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No, that would be a hasty assumption. Overall RF performance within a band is not directly related to the number of RF bands that a handset possesses. Right now, we really have just conjectural evidence of how the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 will perform on the real world network. AJ

What is also amusing is that I have had dinner at the PF Chang's at FlatIron Crossing, the upscale shopping mall in Broomfield where this and other "South Park" episodes take place. AJ

Not every market has its own 4G core, and St. Louis does not. The Kansas City 4G core handles all traffic for most/all of both Kansas and Missouri markets. AJ

All I know is when that weird looking thing pulls into or out of the water, I expect this music to be playing... AJ

Oh yeah? AJ

Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang... AJ

I would not give VZW much credit in this regard. VZW has held AWS spectrum for six years and has offered LTE handsets for two years, yet VZW is just now getting around to including band 4 LTE capability. That would be akin to Sprint not adding band 26 LTE and/or band 41 TD-LTE capability until this time next year. AJ

Some do, but others do not. For most of last year, the chipset du jour was the Snapdragon S4 MSM8960, which is a full SoC with integrated baseband. Later this year when the Snapdragon 800 aka MSM8974 becomes available, the high end chipset will again have an onboard baseband. AJ

The Snapdragon 600 aka APQ8064T is just a processor. It does not contain a baseband modem on chip. So, actually, it has no effect on LTE band capability. AJ

People, listen and learn. Sprint is not your favorite college or pro team. If your ego requires "you" to be in first or second place, then just get it over with and sign up with VZW or AT&T. The current rankings are not going to change anytime soon. Unless Sprint successfully acquires T-Mobile, no, Sprint will not usurp VZW or AT&T for that second place spot. Network Vision will not make that much difference. AJ

AT&T in Oklahoma City has massive market share -- a majority of the market. But AT&T still has some AWS 2100+1700 MHz spectrum and has reportedly started deploying 10 MHz FDD LTE on AWS in at least some parts of the metro. AJ

By what unit of measurement? RSSI or RSRP? AJ

The Galaxy S4 variant for VZW was posted to the FCC OET today. It is one of the very first VZW handsets to support band 4 (AWS 2100+1700 MHz) LTE. Here are the ERP/EIRP max figures: 24.50 dBm (CDMA1X/EV-DO 850), 23.55 dBm (CDMA1X/EV-DO 1900), 17.28 dBm (LTE 750), 21.38 dBm (LTE 2100+1700). On that last count, though, the max EIRP is for 5 MHz FDD LTE. And VZW is not going to deploy 5 MHz FDD LTE in AWS when it has at least twice that bandwidth in essentially every major market. So, the more realistic max is slightly lower at 20.91 dBm (LTE 2100+1700). AJ

Very true about T-Mobile GSM outside of the metro. But the unmapped areas within the metro indicate nothing definite. Sprint subs, for whatever reason, seem to be the most aggressive Sensorly trackers. AJ

That is LTE 700 data, which is completely independent of GSM/W-CDMA 1900 voice and data. I am not trying to sell you on Sprint. But if you are using LTE 700 data inside one building as your litmus test, that is a hasty generalization. You may be in for a rude awakening with AT&T GSM/W-CDMA 1900 voice and data in that same location and elsewhere, not to mention AT&T voice quality. AJ

Folks, many of you misunderstand the function of Sensorly. Sensorly does not produce coverage maps; rather, it produces crowd sourced coverage tracks. If you see a coverage track on Sensorly, then you can be about 90 percent certain that coverage exists outdoors in that location. But if you do not see a coverage track on Sensorly, that means nothing. Coverage might not exist there. Or coverage might exist there, though it has not yet been tracked by any Sensorly user. Omission is not the same as negation -- a very common beginner mistake in logic. As the philosophical saying goes, "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" So, if a wireless carrier has coverage in a location but no one tracks it on Sensorly, does it really exist? AJ

Nothing in the FCC OET documents concerns international roaming, so it is impossible to say with any certainty. However, as I stated in the article, the presence of GSM/W-CDMA capability for domestic bands also implies the presence of GSM/W-CDMA for international bands. Now, Japan has never had GSM. But it does have W-CDMA. And SoftBank operates a band 1 W-CDMA 2100+1900 network. Thus, as long as the Galaxy S4 supports band 1 W-CDMA, then, yes, it will be compatible with SoftBank's 3G network. AJ

Do keep in mind that AT&T's network in Raleigh is GSM/W-CDMA 1900 + LTE 700. So, unlike most other markets where AT&T holds Cellular 850 MHz spectrum, all voice and fallback data in Raleigh operate over PCS 1900 MHz spectrum -- the same as with Sprint. So, unless AT&T has a much greater site density in Raleigh, overall coverage across the metro should be similar to that of Sprint. AJ

I think we need to send in Cartman and Butters to infiltrate Huawei and find out when the invasion is going to happen... AJ

I am an educator by profession, so if you will, let me lead you in the right direction, rather than just give the info to you. You (or anyone else) can easily do the comparison yourself. Just check each ERP/EIRP figure posted in the Galaxy S4 article above against the corresponding figure posted in my HTC One article: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-342-all-for-htc-one-htc-one-for-all/ That said, keep in mind a few complicating factors. The FCC OET data reflects maximum transmitted power only, not received power. Higher/lower transmitted power may suggest better/worse overall RF performance, but what the numbers suggest does not always bear out in real world use. Also, the HTC One uses two separate antenna arrays (antenna 0 and antenna 1), while the Galaxy S4 ostensibly does not. On paper, that endows an iPhone like advantage to the HTC One. However, again, we really will have to wait to see how the dual arrays perform in the field before we make any solid conclusions. AJ

Did you read the end of the article, which we published only 24 hours ago? AJ

Potentially, yes. See the comments following my article: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-334-updated-sprint-uscc-spectrum-deal-sprint-gets-20-mhz-broader-in-the-city-of-broad-shoulders/ AJ

Yeah, I bet you would like her to "roam" over to your place. You would probably erect a monopole in her honor. AJ

To promote its new strategy, T-Mobile told Carly to BYOD (Bring Your Own Dress), and, well, she wore an orange and blue dress. AJ

I guess T-Mobile wanted to go non contract with Carly. AJ