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The 64gb model is Europe only: http://www.androidauthority.com/us-getting-32gb-galaxy-s7-s7-edge-675313/

Which is perplexing since supposedly it will not support "SD as internal storage". (Mostly because if you eject the SIM/SD Card while the phone is turned on, you could corrupt the SD card since it will be encrypted as internal storage). But software likely isn't final, so who knows what will ship. I assume modders will hack it back in, but I'm not sure I want to give up Samsung Pay.

I'll probably pre-order the Galaxy S7 Edge. But if the FCC RF reports that the S7 gets better signal, I might switch to that. I doubt it though. The S7 Edge should have less interference with no metal in the display and better antenna diversity.

Follow my link. $199 and $299

Details: -The free Gear VR is being done as a send-in rebate (through Samsung Website). -Best Buy already has it on their page with the Gear VR and 64 GB Samsung Evo+ microSDXC http://www.bestbuy.com/site/promo/samsung-smartphones-151359?cp=1&searchType=promo&st=samsung-smartphones-151359&qp=carrier_facet%3DCarrier~Sprint -Official Sprint page is http://sprint.com/gs7 Right now it doesn't have a pre-order -Best buy only has the 32gb model.... I haven't seen any confirmation Sprint is carrying the 64gb model.

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s7_and_s7_edge_brochure_reveals_all_march_11_launch-news-16735.php

Unless carriers want to pay for custom builds of the phone, mass-manufacturing typically makes it cheaper just to support all bands. I'd expect the model numbers to be purely software / quality control differences.

This went live in SW Wisconsin. Picked up Extended LTE on my wife's iPhone. Time to finally give up on my Galaxy S5. Is this limited to Sprint sold phones or does the MXPE/N6p support it?

I had the opportunity to buy an S5 on Craigslist for $300 and sold my S4 (not Triband version) for $200. So I joined the club for $100. Very happy with the device and I'm not looking back at all. B26 capability is very nice and the device gets 1x800 in my work cubicle (metal building) where my S4 would go to voicemail. WiFi stability and range is stellar compared to the S4. The S4 would struggle all the time on the work WiFi mesh network, the S5 hands off to other base stations without a hiccup.

I compared my S4 and S5 side-by-side, the S4 was only around 2.5 dB better on Band 25 than the S5. Of course, the S5 is a lot less power hungry and supports Band 26. Also, the 1x800 reception on the S5 is about 10 dB better on the S5 than the S4. There really wasn't a contest.

Another tower lit up on the North side today by Collins Rd and Blairs Ferry.

I guess I can't speak for all of CR, but I was heading down 380 to iowa state fair yesterday and both north and south of downtown along 380 were lit up. So that's at least about 4-5 towers by the Sprint Map. But I haven't driven out to the perimeter of CR to see if those have been updated yet. There was no LTE in DSM @ State Fair despite them "wanting to have it rolled out by then".

All of Cedar Rapids just lit up quite literally overnight. Pulling 20 down 10 meg up.

The Quad Cities also are 2400 square miles with a population density of 163 people / sqmi. Cedar Rapids is 70 square miles with a population density of 1700 people / sqmi. Which is easier and more profitable to upgrade? That said, Sprints deployment strategy has been to do initial testing in a non-populated area, but they're pretty quick at going after ROI after initial testing. But permits and backhaul can always hurt or hinder a deployment.

Keep in mind 160 MHz of this spectrum is Clearwire 2.5 GHz. This spectrum has very poor building penetration and is largely undesirable, for anything other than adding dense short-range high-bandwidth backup. Don't get me wrong, it's a huge advantage to Sprint, for now. But if the carriers REALLY need spectrum, the FCC will find some. There's already talk of combing the Military-held spectrum.

They had to. Credit agencies were downgrading their credit and probably were going to again. Sprint was between a rock and a hard place, with an aging network, previously betting the farm on Nextel and Clearwire, and now Network Vision costing billions upon billions to right the ship. Chances are, they would've eventually gone bankrupt if they continued the course. Or only half-finish Network Vision and their customers leave in droves. Sprint hasn't been at $5 per share in 4 years. Softbank is paying a 50% premium over the 4-year high. I expect this acquisition to go off seamlessly without any lawsuits.

You mean this one? Yeah, there are areas on Sprint's coverage map that won't get LTE. Any tower not owned by Sprint. This map seems pretty accurate/legit, judging by the tower locations in the planned market upgrades that show up on this site (splotchiness in markets, etc).