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Uh, in Wall, SD. Now, would you like some ice water? AJ
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Look at those Rose Gold shipping dates. A lot of women who drink blush wine and men who use T-Mobile must be ordering the iPhone 6S. AJ
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Maybe the plan is to have the "Nebraska Loop" ensnare the Blob -- or South Dakota Bob, for that matter. AJ
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Oh, so it is Bob now? Yeah, what about Bob? AJ
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South Dakota has the Blob? Wow. I am glad that Nebraska is in between it and me. The Blob will have to consume all of the Omaha thread group before it comes for me, giving me time to stock up on fire extinguishers. AJ
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No. PRLs have nothing to do with individual "towers." AJ
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From what handset model is that engineering screenshot? AJ
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As far as I know, nothing was done. These are not the kind of bugs that get fixed. AJ
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Can we have "all the LTE bands"? The only handset that even comes close is the yet to be released iPhone 6S -- and even it is not perfect in supporting all airlinks and bands. Not to mention, Apple develops and releases just one or two excessively priced handsets only once per year. That is an anomalous situation. AJ
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Yeah, that "GSM based" unlocked handset situation is so great in these days of dozens of LTE bands. Maybe somebody buys an older T-Mobile handset that does not support band 2 and/or band 12 LTE. So, that person complains online about how bad T-Mobile is -- because he does not get LTE where the coverage map indicates. Or repeat the scenario with a T-Mobile user who ports to AT&T, handset intact. He may lack band 2 and/or band 5 LTE but definitely lacks band 29 and band 30 LTE. So, he complains online about how slow AT&T LTE is. Are those great situations? Or just "BS and run arounds"? In this complicated mobile environment, most people are ignorant. For the greater good, we would be better off with no unlocked handsets, no SIM cards, and only operator specific handsets. AJ
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You started a sentence with "That," but you did so correctly. Good job. Now, if only we could get you to write like that and more on The Wall... AJ
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How come? And maybe I am an English teacher. AJ
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Josh and the iPhone are beefin' now. (I loathe the interrogative, "How come?" It is grammatically degenerate. "Why?" is the appropriate interrogative.) AJ
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Josh was tardy with his iPhone 6S article, so other staff had to step up. We now know what Josh's penance should be -- he must go into the desert to face the ants and fast growing bamboo. Josh loves ants. His favorite movie is "Ant-Man." AJ
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Are you agreeing with my sentiments about engineering screen shortcomings? Those are not apt to be addressed in future updates. Possibly but not likely. Even including engineering screens is becoming more and more rare and accessing them is becoming more and more difficult. For example, operators do not want end users to be concerned with what bands they are using. And operators certainly do not want end users altering band priorities and other settings that could affect network loading or even render handsets unusable -- handsets that operators then could be required to or pressured to replace. Regardless, the presence of, absence of, or shortcomings within the 2015 Moto X engineering screens will not affect its sales. Even among the more savvy unlocked handset customer base, people like me are probably no more than 0.5 percent. We mean nothing to sales or lack thereof. AJ
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It is real wood. Bamboo, which OEMs and environmentalists both like because it is sustainable. Bamboo grows very quickly. AJ
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I am about ready to pass judgment. As it stands now, the hard truth about the 2015 Moto X is that it will not be a good device for our S4GRU membership of network deployment and RF signal trackers. Carrier aggregation is the next big thing in Network Vision -- and for the other big three operators for that matter. If the Motorola engineering screens cannot display 2x CA SCC signal metrics, that is a major shortcoming for our RF power users. Moreover, the same basic LTE engineering screen that has been carried over from the non CA 2014 Moto X and non CA Nexus 6 has somehow reverted to the 2013 Moto X band misidentification quirk. Band 41 is band 40. Band 25 is band 24. Not a huge deal for those bands. We know that Sprint does not operate in band 40 nor band 24. But what about band 26 identified as band 25? Does the engineering screen always erroneously subtract one band? What about AT&T band 5 identified as band 4? What can you trust? And I can report after trying my T-Mobile prepaid SIM that the standard dialer codes with the Sprint SIM are blocked. The same is likely true with a VZW SIM or AT&T SIM. There may be workarounds with shortcut makers or root access. But nothing is guaranteed. Disappointing. Maybe some of these issues will get addressed in future updates. I would not count on that, though. Among even our membership, only some of us use engineering screen signal metrics for important purposes. We are an incredibly small minority. In the end, the design, materials, and performance to price ratio of the 2015 Moto X likely will not be topped this year. It is a very nice handset for most use cases. But I now think the LG manufactured 2015 Nexus 5 -- like its predecessor -- will be the S4GRU network deployment and RF signal tracking handset to have. AJ
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However, I would trust the FCC OET. I hate to break it to you, but staff has known for months now about this other variant. It is not coming to Sprint. AJ
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What do you mean by "carrier version"? Sprint has no plans to carry the 2015 Moto X directly. None of the operators do. Motorola has opted to go this third party sales route. AJ
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What band number does SignalCheck Pro display? AJ
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Yeah, I was thinking exactly of that -- the single band 2013 Moto X. AJ
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It is the same as the engineering screen on the 2014 Moto X and Nexus 6. Except that it cannot even get the band right. Band 40?! This is not looking good at all... AJ
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The *#*#DATA#*#* dialer code will not display any signal metrics, just settings. It is possible that 2x CA is not enabled out of the box. It may need to be turned on manually or via a profile update. That certainly was the case earlier this year with the first 2x CA capable handsets. AJ
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No, not likely. Unfortunately, like HTC, Motorola probably has not updated its engineering screens to reflect SCC readout for 2x CA. I feared this. LG and Samsung, though, have updated their engineering screens. Try *#*#DATA#*#* as another dialer code. Just view -- do not edit. But you should be able to view band settings, possibly even if 2x CA is enabled. And I am serious -- do not edit the band settings. That has bricked the radio in previous Motorola handsets. AJ
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Eureka! Now, check LTE Engineering for 2x CA signal metrics. Any SCC fields? Thanks... AJ
