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WiWavelength

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  1. No. Samsung wants to sell new handsets, not divert attention to old handsets. Samsung will double down on promoting the Galaxy S7 series. AJ
  2. Seriously, travel with a backup handset. If you rely on a mobile phone as an additional appendage like so many people do these days, you always should have a usable backup handset. If not, you are not living right. Even setting aside the WiMAX capable HTC EVO, I have six available smartphones, all LTE capable. AJ
  3. And therein lies the issue. While downlink carrier aggregation basically has no drawbacks, is current or future 3x CA -- assessed through an interpretive lens -- a good way to measure a network? It does correlate with the maximum downlink bandwidth that can or could be allotted to one or more users. But what does that metric really show? Does it reflect typical user experience? All other factors being equal, would a 3x CA network of three 10 MHz FDD carriers, for example, offer a better experience than that of a 2x CA network of five 10 MHz FDD carriers? My contention would be that total LTE bandwidth, not necessarily maximum CA bandwidth, is the more influential factor. AJ
  4. I do not concur necessarily with Allnet's analysis. Honestly, I find a lot of its work amateurish, no better than mapping work I did by hand over a decade ago. Regardless, here it is -- the rationale. Did you actually read the article or just look at the pictures? AJ
  5. Get ready for a second and final recall. The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is toast -- literally. https://www.reddit.com/r/Sprint/comments/56ie0k/hardware_replaced_galaxy_note_7_explodes_in_taiwan/ AJ
  6. The FierceWireless comments section has been eliminated, so it is safe and clear to look at the article. You will not vomit in your mouth. http://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/2016-how-much-lte-spectrum-do-verizon-at-t-t-mobile-and-sprint-have-and-where AJ
  7. Marge's lawn chair was flipped? Holy smokes! Call in the National Guard. Declare a state of emergency. AJ
  8. Oh, we are working on that, too, on a new payment system. You know PayPal? Then, Big Papi has yust the thing for you. It is called Write-A-Check. Do you want to invest online or yust order some mofongo delivery? Okay. Write-A-Check. AJ
  9. Meh. For water resistance, that requires rubber gaskets on doors and ports, etc. No thanks. Besides, my understanding is that -- even with the heavily advertised water resistance -- liquid damage still is not warrantied. If so, that practically is entrapment. Anyway, you do not need water resistance. Now that David Ortiz is retiring, he is cofounding a business with me to manufacture a zero weight, invisible, waterproof phone case. It is called BeCarefulWithYourPhone. BeCarefulWithYourPhone. Never worry about it dropping on the floor or falling in el baño. All you need is BeCarefulWithYourPhone. I have been using a prototype of the case for six years, and it is 100 percent effective. AJ
  10. Yes, you can. Contact T-Mobile, and state your terms. T-Mobile will accept your amended terms, negotiate other terms, or decline your amended terms, potentially leading to a termination of your agreement without penalty. AJ
  11. Research much? http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-412-the-rf-evolutionrevolution-of-the-htc-2016-nexus/ https://store.google.com/product/pixel_phone https://madeby.google.com/phone/specs/ AJ
  12. Keep in mind that users with another handset released in the past 18 months already may have a compatible UICC CSIM that can be swapped online to a Pixel handset. AJ
  13. Two year contracts no longer are on the menu, so to speak. Those who go to the lengths of requesting/demanding two year contracts are responsible for informing themselves. If not, they are to blame. They are screwing themselves because ignorance is not an excuse. AJ
  14. Where there is smoke, there is fire... http://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2016/10/5/13175000/samsung-galaxy-note-7-fire-replacement-plane-battery-southwest?client=ms-android-sprint-us AJ
  15. The "T" stands for throttled tethering. http://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/t-mobile-quietly-throttles-tethering-favor-device-data AJ
  16. You may need to improve your inference skills. From the dates that I provided, you can infer factually that the sale price occurred before January 2016 and that my credit card price protection benefit exceeds 30 days. AJ
  17. I answered all of that in my previous post. And I checked my archived e-mail from December last year to confirm that I did receive an $80 price protection credit. AJ
  18. No, I definitely received a price protection credit. I believe it was $80 in December last year for a Nexus 5X preordered immediately after the announcement event. AJ
  19. Are you sure there's nothing else in the box? Come on. What's in the box? AJ
  20. I predict that credit card price protection may come in handy. Combine the significantly negative price reaction on the Interwebs with the upcoming holiday season, and I would not be the least bit surprised to see a sale with $50-150 shaved off current prices. That happened with at least one of the Nexus handsets a year or two ago if I recall correctly. AJ
  21. The posts in the preview thread added since the release of the Pixel and Pixel XL late last month have been moved to this users thread. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/7532-pixel-and-pixel-xl-preview-was-fall-2016-nexus-htc-sailfish-marlin-rumors/ AJ
  22. Yes, you get more TouchWiz or iOS, which some people expressly do not want. AJ
  23. Both sizes are too expensive. But I have not had a new handset in a year. And the Pixel offerings are the only flagship caliber, unadulterated Android handsets compatible with Sprint this year. So, there it is. No choice but to order. AJ
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