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    Maybe Lane Bryant will carry the iPhone 6 Plus. AJ
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    Milan, as much as Apple would like it to be, the iPhone is not the entirety of the smartphone market. Heck, it is not even the majority. So, you can point to the iPhone as an exception, but it is not even close to the rule. Get 90 percent of all AT&T and T-Mobile variants to support band class 10 CDMA1X 800, band 41 TD-LTE 2600, etc. Then, we can talk a fair domestic unlocking policy. Good luck... AJ
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    I have two Samsung handsets, one PCS Vision, the other Power Vision. Are those compatible with Marcelo Vision? AJ
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    But, but, but band 12 LTE 700 will solve that problem -- just not in many markets and not on iPhone 6. AJ
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    "I don't know much…but I know I love you." That sums up how most Magentans think and feel about T-Mobile. AJ
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    If you buy the unlocked model in Hong Kong, you will not be able to activate it on Sprint in the US. AJ
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    Ah, Sprint devices should be unlocked domestically so that users can ostensibly churn with those devices in tow to AT&T or T-Mobile? And that would be cool? Give me a break. That would be a double standard -- with the deck stacked squarely against Sprint. AT&T and T-Mobile devices rarely support CDMA2000. Even if they do, they do not support all of the appropriate CDMA2000 band classes and LTE bands for the Sprint network. So, unlocked AT&T and T-Mobile devices are basically worthless on Sprint. That is hardly a two way street. AT&T and T-Mobile put up a roadblock by not generally supporting CDMA2000 in their devices; Sprint puts up a roadblock by not freely unlocking devices for domestic use. Tit for tat. GoWireless, you seem to have an agenda, and it appears to be anti Sprint. Not cool. AJ
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    Hangouts is a poorly chosen name. It sounds too casual, unprofessional. If Hangouts is going to be the central location for text messaging (via data or SMS), voicemail, chat, VoIP, and video calling, then Google should rebrand back to Grand Central -- the service that originally became Google Voice. AJ
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    Yes, of course, RRPP members will be overlaying Sprint spectrum. But my gut feeling -- based upon years of observation -- is that some RRPP member sites will not get Sprint overlay. Those sites, for whatever reason, will remain solely band 12. Having band 12 device capability will be useful in those situations. AJ
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    I disagree -- to an extent. The absence of band 12 support may affect both Sprint and T-Mobile subs in more ways than that. For Sprint, some of its RRPP partners have deployed their own band 12 networks. Or, even if they have not, they have Lower 700 MHz A/B/C block spectrum in reserve. Under the RRPP, Sprint subs should get access to band 12, too, where available. And in some locales, band 12 deployment may be more prevalent than band 25/26 deployment -- especially in the next year or two. For T-Mobile, the native coverage implications are obvious. Where T-Mobile holds Lower 700 MHz A block licenses, iPhone users will not benefit from improved coverage -- particularly in building and rural coverage. Additionally, T-Mobile may ride Sprint's coattails with some CCA/RRPP members. But, again, iPhone subs will miss out on any band 12 roaming coverage. AJ
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    No one can say with any certainty. For at least the past several iterations, iPhones have generally had above average RF power output levels. However, as we have noted numerous times, that applies only to uplink transmission. FCC OET authorization docs do not report downlink reception. And if the downlink reception fails, uplink transmission is rendered moot, regardless of max output capability. To illustrate, we have seen the Nexus 5 RF output capabilities look about average on paper -- yet its RF performance prove stellar in real world use. High ERP/EIRP figures are good but not necessary nor any guarantee. That said, low ERP/EIRP numbers are almost always an indicator of poor performance. AJ
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    Google Voice is my archive for all text messages -- regardless of device. This integration with Hangouts appears to cut Google Voice out of the loop, so there would go my archive. No thanks. Plus, as I stated earlier, I want the separate, redundant ability to send/receive text messages via data with Google Voice and/or via SMS with Hangouts. AJ
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    A purely band 25 device will not acquire a band 2 network -- even though band 25 is a superset of all of band 2. So, a band 25 device also needs to support band 2. Or the network needs to support MFBI. AJ
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    I will keep Google Voice and Hangouts separate. I like the redundancy of receiving text messages via both data and SMS. AJ
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    I earned my technical chops over the weekend when I predicted the possibility that the new Sprint iPhone 6 variants would go with international LTE bands in the 700/800 MHz range rather than band 12. AJ
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    You cannot spell "omnibus" without "nobius," right? AJ
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    Unless circumstances have changed, VZW's band 13 infrastructure is Release 8. It is old and does not support carrier aggregation. AJ
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    The usual T-Mobile trolls are conspicuously absent from the comments following that article. Are they sitting shiva over the loss of band 12? AJ
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    AJ
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    I hit the can in the morning. AJ
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    No, here is a greater challenge. Can you spot a middle age white guy? AJ
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    Then, who was phone? AJ
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    No, at times, iPhone borders on a religion. So, call me Copernicus. I am almost always correct. And I say that not to aggrandize my own ego but to educate people. If you listen to me, you get good information. AJ
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    I call it the AT&T effect. Based on its previous intimate relationship with Apple, AT&T retains enough influence to continue to "cock block" T-Mobile periodically over band 4 W-CDMA, band 12 LTE, etc. AJ
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    Now, what did I tell you guys over the past few weeks? With this iPhone, you would not get everything -- band 41, carrier aggregation, and band 12. And guess what? I was spot on. You got just one of the three. So, celebrate your victory but acknowledge your multiple defeats. AJ
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