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Why? Hua-why, that is why. Google does not make the device -- Huawei does. And it may very well have full Sprint band support. But has there ever been a Huawei handset on Sprint previously? Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. AJ

Some filings do, but that is rare. There is little point in paying authorized testing labs to include in their reports spectrum bands that are not FCC licensed for use in the US. I mean, these filings run in the thousands of pages already. And S4GRU staff gets to sort through them to write these articles. In the case of the Nexus 5X, however, its filing does include what is effectively an international band. Band 7, which is the FDD equivalent of band 41, theoretically could but will not be deployed in the US. Regardless, wait for the Google Store page. The tech specs certainly will list all supported bands -- both domestic and international. Definite inclusions will be GSM 900/1800 and W-CDMA band 1, probably at least LTE band 1/3/38, too. AJ

I sat this one out. I am just waiting for the inevitable chicken and raffles. And we could add waffles, too. AJ

Yep, and with the proper UICC running CSIM when the online activation tool was working a week ago, my 2015 Moto X activated online in just as easy a process. But for those difficult first five or six days -- when Sprint did not have the activation process down pat for this niche, unlocked, third party handset -- we should all "rabble, rabble, rabble" and throw Sprint under the bus. "Unacceptable!" AJ

Yes, I saw that. The photo illustration is clearly not to scale. If it were to scale, it would look like this... AJ

No, a device cannot be a "powerful" performer if it lacks power. It can only hope that lack of power does not get exposed in real world performance -- for example, if the downlink drops before the uplink hits its ERP/EIRP limits. AJ

And for further comparison, here is the table from my iPhone 6S analysis: AJ

My table: AJ

That is a supplemental downlink only band. Reception, not transmission. There is nothing to test on the handset. AJ

The omission of band 17 in the listing was typographical error. It now has been corrected. But band 17 is the only band unique to AT&T that requires FCC authorization testing. AJ

Hmm, that is what I thought -- unless my mind was playing tricks on me. Vertical scrolling, worse. Horizontal pagination, better. AJ

From the current era? Robert will say the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. AJ

Did the app drawer or launcher get an automatic update? Something looks/feels different. AJ

That one is on former affiliate Alamosa PCS. Why Alamosa did not do more in what should have been its biggest, best market is a mystery. AJ

Sprint has no domestic GSM/W-CDMA roaming agreements. AJ

No, there will not be much, if any Roaming+ in New Mexico. After the loss of Alltel, New Mexico has few other operators compatible with and friendly with Sprint. Commnet might be the only one. AJ

That may be the point. Keep users on their toes. Make them think that they may be drawing from their 100/300 MB roaming quota, even if they are not. That helps prevent abuse of pseudo native service. That is not possible at the system level without Sprint customized firmware on every handset. Not likely, and users today seem to prefer no operator intervention or bloatware in their firmware. Additionally, the PRL indicates only native or roaming -- there is not a third option. So, any special Roaming+ indicator would have to be done with an app. You can already get that to a degree with SignalCheck Pro, which can match most SIDs with their operator names. For example, if on VZW, that is roaming. But if on Nex-Tech Wireless, that is Roaming+. AJ

Maybe Tom is not good at science. AJ

If you start running multiple 2x CA speed tests on "unlimited" data, I will come hunt you down. AJ

Desperation? Best Buy is not long for this world. AJ

…and HTC One M9. But not the yet to be released HTC Aero. AJ

Normally, I use protection. But then I thought to myself, when am I ever gonna make it back to Haiti? Bad Idea Jeans. AJ

I fully expect that the iPhone Field Test -- which is pretty cool but is a secret that Apple does not want you to know about and has not been updated since the Nixon administration -- will display 2x CA like this... AJ

I hear you. Online phone activation never worked on my account previously. But it did almost seamlessly for the Moto X Style -- once I had the correct SIM and seemingly all IMEI/MEIDs had been whitelisted. So, you may be operating off of old experience. You may want to try again soon to see if circumstances have changed. AJ

A few years ago, FedEx delivered my $1500 spectrum analyzer from Germany, did not require a signature when no one was home, and just left the box partially behind the bushes next to my front porch. Corporate policy and delivery driver practice are two very different things. AJ