jamesinclair

Amusingly enough, the tower closest to my moms house has not received 4G or 800. She left to Verizon this Spring, hopefully the tower is complete when I go for Christmas.

Its the Nextel site.

The link to the press release was posted in this thread the other day. The 500 free minutes are only for new customers (and only through 2015). It's a $5/month add-on for existing customers (and for everyone after 2015).

Ive been bitching about the terrible pricing to Latin America forever now.

Two weeks ago, I tweeted Marcelo about it.

...I guess he listened!

THANK YOU!

The website only talks about the new plans though, I have to see if their systems can activate it on an everything data plan.

From nothing to almost everything!

I dont think anyone had money on October 2014, but its good to see they finally did it.

Now onto 800 and 2500!

Good job with the sensorly mapping in Fresno guys, its very clear what the tower ranges are from it

My only question is: where are the net adds going to come from?

 

T-Mobile is reporting record sales (700k net postpaids in August alone)

VZW is saying they are 40% higher than last year's quarter (when they did almost 1 million net adds)

AT&T is claiming a strong quarter and boasting that they're "not the victim" in the quarter.

 

With a saturated wireless market, it sure seems somebody has to be a donor carrier to fuel that kind of growth on the other three. If the losses aren't coming from Sprint, who are they coming from?

Cricket?

Are the price is right rules in effect?

If so...

I'm thinking between 100-200k adds. Which is a big turn around in itself.

Great to see it finally happened. Sadly, most of us here had been hopeful for September....2013.

What I dont understand is the towers that went LTE live. I thought the whole point of waiting for a cluster launch...was that it was all systems go? That doesnt seem the case.

Or am I confused about that?

Good day for Fresno. Now NV 1.0 is completed and it is time for LTE and NV 2.0. It is a matter of time before Sprint being the fastest and most reliable network in Fresno.

Not quite yet. Site spacing is still poor, especially downtown and in the new neighborhoods (ie, anything build post 2000)

Next step is more towers.

Just realized that there's one site in fresno that was not accepted even for 3G.

Ironically, the one location that has had 4G since 2009...

It just doesnt make sense. Its not like theyre trying to stockpile millions of the things for a massive launch. It should be a reasonable, but slow seller. No one is going to line up over night for this.

Every day they wait they get closer to the Nexus 5.1 which will probably blow the specs away at a competetive price.

Yup, everything after ED1500 has been a price increase for my family, which is why we've stayed with it.

And don't forget, most of the time you don't pay $200 for the top of the line phone. Amazon is always significantly cheaper, and places like Target always have fantastic discounts during the holidays. Last year, even the Iphone was discounted via gift cards as part of the purchase.

While the post above me shows you do save money if you elect a lower cost phone....you sure dont with the iPhones and the Galaxies that are still ~$700 off contract. And that's what most people want anyway. Don't ask me, ask the sales numbers.

This phone is going to be forgotten and obsolete by the time it comes out.  What gives? Wouldn't it have been wise to get this pushed out prior to the iPhone release? (And the subsequent price drops of the 5S and 5C models)

If the next Nexus comes to Sprint next month, that might just kill this phone, assuming they stick with the previous pricing for the Nexus line.

I can confirm this but dont have a pic. It was announced/went into effect 9/12 for 2 year contracts signed after 9/12. If you signed before 9/12 you still have a 20 month upgrade until you sign another contract.

I hope this is not true, it would be an idiotic move.

The entire reason upgrades are 20 months for a 2 year contract is to hook you in again before the competition has a chance to steal you away.

If the upgrade and contract end date are the same, you're free to get your new phone on any other network.

Upgrading 4 months early is a huge incentive to stay where you are.

I bought the day after the bottom. Oh well, cant be perfect

I suspect that any international plan will be spearheaded by Softbank.

I still dont understand why at the very minimum rates to/from/in Japan didnt see a massive change on day 1 of Softbank.

I like this new CEO guy. He's saying all the right things. It sounds like he understands perfectly what was wrong and what needs to be changed.

I hope action matches the talk.

Im going to tweet him next week about the international plans, which he hasnt talked about. Sprint is 5 years behind everyone else with their international rates.

I think there has been a consistent caveat from No Subsidy Hawks that Apple would be the one fighting the trend.  Apple is double downing on the core demographic that earns them the most money.  And Apple will need to keep subsidies in place to keep its sales numbers up.  I think what Apple took away from the iPhone 5c flop is that people want Apple to make only high end devices.  Price conscious Apple consumers just buy last years models (or in some cases two years ago).

 

I personally think this is Apple's best strategy going forward.  And as long as Apple doesn't feel the pressure from the pricing in the rest of the market and their customers continue to pay the premium, I don't expect this to ever change.  But it will be hard to get back the budget minded consumer who has moved to Android.  Many of them want to come back, but they cannot really afford to.  These people may have to lease their phones if they want to be Apple customers with the latest devices.

