jamesinclair

When did they get rid of the good/fair distinctions?

I’d like the congratulate Tmobile for forcing AT&T to introduce rollover data.

Werent you depending on that for your current location?

Thats messed up

Where do you see that it doesnt support it? Only thing I found was an old press release saying (coming soon) but as the Aquos wasnt released yet, I take it to mean that the phone was coming soon.

Well as expected, its not working. My dad is in mexico and it refuses to recognize the address, no matter which way he types it in

I dont think ironic is quite the right word. I dont think anyone who made the change from S2 to S4, including myself, regret it. My S2 was a disaster by the end so I was eager to upgrade, and did so knowing that Id be missing out on triband for awhile. Frankly, two years of single band is preferable for me to what would have been 5 more months with the S2 waiting for the S4 triband model. However, I do find it unfortunate that at year end 2014, the base lte coverage for single band phone users in that specific area relevant to my interests does not match the wimax coverage of the past, especially when taking into account the frequencies. I was eager to map the area, as in the past, and was hoping to paint the map purple. By this time next year, I should be able to map with a triband phone. July I think actually. The new roaming is obviously a whole other issue, because the phone should be able to grab 800 voice just fine.

Spent the weekend visiting family in Winchester. Must say, was highly disappointed with the LTE progress. DISCLAIMER: I have a single band Galaxy S4. For reference of the area I was in, this is the wimax map. See the circled area? 99% of that mapping was done by me when I was visiting during prior years. That was done with a galaxy s2. This time, others had already done some mapping for me, but this is the area I mapped in red. Notice the lack of coverage? That's not because it hasn't been mapped...it's because there's no LTE! I thought LTE was supposed to have better range than wimax? I tried the airplane mode trick a couple of times to no avail. Also, it's winter, so the lack of leaves on trees should result in the highest signal reach, right? This was especially bad...I found myself roaming near downtown Winchester! In the past, Id roamed inside restaurants there, but I cant remember roaming while driving down a road before. While Winchester is suburban, downtown Winchester is your classic old New England center, with pretty dense construction, lots of people walking around, and commuter rail service (2 stations). Having a triband phone wont solve this problem. Notice the roaming. Data was so slow the map wouldnt load! Looks like someone got a signal on the train, meanwhile I was roaming! I also checked the voice quality inside my dads house. When we adopted Sprint, it was great. However, a year later, as NV hit the nearby tower, quality declined greatly. We were given a free airave and were told it would be fixed. He's kept the airave ever since, but I decided to discconect it and see if the phones worked fine without it. I was hopeful that 800 along with newer phones with better antenna would mean no more airave. Nope, the voice kept dropping every few words. So airave stays. I was just there for two days, so maybe I was unlucky, but it seems like somehow a gap of service EXPANDED with NV, rather than decreased. I don't understand why. As for Amtrak, I got a great LTE connection between Boston and Providence. Even at 128mph (above the limit!), streaming music worked just fine. Connecticut though? Even surfing the web was a hassle, and spotify kept buffering.

Finally bought the phone for my dad. Its very nice looking, feels good, and seems speedy. But the call volume is atrocious. Almost a critical flaw. Such a shame. Also, the screen seems highly sensetive.

Has anyone used this internationally? How do you deal with the address? Does it require it? And when you dial, do you have to use country codes or does it assume youre calling the US?

To be fair....my dad would also feel special if he got a Sprint ad in fedex. Fedex = important Maybe Sprint had pre-purchased x amount of fed-ex labels and had to use them before the end of year?

Are Best Buy and Sprint the only retailers that carry this? And is it being discontinued? The Sprint website shows only one store in the Boston metro area carrying it, and only 3 in the New York Metro - none in Manhattan

As others are saying, Sprints strongest aspect is certainly the call quality. Maybe they should advertise that. Especially for people who use their phones for business. The reason we originally left AT&T was because every call was a dropped call. And thats after "roboting" where the voice sounded like a robot built in 1992.

Maybe one day Sprint will add the extra 10+ towers the market needs to fully cover where people are instead of what the population layout looked in 1995.

In the case of her home, LTE isnt so much an issue, but the spotty cell service is. Lots of dropped calls and even failed texts, that 800 would address (or even a change in antenna position, the tower is close by). She left for Verizon, as she was missing important work calls, but Ill find out during Christmas if the 3G NV improved the call signal inside the home, or if the kitchen and bathroom are still roaming land.

The only tower left thats not 4G or 800 is the one closest to my moms house (the Nextel megatower in Clovis)

I could have sworn the promo ended this month, not in a year

This popped up on my news feed. Pay attention to the date. Is Sprint being extra generous...or did a sloppy mistake open them up to serious issues next month?

Stats 101....63k is a hell of a sample size.

Looks like doing the $5 thing requires an eligible upgrade And its only $1 a month if you do it via Best Buy http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/en_US/images/abn/2014/mob/pm/130068_Sprint_Loyalty_Service_Credit.pdf

For a ed share, do you have to add every number or just the primary? And how does the $5 thing work? Say I have three lines, all currently on contract with a device. Can I get a new Iphone 6+ for $5 a month?

Yeah, I dont think Ive ever gotten anywhere close to the limit, but no harm in removing the limit, just in case

Link is broken

The testing area is also huge. The Jersey Shore has poor Sprint service.

Yeah voice surprised me, as Ive never had a problem. But data is still poor in NYC with Sprint. Edit: I have a single band device