jamesinclair

Id like to know who they are so I make sure I never hire them... Hopefully April is the magic month for Fresno.

Surprised how quiet this thread has been... I feel like Samsung has a "bomb" on their hands here. That is, the phone will sell millions, but for sure fall under expectations (again). Ive just heard zero hype for this thing. The S4 triband had more activity on this forum.... Am I the only one that hasnt hard any excitement for the launch?

Maybe good for sports arenas?

Whats sad is that if you scroll through this thread you can find the exact same post from a year ago....

Yeah I was surprised. I wasnt in super deep. I was seated halfway inside of this building, first floor. http://goo.gl/maps/cQLvT Great pizza by the way, but the wait was insane.

In the case where I was roaming inside a building in a very popular area, thats not a B41 issue though. Thats a combo of 26 and more towers needed.

I was in NYC yesterday and was pretty disappointed with the data again. I was inside a friends apartment near the WIlliamsburg bridge on the Manhattan side, just by Broadway and Clinton and had abysmally slow 3G inside. Then went to eat at Paulie Gees in Greenpoint Brooklyn and I was actually roaming inside the restaurant. Outside, I was getting slow 3G. Map indicates the nearest towers are 3g/4g upgraded, so they probably need another tower there. The streets were very active with people. My service is great in the central jersey market, where I spend most of my time, so its always a (data) disappointment when going to NYC. I didnt run any speedtests, but I consider 2+ minutes to get directions from google maps not acceptable. The roaming inside the restaurant also was not so great for my battery life. Note: I have a standard Galaxy 4, not triband.

Sure, for some countries. In the same way the DT helped Tmobile. But they dont have presence in all the countries theyre offering the free service. And yes, only 1/3 of Americans have a passport, up from 14% before passports were required for travel to Canada and Mexico post 9/11. Passports still not needed for closed loop Carribean cruise trips I believe. Note that the big 4 are mroe interested in opper income customers that can afford to travel abroad. Im not saying the Boost brand needs free intl text, but Sprint sure should unless they want to lose business and travelling customers to competitors.

Why was Verizon able to offer free international texting, using the same technology?

Thats why I think they should do at the very least Canada, Mexico, and the Carribean, where there are CDMA operators. As a bonus, thats where most Americans do their international travel anyway. And yes, Japan. That should be a given.

It is, especially since the employee discount comes off a bigger slice. Then factor in that the subsidy model lets you shop around for phones on Amazon and Walmart... So in the chart posted above for three phones, you save $60 a month on the old plan. Add a few more dollars in savings from the larger employee discount, and then chopc off a couple hundred bucks when you pick up your iphone at Best Buy on sale...

From the article: "In Japan, Mr. Son uses the information to track down the worst underperforming sales employees and their managers, according to two people familiar with the matter. He then pesters them for hourly updates on their progress." Sounds like a terrible idea! Like hilariously bad. Updating your boss every hour doesnt exactly boost productivity... What Im shocked about is that under new ownership Sprint has done NOTHING to make their international offerings competetive. I thought for sure that would be a round 1 change. Tmobile made a huge splash with their international texting + data. Apparently that hit Verzion, because now theyre advertising free international texting. And this week tmobile matched verzion by offering free international texting from the US. Meanwhile, Sprint is stuck in an international pricing plan from the 90s. At the very least, texting should be included for free in all of North America (and Japan). Incidentally, is Sprint at all affiliated with Nextel Mexico?

Didnt they already pull this last year with the GS4? It launched for 199 on the competitors, and 249 on Sprint, if my memory is correct. And then when Target and Best Buy were having major sales (I think 99 for the S4), the tiny text said Sprint was excluded. Same deal with the iPhone. Huge black friday sales, but not Sprint.

More specifically Blackstone and I think Mckinley. That tower always gave me garbage range though. Like half mile on a good day with a GS2. Thats why its so surprising you have it downtown, although sensorly shows other people got it to. "was able to use data" is not a ringing endorsement...

What floor are you on the you get wimax? I never got wimax downtown at street level.

Thats all the matters. No one plans on going scuba diving with their phone.

...or put it on the adjacent, superior tower.

That doesnt mean it wont be offered though. Like the plans for seniors, for the blind etc. You have to dig real deep to find that they exist. Easy pay is a major price hike for my family. We just got a new iphone 5s for $150 at best buy because of a sale. Easy pay would have meant paying more for the phone AND more for the (framily) plan. If the subsidy is baked into my plan, why does framily cost more, and then theres a phone payment on top of it? As for the S5, I had high hopes and I was very disappointed. I love my S4, but this is like an S4.1 Except with a bigger screen. Which for me is a downside. Samsung, many of us are buying your phone DESPITE the annoyingly large screen, not because of. Im terrified of what the S6 will look like. Being water proof is a major plus though. Freaking finally. I was very disappointed that the S4 active was stuck with AT&T. Im also amused that people call the health stuff a gimick. The pedometer has been a huge asset for me in my s4. I cant imagine a phone without one. Im also interested to hear what the full MSRP is. I cant imagine theyd go for $650 again with so few changes. Maybe the big surprise is still to come? A full price of $399 or something?

Nice to see Bakersfield go from nothing to everything so quickly

That site is impossible to see. I went to the park and climbed onto the play structure, but couldnt see over the walls. On the main road the entrance is clearly fenced in with numerous "no trespassing signs" so the "I took a wrong turn" excuse wont cut it. And on top of it, google maps shows an opaque fence around the base anyway.

Are 2 year subsidized upgrades still available in stores like Best Buy and Target?

Hanford was indeed one of Roberts updates. Whoever the tech is thats doing these installs probably lives in Visalia

May just so happens to be 90 days away. It sounds like a placeholder to me: ie, could be next week, could be next month, could be July. I wouldnt place any bets. As for todays update.... Lower Central Valley - 60 updates (60 CDMA 800) Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee *loads map* Fresnooooooooooooooooo

No text message test? When Im at a sorting event, thats really that only one that matters. Who surfs the web during a game? And calls are hard to hear.

I hope this happens. The pricing doesnt make sense when compared to tablets which are more powerful, have more expensive screens, bigger batteries...and cost significantly less.