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I did well to preface this thread with the "ruffled feathers" expectation. I am quite prescient. Come on, guys. The list is a mix of personal opinion and popular sentiment. If you do not like the results, publish your own list. But I doubt that you will go to the trouble. Additionally, the Galaxy S series grossly outsells the Galaxy Note series because the latter is simply outsized for most people. Do you think Gizmodo would want a bunch of hate mail for putting the Note 3 in its top tier? "I bought the Note 3 based on your rankings. Thanks a lot. Now, it takes up a whole space in the garage, and I have to park outside." In the end, too big handsets are mainly for Robert's oldest son and people with overcompensation issues. AJ

Naw, with iPhone 5, that was nothing more than a firmware change and a Class II filing with the FCC. All of the W-CDMA 2100+1700 hardware was already inside -- it just had to be unleashed from AT&T "cock blocking." Adding TD-LTE would be different, as it would almost certainly require hardware changes. In other words, do not expect it. AJ

It works there, too... Fun times in Oakland today. Oakland! Oakland! Come on down to Oakland town, everyone. AJ

Thanks for the plaudits. The spectrum analyzer has come in handy over the past year and a half, has definitely been a worthwhile investment. AJ

Simple. It is too big. That is what she said, he said, most people said. AJ

No need to "surmise." There will be a different model number, and for two months now, it has been in the title of this thread and in our article. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-356-teaser-samsung-galaxy-s4-2-3/ AJ

This would be a more attractive offer if LTE tablets were not so often weeks, even months behind their Wi-Fi counterparts. Many of us have long had the Wi-Fi version by the time the LTE version is released. AJ

Let the ruffled feathers fly... http://gizmodo.com/every-android-phone-ranked-1468382693 AJ

And would you believe it, in the five minutes it took me to set up in a parking lot and run my RF sweep, the police pulled into the parking lot. Fortunately, it turned out that they were there to assist two motorists who had been involved in a small fender bender. But I thought that I was going to get questioned AGAIN! AJ

by Andrew J. Shepherd Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 2:12 PM MST As most of our S4GRU readers are aware, Sprint is pursuing a three pronged approach to LTE. Tri band 25/26/41 LTE 1900/800/2600 -- the first two bands operating as FDD in Sprint and Nextel PCS 1900 MHz and SMR 800 MHz spectrum, the last operating as TDD in Clearwire BRS/EBS 2600 MHz spectrum. A year and a half ago in the early days of Network Vision, S4GRU was the first web site to offer a peek at a live Sprint LTE downlink carrier. We did likewise in running tri band hotspot field tests upon the emergence of Sprint/Clearwire TD-LTE 2600 in Denver this past summer. But the missing piece in the tri band LTE strategy has been the 800 MHz spectrum and the decisive propagation advantages it brings to the table. Then, three weeks ago, S4GRU was able to start sourcing inside info on a few but growing number of band 26 site acceptances around the country. And today, S4GRU presents an exclusive first look at a live Sprint LTE 800 carrier. From the spectrum analyzer RF sweep, we can see that this site has achieved SMR 800 MHz deployment completion. On the left is the 1.25 MHz FDD CDMA1X 800 downlink carrier at band class 10 channel assignment 476, which equates to center frequency 862.9 MHz. On this site, CDMA1X 800 was deployed earlier this year just prior to the Nextel iDEN 800 shutdown. But LTE 800 did not follow -- until now. On the right is the newborn 5 MHz FDD LTE 800 downlink carrier. Temporarily, connections to the LTE 800 carrier are not yet allowed, so an exact EARFCN cannot be determined. But frequency domain analysis suggests a downlink EARFCN 8763, which equates to center frequency 866.3 MHz and is smack dab in the middle of the EARFCN 8761-8765 range that I predicted in one of my engineering screen articles earlier this year. In our Premier sponsors section, S4GRU continues to track ongoing band 26 LTE 800 site acceptances, which should accelerate rapidly over the next several weeks and months. Most progress thus far is in the Chicago, Houston, Kansas, Jacksonville, and North Wisconsin markets. However, LTE 800 will continue to sprout up across the Sprint network -- outside of those areas encumbered by IBEZ restrictions with Canada and Mexico. Below is today's snapshot of the evolving LTE 800 site map. Source: author's field test, S4GRU map data

Yes, there are satellites inside your house. And the dinosaur had a car... AJ

The moment you bought that phone it was obsolete. The Moment? You bought that phone? It was obsolete. AJ

Ah, fun times in Cleveland again! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM AJ

No, the forgetfulness would be due to the tequila shots you guys keep doing in The Lounge. And I told you not to leave your empty bottles just lying around. AJ

Yes, but those two actual signal strengths are almost the same. AJ

Yes, that would be the arrangement that maximizes the largest possible LTE carrier. It would probably require AT&T to slightly shift up the EARFCN of its existing band 17 10 MHz FDD carrier, but I would have to go back and look at my spectrum analyzer sweeps or others' posted engineering screenshots to confirm. Out of principle, I refuse to pay AT&T any subscription fees to do the engineering screen observations myself. AJ

I do not follow. It is not possible to have both a band 12 15 MHz FDD carrier and a band 17 10 MHz FDD carrier. Are you talking 5 MHz FDD + 10 MHz FDD carrier aggregation? That is a different animal. That is just one possible combination. If band 12, the maximal combination is 10 MHz FDD, 5 MHz FDD, and 3 MHz FDD. AJ

Let me guess -- this is what you have heard. Now, do you really know what you are talking about? If so, state your case. Otherwise, your advocacy of VoLTE is lunacy. AJ

For AT&T, 15 MHz FDD incorporating the Lower 700 MHz B/C blocks is no more possible than 10 MHz FDD incorporating the PCS G block is for Sprint. Too many incompatible UEs in the field already. Sure. Band 12 LTE supports 1.4/3/5/10 MHz FDD. You do the math. AJ

Not exactly. Lower 700 MHz A/B/C blocks would be 18 MHz FDD. AJ

With e/CSFB, as long as you are remaining on LTE, you are not actually returning to the Pennsauken MSC. You are staying registered at the Philadelphia MSC with any paging messages from that MSC being tunneled through LTE to wherever you are located. AJ

Uh, VZW already divested some Lower 700 MHz B block licenses to AT&T. AJ

No. There are two types of 700 MHz: Upper 700 MHz and Lower 700 MHz. AJ

You do know that, as a Premier sponsor, you have access to the work in progress TD-LTE 2600 site map, right? http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4674-clearwire-td-lte-2600wimaxexpedience-maps/ There is lots of band 41 LTE in the Kansas City area. I put a 20 MHz TDD carrier on my spectrum analyzer months ago. AJ

Now, I wonder what just happened to Nickel... AJ