themuffinman

Don't forget to check your spam folder

Google now all the way, bixby is a nuisance and its slow.

Got my code as well, thanks for the heads up.

If you purchase a sprint specific model directly from htc then it will be locked to sprint, this is a sprint issue not an htc issue. If you are intending on using it on sprint then the sprint model is what you want which can also be unlocked to be used on any other network if so desired but if you don't care to activate it on sprint then just get the unlocked version which will work on any other carrier except sprint. edit: no different that buying a galaxy or iphone where all the models have the same hardware just software locked to each specific carrier if you bought it directly from samsung or apple with carrier branding. edit #2: No need to apologies, I understand where you are coming from. The reality is that we have come a long way where the majority of flagship devices are all basically shipping with the same hardware supporting just about every band available with the only differences being the software. That alone is amazing, it saves oem's additional over head from having to make hardware specific models per carrier plus a carrier free version and it gives consumers more options as well.

Not sure what their exact policy is when it comes to purchasing outright but I'm pretty sure they will unlock it for you at some point. Regardless, sim unlocking it yourself is a relatively easy process.

Yes, the hardware is the same. The sprint version is off course locked to sprint but the process to unlock it is relatively easy. Keep in mind that even though the hardware is the same you won't be able to purchase the unlocked version to activate on sprint.

You can't really go wrong with either.

HTC has always been pretty decent with updates, especially more so recently.

Yeah but the problem is that the entire back light will stay on, no way this can be good for battery life.

Seems that video stability has improved exponentially when recording in 4k, at least it seems that way to me.

It was an issue on their end, no matter how many times you put the corrected meid, once you left the screen and came back it had the same error as before. Seems like they fixed it though, I went back in yesterday and updated my meid and the correct number was still there after I exited and came back to it.

For sprint customers that can be very frustrating and as much time as I spend in the region I can empathize with you. If you are in a lease, I am pretty sure att and maybe even tmobile may have a buyout option for new customers coming from a competitor. One of my buddies just switched to att earlier this week due to the same issues and they offered to buy out his lease on his s8+. So I think switching is much easier now than ever before if you needed too. So yeah, I would suggest you give them a call to see what options you might have. Better than spending the next 9 months being frustrated.

Update is available

Yeah, lots of phones have that feature, they just use the screen as a flash, it works great most of the times.

Its been fantastic for me so far.

Thanks for the heads up, I got the same email as well but it was in my spam folder. I would have never known.

Yeah, I posted about it a month and a half or so ago in another thread. One day I was sitting in front of my local publix grocery store and while I was sitting in the car I needed to download some files for work which were fairly large and I couldn't really wait to get home. Once I hit download, it was done in just a few seconds. I figured something must have glitched out because I just wasn't expecting it to download so fast. So I checked the download and everything was there. So I told myself to run a speedtest and I couldn't believe my eyes, 203.44mb down on lte., needless to say I was shocked. This was on my s8+

Been getting these speeds around the south side of atlanta for a few months now.

NO!!!! Hardware is exactly the same but it won't activate on sprint network, the esn/imei won't be whitelisted.

Well for one, you could potentially get a much better deal going through sprint. Also, if there is any issues with your device you could probably get a much faster turnaround time dealing with sprint compared to other third party retailers or even with htc.

Yeah I signed up sometime last week. I just set it up and for the most part I still prefer Google now but I'll keep trying it for the next few days to see how it goes.

Yeah, at any given moment I would be lucky if I can get .5mb to .7mb down while on lte but the crazy part is that on 3g I get a reliable 1.5mb to 2.2mb down no matter the time of day regardless of location. So when I am not on wifi, I am actually on 3g because its faster and more reliable than lte. AT&T though, averaging 30mb to 40mb down.

I'm way to lazy to enable it so I'll just wait for who ever else wants to give a review, besides google now gives me everything I need.

The hardware is the same but the sprint model has different software. The only issue I see is that the unlocked version may not work on sprints network because the esn/imei isn't in their database and will not activate. So flashing the sprint official software probably won't make any difference.

It's not showing up on mines either