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  1. WiWavelength
    Just do not buy from T-Mobile. #un-un-carrier AJ
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    Yep. As I have said, this massive, expensive thing is different from the Nexus 5 last year. The supply chain has been largely directed to the operators, not Google Play. Why buy from Google Play this year? AJ
  3. WiWavelength
    Yep. And this is why the so called "Apple SIM" is not coming to an iPhone near you -- not anytime soon. As long as traditional circuit switched voice remains in place, think of the routing difficulties. Some of you are old enough to recall the days shortly before and after WLNP -- if you wanted to port your number, the transition took time and was not seamless. AJ
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    Wow, no doubt. What is with the pandering to and popularity of the iPhone? Seemingly, every user is either a so called expert or a wireless moron. AJ
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    Oh, so it is lead, not LED. Along those same lines, did you eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid? Just out of curiosity... AJ
  6. WiWavelength
    Those are little more than high volume third party resellers, such as Amazon and Best Buy, using their contract commissions to "subsidize" the prices of handsets. Elimination of those contract commissions may allow actual service prices to drop even further. The resellers also will have to compete on something other than commissions, and that may push down device margins. Regardless, no contract subsidy plans will mean no contracts. And that is probably for the best -- as those subs who voluntarily sign two year contracts are often the most vocal in complaining about being ETF tied to services that do not live up to their expectations. AJ
  7. WiWavelength
    Oh, wait, is it Samsung AMOLED? Maybe he lives inside a Galaxy Note handset. Those things are ridiculously huge. AJ
  8. WiWavelength
    Is that LED or OLED? Does he live inside a jumbotron? AJ
  9. WiWavelength
    Well, that would leave Dish with a lot of unpaired, uncertainly paired, or unusable spectrum: Lower 700 MHz E block, L-band 1500 MHz, L-band 1600 MHz, AWS-3 1700 MHz, S-band 2000 MHz, and S-band 2200 MHz. Plus, you can basically forget about the S-band spectrum being AWS-4 and band 23 and the L-band spectrum being band 24 -- as both of those are pretty much off the table now. AJ
  10. WiWavelength
    We call that one the "small Lou Gramm." AJ
  11. WiWavelength
    Some of the added expense comes from "unlimited" data, too. Expect those "unlimited" data prices to keep going up. Those who wish to save money with non subsidy plans need to examine their data usage, possibly opt for lower cost data tiers. AJ
  12. WiWavelength
    No. Per the recent commercials, we fear creepy and/or painfully awkward Rob Lowe. AJ
  13. WiWavelength
    One, that is NOT price parity. You MUST take into account the exchange rate. The French price is equivalent to $760 -- about $100 more than the US price with sales tax added. Two, a single data point does not a trend make. I said "electronics." And you offered up one iPad. Continue your research with the prices of A/V equipment in Europe versus those in the US. My statement stands true. AJ
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    AJ
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    I will be nice and give you a three word preview: RF not good. AJ
  16. WiWavelength
    You should read my FCC OET dissection of the international variant Nexus 9. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/5895-staff-network-equipment-devices-fcc-authorizations-thread/?p=380240 Oh, wait, that thread is for staff only. He he he... AJ
  17. WiWavelength
    Ween people? Are you talking about Dean and Gene Ween? How about some "Chocolate and Cheese"? AJ
  18. WiWavelength
    That would be a fringe benefit of eliminating subsidies -- the double super secret mostly sham discount plans also would go away. AJ
  19. WiWavelength
    You or someone else has used this parallel previously. It does not work because, for various reasons, electronics prices in Europe are almost always exorbitant compared to those in the US. AJ
  20. WiWavelength
    And that is not going to happen for CDMA2000 from the so called GSM operators, who act as if they are god's gift to wireless consumers. T-Mobile, for example, wants VZW and Sprint variant devices to support 3GPP standards and be domestically unlocked. But by no means will T-Mobile turn around and ensure its variant devices support 3GPP2 standards. In other words, device portability is a double standard for those holier than thou GSM operators. AJ
  21. WiWavelength
    Yes, correct. Subsidies have helped maintain artificially high handset prices -- because those costs are hidden in the overall wireless service costs. Eliminating subsidies pulls back that curtain, forcing everyone to realize that their iPhones do not cost $200. They cost $700, and that is too high. AJ
  22. WiWavelength
    People who have to finance their devices may still be able to sign contracts with third parties. But those contracts will be solely for the devices, not for actual wireless service. AJ
  23. WiWavelength
    Guys, the point of dropping subsidies is to start forcing subs to pay for their own devices. It should be an all in proposition; otherwise, it would not have the desired effect. So, if Sprint makes this move, there will be no contract subsidy option, and you will just have to deal with it. AJ
  24. WiWavelength
    Bye bye. AJ
  25. WiWavelength
    No, probably not. AJ
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