Jump to content

Deval

S4GRU Premier Sponsor
  • Posts

    4,088
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    11

Posts posted by Deval

  1. I carry a Sprint and Verizon phone for work, as well as a T-Mobile device, Note8, S8, and S8+ respectively, so I get to use all three networks on a consistent basis.

    Sprint's claims of 1% are usually spot on in my experience. May not be the fastest, but it works. That's the real tag line, works for me. T-Mobile usually blows away Sprint in terms of raw speeds, but it's very inconsistent. For example, was in Denver last week, and Verizon bounced between great LTE and 1x, T-Mobile was strong signals but piss poor throughput, and Sprint had 3CA everywhere I went.

    Sprint needs to make their network work better across the board, and not be limited to city hotspots.

    • Like 8
    • Thanks 1
  2. On 11/29/2017 at 9:20 PM, rocketr said:

    I just know on T-Moble it really helped network reliability and speed. Also I think they should work on multiple band CA between 800 and 1900 then keep the B41 CA how it is...

    Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
     

    Eh, I have a T-Mobile line and while it looks great on cherry picked speedtest screenshots, it really isn't awesome when you're in an urban environment where coverage starts lacking in building. For example, in my apartment in NYC, my Verizon phone is receiving a -97dB B4 signal, Sprint is parked on a -104dB B41, and T-Mobile is showing a -112dB B4 signal. SNR for all three devices is anywhere from 2.5 to 6dB. 

    A speedtest on all three at the same time shows:

    Verizon: 40.81dl/29.55ul

    Sprint: 10.39dl/4.28ul

    T-Mobile: 6.38dl/12.76ul

    • Like 2
  3. I ordered the phone on a Saturday, used one of my current lines which was upgrade eligible. Once I received the shipment notification I called into Sprint and asked if I could pay off the device. The rep was very helpful and processed my payment on the spot. Afterwards I saw that online my upgrade eligiblity was reset to Friday's standings :)

    Cost: $35+tax for downpayment and overnight shipment, $157.08 to terminate lease which included the $30 to buy the phone.

    Not bad at all for a good looking phone I can keep for OS testing and random usage. 

    • Like 1
  4. The carrier unlocked models are SM-G950U1 and G955U1 for the S8/S8+ and SM-N950U1 for the Note8 Unlocked. S8/S8+ and Note8 are technically universal in that the core base is the same, so you can flash carrier binaries on top of it to get carrier-specific features, but that does not unlock the SIM. 

    For example, I have an S8 which is originally Sprint SIM locked. I got it unlocked, and flashed the unlocked binary (G950U1) on it. This allows me to use any SIM, both domestic and international with the same phone. Was just in South Korea at Samsung HQ and used Korean Telecom SIM on my device with no issues.

    • Like 2
  5. But for me though the phone has to have many other things as well. It needs to have a dual camera set up. For me a dual camera module built into the phone is a must now a days and the LG V 30 for T-Mobile has that setup. Besides the support for the 600 megahertz band for T-Mobile the dual camera setup is indispensable.

     

    Sent from my LG-H872 using Tapatalk

     

    By the time 600mhz is available in NJ LG will be on the V50, please keep that in mind.

    • Like 5
  6. Deval, have you had a chance to try out the DeX suppression option yet?

     

    -Mike

     

    Works great! Apologies for the delayed response.

     

    I'll test out on my Note 8 and let you know. What's interesting is that on my Note, I can see the UL/DL channels, something I couldn't see on the S8.

    • Like 1
×
×
  • Create New...