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    So, if forced to watch a show on your phone in SD occasionally, you are going to have such a terrible experience you would leave sprint? I dont find it likely that is the straw that broke the camels back. Now, further more, if you are not in that 5 percent, and the lessening of load means you can get SD instead of nothing, wouldn't you be very, very happy? The average person notices 2 states. Data works. Data doesn't. If this plan makes more data work vs Data doesn't work, it's done it's job. And no, I dont call HD vs SD on a 5 inch screen legitimate. But no stream at all, that would be bs and I wouldn't support it. So if the throttle is so slow you cant stream at all, I'll be the first to say it's garbage. I doubt that will be the case, unless it's because the sector is extremely overloaded to begin with. Sent from my HTC M8
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    If you dont have sprint anymore why are you posting about it at all? Not only does this entire concept effect very few, it will not always effect them anyway. This is like going to the ATM everyday to take 20 bucks out and sometimes you get 2 10's instead of 1 20, and being pissed off about it. You still get the same thing in the end and nothing you legitimately use is effected. This concept isn't designed to make magic LTE fairies run fiber to all the sites you personally use and make it the best network in the world overnight. Sent from my HTC M8
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    Yep. Exactly my point. If you are a legit phone data user, this doesn't effect you, even in the top 5% You wont even notice the throttle. Unless someone can tell me what legitimate use item will be impacted, I am excited Sprint is doing it. Sent from my HTC M8
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    Google maps has offline mode, you can do your entire area. Navigation uses very little actual data unless you use Street view with it. Google music and Pandora stream fine for me from this 3g only accepted tower, where my download speed check never goes over 200. Maybe it's not studio quality sound, but its better than FM sound. So I consider both of those debunked. Anyone else doing anything truly impact full on their phone that throttling will kill you on? Best I can come up with is video chat. So, your video chat could suffer some quality, when you are in the top 5% AND on an overloaded sector. I'm still not seeing the end of world anarchy in all this. Sent from my HTC M8
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    What are people doing on their phones that throttling will hurt you anyway? No one has really answered this. What is it you do that will be unusable if you were to be in the 5 percent and on an overloaded sector, causing the throttle. Sent from my HTC M8
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    And in that respect, you are most likely not on an over burdened sector. Being in the cave, on a DAS. So you wouldnt get throttled anyway.
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    As a student, where are you 4-6 hours per day that you cant stream pandora on wifi? People throw out these fantastic numbers of use per day, but there are only 24 hours in a day. You cant dodge that fact. Pandora uses around 30mb an hour based on everything I see online. If you did 6 hours, thats 180 megs per day. 30 days of 6 hour use will get you to about 5.4 gigs, give or take. Thats assuming none is on wifi. You also arent streaming movies or videos while streaming pandora. At least one would assume. People are acting like 5 gigs is a small amount of data. For one person, not abusing the network through some less than ethical ways, it is a lot of data. If a user abuses the network and their terms of service, 5 gb is nothing, as the will probably do 50+. My point is, that for a legit user, 5gb is a lot of data to use. You have to really try to hit that number. The only way to really push that is if you tether legally off your phone, and all the data shows up in one pool of total monthly use. One thing most people could do, but dont, is set applications to only update over wifi. That eats a lot of data per month for people.
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    So when do you sleep? You stream while you sleep? Sent from my HTC M8
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    You do all that while driving a truck? Impressive. Try using your radio or satellite radio. Spotify/Pandora plays the same songs they do. Just a heads up. I am on my phone all day, I stream music, watch a few netflix a month, do email and all the works. I am told I am glued to my phone. I have never cracked 5 gigs. Sent from my HTC M8
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    Like Mike said, sounds like great news, work is probably happening. Sent from my HTC M8
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    Grr double post. (hint, I'm on a overloaded 3g only site right now.....)
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    Cool news then. I never saw any address change in my neck of the woods. How do the maps look in your area? Are they still not accepted, or not fully accepted (like 3g only or 4g only etc) Sent from my HTC M8
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    Like Mike said, or, you are connecting to different towers entirely. As work goes on, Towers may come on and offline sporadically, giving you new locations because it's literally a different tower. If your original ones return, thats likely the case. I saw it a lot. How does the rest of the information stack up? Sector information change at all? Sent from my HTC M8
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    I noticed that it handles loud environments well. I work at an airport and often get lots of engine noise. When I am on a call and noise comes up, the earpiece compensates very well. Best ever. But when it's quiet or just a little loud, it sucks. Wish I could turn it up when it's lower ambient noise. I shouldn't hear my calls better next to a jet engine than I do with my TV on normal volume. Sent from my HTC M8
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    It is a sexy phone, not gonna lie. 24 always had the latest and sometimes coming soon phones for Sprint/Nextel. Can't remember which one, maybe the Evo, but one of them was shown a lot before release Sent from my HTC M8
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    Anyone spotted any band 26 or 41? If so, where? Sent from my HTC M8
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    Anyone spotted any band 26 or 41? If so, where? Sent from my HTC M8
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    Just got an update for the app, still works. Maybe try the new version? Is your location stuff turned on? App might want it and crashes if it can't use location services. Sent from my HTC M8
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    Weird. I am unrooted, you? Sent from my HTC M8
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    Just tried to be sure, no issues here. Try uninstalling and re installing. Sent from my HTC M8
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    So no framily no fun. Thanks Sprint. Sent from my HTC M8
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    There is no solid proof that the hardware is already there and this is merely a mixer on the software side. I have read both, and I havent seen definitive answers either way. That being said, you essentially pay 30 bucks for headphones if the phones are equal. They make a good product. Sure, bose and beats are better (in my opinion), but for 30 bucks those headphones would be a pretty good deal. I wont pay 150 for ear buds, i dont care if jesus christ himself made them.
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    They should of waited longer, 90 days is very palatable, but less than 30 from initial release just makes people have buyers remorse. Too bad I guess. Life isnt always fair.
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    I am going to try, because it doesnt hurt too. I just shame all parties involved for not offering it in the first place.
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    I dont see that happening, they have no incentive to allow it. So basically, even if all is equal and hardware is truely already "there" with the vanilla M8, I still miss out of a sick deal on some nice ear buds. I actually would be very content with getting a coupon to buy the ear buds for 30 bucks (difference in price of mine vs this m8)
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