 

It'll be interesting how the American wireless device sales model develops over the next few years.

I just dont understand why Apple doesnt take their older models (ie, the free and 99 subsidized price points) and make them competetive off-contract as well.

I guess the answer is, because they don't have to.

Samsung also looks at Apple for everything, which is why they also keep their prices high, and focus their low-end models on international markets.

I just cant see the subsidy model ending any time soon because the two biggest companies, Apple and Samsung, have no incentive to do so.

Nexus 5 was groundbreaking in going high quality-low price....but I personally have never seen one in the wild. I dont think it tore up the sales chart, which will only reinforce the idea that subsidies are required.

I think Sprint was smart is sticking with 2-year as an obvious option.

Gotta be mobile shows the prices. and all I can say is Yikes.

 

TS

I was told that the movement away from contracts would put a downwards pressure on off contract pricing...

Apple is never going to let 2-year pricing die.

The 6+ 128GB model is going to be like $1,000+ off contract if it's $499 on a two year

Where is phone

That's just the nature of Sprint phones in roaming coverage: they aggressively hunt for a native signal to avoid roaming. It's designed that way.

I mean the bug being that calls cant be made with airplane mode when wifi is on.

You should be able to put the phone in Sprint Only mode and avoid all the roaming toggles. Only drawback is outside airplane mode the phone will eat battery trying to get back on Sprint...

Hopefully that was just an oversight that a software update can fix.

Why hello there

 

TOKYO— Sprint Corp. S -0.88% will sell Sony Corp.'s 6758.TO +1.22% next Xperia handset in the U.S. as part of a strategy to broaden its lineup of smartphone offerings to limit customer flight, a person familiar with the matter said.

 

Sprint parent SoftBank Corp. 9984.TO +3.36% will also supply the Sony flagship phone in Japan, the person said.

 

The decision would mark the first time for SoftBank to carry Sony's smartphones, and the deal would give Sony a firmer foothold in the huge U.S. market for its phone products—a pillar of its growth strategy.

 

Full article at:

http://online.wsj.com/articles/sprint-to-sell-next-sony-xperia-phone-in-u-s-1409305019

This Softbank thing might be pretty cool.

Because you cant use it with airplane mode, if you are abroad, you should be able to turn on all the roaming guards, turn off all roaming, and make wifi calls without fear of latching onto a roaming network right?

Finally.

 

 

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), August 28, 2014 - Sprint (NYSE: S) will begin offering International Wi-Fi Calling back to the United States at no additional cost starting with an over-the-air software update to Samsung Galaxy S^® 4 with Sprint Spark™ rolling out now. This new feature allows those traveling abroad with Wi-Fi Calling enabled phones to make and receive calls to friends and family in the United States, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico at no additional charge while connected to a Wi-Fi network.

Wi-Fi Calling lets Sprint customers use voice and messaging services over existing home, office and public Wi-Fi networks.¹ Available at no additional charge to Sprint customers with a compatible Android™ smartphone, it offers improved voice, data and messaging services in locations that previously had limited or no mobile network coverage.

International Wi-Fi Calling adds the ability for Sprint customers to use voice and messaging services over existing home, office and public Wi-Fi networks¹ in more than 100 countries outside the United States back to the United States, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico phone numbers without being charged or using monthly plan minutes

 

Galaxy S 4 with Sprint Spark will be the first smartphone from Sprint to get the International Wi-Fi Calling update. Sprint plans to expand Wi-Fi Calling with international calling capabilities to additional devices throughout 2014.

 

Currently, Wi-Fi Calling is available on 11 smartphones from Sprint: HTC One^® max, HTC One^® (M8), HTC One^® (M8) Harman/Kardon edition, LG G3, LG G Flex, Samsung Galaxy S 4 with Sprint Spark, Samsung Galaxy S^® 4 mini, Samsung Galaxy S^® 5, Samsung Galaxy S^® 5 Sport, Samsung Galaxy Mega™, Samsung Galaxy Note^® 3 and SHARP AQUOS Crystal (coming soon).

 

 

 

http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/traveling-overseas-with-sprint-has-never-been-easier-with-international-wi-fi-calling-to-the-us-us-virgin-islands-and-puerto-rico-at-no-additional-cost.htm

Why isnt the single band GS4 compatible?

Are we still holding our breath for the 29th?

I havent heard of any stores getting demos....

I hope so.

AFAIK there are no Verizon phones that are compatible with Sprint's LTE network except perhaps the iPhone which has Band 25.

Hm, well that would be a barrier.

Well, Sprint doesnt allow Virgin/Boost phones to come over a lot of the time right? That should be an instant fix.