIH makes this a misunderstood plan/promotion. Many people were hoping for more substantial changes and creativity from Sprint and thus are quite let down. The reality is that by offering these types of plans means they are a follower in the market and thus will continue to drive their own ARPU down as other carriers adjust their plans. Rather than providing some innovative option for customers like, I don't know, the already mentioned waived line fees for tablets, Phone insurance for half the price or free through their leasing vehicles they are setting up, legacy customers getting waived line fees for moving from ED1500 to Family Share,etc. My criticism is not with the promotion itself but the lack of market leadership and creativity to stand out. The lack of articulation bothers me the most. I shouldn't have to read fine print or Rocket87's posts to understand the meaning of a plan. Anyways, it was a long post but I am stuck on a conference call that so far has required me to introduce myself and then listen for 20 minutes.

The most notable device I have seen with this phenomenon is the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge. My coworker regularly gets better battery on his AT&T S6 when wifi is off at the office as he is toward the loading dock where the wifi signal is low. This seems to make sense going by the test results here http://www.anandtech.com/show/9146/the-samsung-galaxy-s6-and-s6-edge-review/3

See that is why waiving line fees for a year makes even more sense. The cellular vs wifi difference on iPads is $130 so it is a perfect deal for people considering wifi vs cellular.

Agree about potential for confusion. I would happily consider an LTE iPad on Sprint for my wife if there were waived activation and line fees. Otherwise I will stick to only considering a wifi tablet and running it off my phone hotspot when we are on vacation.

Is that 6 lines on ED1500? So, $260/mo if I do the math right by simply adding 19.99 to 5 lines here. If you have subsidized iphone pricing on all 6 lines you should be paying ~$321/mo (if the $199 is averaged across 24 months for each phone). Versus Family Share with the CHEAPEST iphone option (leasing) you are STILL better off than any Family Share plan 10GB or larger ($310 @ 10 GB but $11/mo isnt worth losing unlimited). On top of that you own your phone after 24 months. Not calling you out but if you are comparing promo rates with no phone cost vs your current rates with subsidy then of course it will seem like you are getting ripped off. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/6402-sprint-plan-comparison-spreadsheet/

My last thought about this for today probably: A more enticing promotion for current Sprint customers would be to waive activation and line fees for 1 year or 2 years on tablets for any existing customers. Sprint gets new tablet activations to show investors, current customers get a $120 or $240 (@10/mo on family share) promotional value while staying on the current plans and it might even incite non family share users to consider family share. "CURRENT CUSTOMERS: ACTIVATION AND LINE FEES WAIVED FOR A YEAR (or 2) WHEN YOU BRING ANY TABLET TO SPRINT" wow people rejoice. I know this seems simplistic and is an outside looking in view on it but this isn't that hard especially when for many people that is like only 1 month of service. As a side note: I'm not sure why people are complaining as anyone who is truly a multiyear Sprint customer should go view the pricing spreadsheet and realize that SERO, ED1500, Framily, etc are ALL CHEAPER than family share in almost every circumstance! You're already getting a good promo deal every month!

A weak wifi signal will also cause battery drain much like a weak LTE signal. It also depends on the WiFi speed. Basically, LTE MIGHT use less battery because it downloaded the same data faster and then went to idle if the WiFi is slower and is fully on longer. Where I work we call it the 'race-to-idle'. A decent B41 signal vs a slow WiFi connection I could believe it actually. Some examples GalaxyS5 LTE-A: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8314/galaxy-s5-ltea-battery-life-performance this shows almost no difference between the two but notes this is possibly due to a more efficient wifi chip inside. The LG G4 also shows almost no difference http://www.anandtech.com/show/9379/the-lg-g4-review/8 Iphones do show a big difference though http://www.anandtech.com/show/9686/the-apple-iphone-6s-and-iphone-6s-plus-review/8

Well geez that makes a difference actually. I think my sister is on a 6GB plan at T-Mobile so if she chooses the 10GB plan to match her usage that is a decent deal really. That 7 year old sucks at explaining it fully. It should have been a simple video that goes: "AT&T,TMOBILE,VERIZON CUSTOMERS: STARTING NOVEMBER 20TH PICK ANY PLAN AT YOUR CURRENT CARRIER EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT ON THAT PLAN AND WE WILL TAKE 50% OFF YOUR BILL." ANY PLAN. 50% OFF. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?" etc

How I imagine the long meetings went:

Welp, so much for that. This is more of a ploy to get more tablet activations than a current customer promo. As echoed by others in this thread, Sprint should try to figure out a way to get people off Framily and onto Family Share.

Absolutely true.

So, a free tablet when you sign up for a tablet line and then you don't pay a line fee for a year? eh.

A quick counterpoint: Depending on the plans the new customers come from this will probably still be a benefit to margin/ARPU especially seeing how popular phone leasing is with new customers. If you are talking about margins etc then truthfully it is the legacy SERO/Framily plans that drive that down. I agree that it could have been a bigger deal but, still, half off even T-Mobile plans is actually a really huge savings for many people and the sad truth is that these types of moves are what Sprint has to do to gain goodwill back from people. They've had a terrible network for too long to simply issue press releases saying "The network is great now, really!" and they have to rely on the value proposition until they are considered a real option to people. T-Mobile has made that transition and Sprint can as well.

Half off t-mobile is actually pretty damned good. Sprint knows many of the value seekers are on T-Mobile and so this may be a really good way to bring people back to Sprint. I'll be talking to my sister (who uses T-mobile) about this for sure. I am sure there will be a followup for current customers but this is still not a disappointment to me. Half off anyone's plans is still a fantastic deal.