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A company, such as Google or Sprint, does not give want to divulge info to frontline employees prior to an important release. Otherwise, those bottom of the barrel workers will spill the beans, especially in this age of social networking. AJ

Again, ladies and gentleman, Randall Stephenson... AJ

nexgencpu posted the Signal Check screenshot in the prior Nexus 5 thread. It displays LTE but not CDMA1X signal metrics. However, I am curious if the handset was actually CDMA2000 active at the time. AJ

Since the users thread is now open, if you would like to post specific instructions, feel free to do so. Thanks. AJ

Meanwhile, somewhere in Dallas or Atlanta, Randall Stephenson... AJ

Thus far, Sprint is offering on contract only the 16 GB models. Is that why we think those ESN/IMEI/MEIDs are already in the system, while the 32 GB versions are not? AJ

Robert's seventeenth bundle of joy. Somebody needs to give him a vasectomy...er...handsetectomy. AJ

Hasta la vista, baby. But I'll be back. AJ

I also recall reading that the two Samsung handsets would be tri band active out of the gate. But that info seems to have changed. I now expect a more level playing field among the first few Spark handsets. AJ

While there was a fair amount of GSM left in W-CDMA at the core network level, there is basically no GSM left in LTE. Circuit switched voice is completely gone. So, saying that LTE is based on GSM is akin to saying that UMB would have been based on CDMA2000. Neither is really true. Instead, 3GPP, which absorbed GSM into its standards body, adopted LTE, and 3GPP2, which is the CDMA2000 standards body, was going to adopt UMB until VZW defected to LTE. AJ

No, it has been adopted by the "jizzum" ecosystem. But LTE is not "GSM based." AJ

Look at it philosophically. Robert may receive his Nexus 5 a few days earlier than you receive your G2. But where Robert lives now, there is neither Sprint nor T-Mobile. So, to do any testing, he has to shack up with AT&T. And that is a deal with the devil if there ever was one. It cannot be good for his soul. AJ

No. I posted a correction to your comment and even a clarification to the article. Please go read it. Too many people erroneously think that the tri band Galaxy S4 has to be the announced Mini. In actuality, two tri band Galaxy S4 models have received FCC authorization. AJ

Highly unlikely. HD Voice may or may not require CDMA1X Advanced, but it does require the EVRC-NW codec, which was supposedly first included in the EVO LTE. AJ

Sprint is not going to build that many additional sites. The point in the article is to describe the number of sites that would be required for 2600 MHz to achieve coverage parity with 700 MHz. But Sprint does not need 2600 MHz to achieve parity because Sprint has at least 1900 MHz to serve as its foundation. If nothing else, the 2600 MHz coverage will serve those in the cores of 1900 MHz cells, thereby freeing up 1900 MHz capacity. AJ

This info belongs in the Nexus 5 thread. But it was already reported there several days ago. So, this thread will be closed and hidden shortly. AJ

Read the last 10 pages of the thread. AJ

No, no, no, you have to buy the Sprint version Nexus 5. Too much pressure. Aaahhh! AJ

Then, feel free to leave for another wireless operator that you think will better suit your needs. The grass almost always looks greener on the other side. When you get a closer look, well, hope for the best. And please remember that S4GRU is not the place for Sprint complaints. Your post does not cross the line, but it could be worded in a more objective way. Particularly, the assertion that TD-LTE 2600 is irrelevant because you "don't live under a tower" is an inappropriate exaggeration. AJ

I imagine it more like this... http://screen.yahoo.com/annoying-man-1-000000628.html AJ

Mike, I am not certain that I have come across a screenshot with W-CDMA active. What signal metrics are displayed? AJ

You means I can't get it done for the day my welfare check comes in? And when's you gonna start taking Western Union? AJ

If only Vodafone could have gotten AT&TWS, instead of Cingular winning that early morning bidding war back in 2004, I wonder how the domestic wireless industry would be different today... AJ

I would like to see some performance stats on 8x8 MIMO. I am betting that, with higher order MIMO, the throughput gains start to get more and more marginal. Those spatial channels have to remain as orthogonal as possible; otherwise, they interfere with one another. The other consideration to remember is that 20 MHz TDD is basically the equivalent of 10 MHz FDD. So, even if Sprint has three 20 MHz TDD carriers, that 60 MHz bandwidth equates to about 30 MHz FDD. Soon enough, VZW and AT&T, maybe T-Mobile, too, will each have at least 30 MHz FDD total among their Upper/Lower 700 MHz, AWS, PCS, Cellular, possibly even WCS holdings. Sprint cannot afford to be the slowpoke again by having similar bandwidth to that of the other operators but letting unlimited home broadband users siphon off capacity with their usage. Sprint needs to regain the perception of having faster data than at least one of the other big three mobile operators. If not, the outlook is grim. AJ

The historic strength of Nextel iDEN in your area will have little, if any effect on Sprint LTE. AJ