Tommydaniel

It may be that they are working on Network Vision, and that is a higher priority for your tower than a data speed upgrade. Houston is undergoing Network Vision Deployment right now. Are you using 3G or 4G?

I'm using 3G, 4G is useless unless you are standing still and have full bars. Too many holes where it just disappears. I understand that they are deploying NV, doesn't really make up for the fact the "fix" got pushed back 5 months.

Which part of Houston are you in?

Live on Sabine Street. 1/2 a mile from downtown

I have still been having issues with data speeds in Houston. They told me in Feb. that it would be corrected in April. Now they are telling me August. Not very happy...

Now SHOW ME A WHITE VERSION!

Is the different colored material around the camera serve a purpose? I am thinking along the lines of better signal reception b/c it is easier to transmit through (think LG and why they use the material they do). Can anyone confirm that or is it strictly cosmetic? I have been unsuccessful in figuring this out. I figured Mr.Hesse would have mentioned it yesterday.Disappointments: I was really hoping they would have thrown in wireless charging for the new EVO LTE especially if the battery is not removeable. I know the camera is not at all about the MP's but I was hoping for 12. Let's face it we had 8 MP's 2 years ago and it should have had a better sensor/image chip then. I think a MP bump would have gone a long way with the ignorant consumers walking into the store not knowing what they want. I would think the SGIII will be in the double digits.All this being said I plan on using my upgrade for the EVO LTE.

The bottom is aluminum, which is bad for reception, and apparently NFC can't work through aluminum at all. Top half is polycarbonate for the NFC and other radios I'm sure.

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I called it!

Dat's a lot of towers.

From what I reading from googling about 1X advanced, this would benefit, not only voice, but data as well, correct?

You will be lucky if you even get half of that from sprint. As much as I love my evo 3d it just doesn't carry the same value like the evo 4g did a year after release. So by the time the evo hd lte is released I figure sprint will give no more than $75 to $100 max for a evo 3d.

Part of that is because the EVO 3D wasn't anywhere close to as popular as the original EVO.

Your last paragraph is how I think about it.

penetration wont improve till the technology for the radios and antennae's improve as the freq they use is the main issue with that.

Even outside Wimax can be pretty bad. If NV helps with coverage it could be better.

It will be much less. For a long, long time.

I meant not being spotty as hell like Wimax is. Better penetration would help them too.

I'm wondering why Sprint even released this. Isn't the same true for a lot of other markets. I know in the DC metro area there is a slew of upgrades shown at sprint.com/network. They should at least wait the 90 days so they can celebrate its completion.

They released it, just like they have for other cities, to show they are working on their network. To give their customers a peace of mind. One of the big complaints Sprint got was that they weren't letting anyone know what was happening.

I think if the coverage of their LTE is better than their Wimax they will have a great chance of digging themselves out of their hole.

The Evo badge will remain, just like the Droid badge and the My Touch badge.

Are the legacy cabinets going to be taken down or are they used for something after NV?

Like a few more WP7 phones ;-)

no.

OOOHH! Hopefully he has something good for us!

Anyone else get the feeling something is launching April 15th? April 15th happens to be a Sunday, which is a day Sprint uses regularly to release devices.

I forgot to mention, the original Epic 4G is model number D700, while the Galaxy Nexus will be L700. So just because it has the model number 710 doesn't mean it will be a re-hashed Epic Touch at all.

I would rather this be the Note, if it ends up being a re-hashed Epic I might as well get the Nexus.