lrmcgarvey

GT-i9800 the possible GS3? GT-i9800 passes wifi certification. http://certifications.wi-fi.org/pdf_certificate.php?cid=WFA14221

Just looked asurion is still 6.99 at the death star. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

Well, since at&t uses the same insurance company, guess we'll find out soon if they are raising prices, or if sprint just wants to take a few more dollars. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

LCD2 Has warmer more natural colors, has great whites. Say you can see it in sunlight better. Is backlit. Amoled screens have real backs, more saturated colors(some prefer), and uses less power for dark screens/themes. Its really just personal choice, and up till now samsungs screen has been pentile which gave slcd2 a clear edge. New samsung is non pentile, but no one has seen it yet. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

Almost everyone I know on sprint around here has already left, or are planing to leave. Network here is just not worth paying for. My wife is being a trooper, and true to her word has given sprint and me until the middle of this year to see if the band aid fixes work. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

What bothers me about that commercial is them implying you can stream video on sprints dial up network here. LoL ok, being serious. I imagine they used a bb player because they are the official partner of the nba. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

To me he sounds like a guy that works at samsung and is repeating what he has heard about the S3 from in house. He might not be a tech guy, and just is relaying what fellow friends/co workers have told him. In my company, i work in IT, the breakroom is a treasure trove of unannounced information, upgrade news, ect. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

Yea, specs are about in line with what everyone expects. Rumor i'm interested in are the release date ones. Would be nice if samsung plans on releasing it that soon after the announcment. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

Did any of the rest of you see this link of rumor/release at android central? Everything seems possible to me, maybe a bit of doubt of the new a15 processor though. http://forums.androi...lease-info.html his follow up questions had this reply Just some good rumors to discuss. at least these seem in the realm of possibility. Hope the "sprint first" release holds true. LOL

Yep, I read every single post here (other than give a word) Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

I agree with you on past samsings. But looking at the FCC numbers, the LTEVO isn't looking great with reception either. Hoping the numbers for the Galaxy 3 come out soon also. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

Interested to see what the final specs will be. Also since samsung said they wanted a more world wide release, I'm interested in a rough time frame. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

We use both here at work macs and PCs. Same with phones, androids/iphones/blackberrys. As far as phones I just prefer android because I can do whatever I want with it. Surprising that my daughter(14) and wife after having thier evos for two years both said no to iphones when I asked them about upgrading. (thier only concern is that they have seen no small sized android phones coming to sprint yet. They want to stay around evo size. With macs/pcs. I like the mac OS, but I am and always have been a gamer. So its PC only for me. Thats the main reason but I also refuse to pay 2 or 3 times as much for the same hardware just to be able to run a mac OS on it.

My interest in speed checking is just to look for and note improvments. Here during the day time your lucky to hit 150kbps. So I like looking at sprints network site, seeing which tower got a band aid fix and then retesting to see if it improved and by how much. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2

Heh, kind of funny now that I think about it. Here I am discussing future plans for LTE deployment on the 800 Band thats not even free yet. When I know I would Dance and throw a block party if I could just get 500kbps speed on 3G in the daytime.

Like I said, I understand what you are saying. Just saying that If Sprint knew that it would be coming that soon, (or if they were planning it that soon), why they wouldn't try to have thier new phones, (not even released), try and support it. When is was hinted at coming in 2014 or so, it was really no big deal, as the phones coming out now would be off contract by the time it rolled out and picking up a new one that supported both bands would make sense. Now that it looks like they will be rolling out only halfway into the new LTE phones contracts it kind of seems like bad planning. Also, want to make clear I'm not upset about it, and it won't sway my purchasing decision any. Just trying to understand thier reasoning behind not including it in LTE phones now. Well, I can understand the nexus as its really last years phone. But to not include it in like the El-Tevo which was still in development doesn't make sense.

Very nice. You got some really good pictures there too. Thanks for sharing!

I understand both sides of the argument. Just sounds like Sprints bad planning again or thier plans are changing too fast for them to keep up with. If they knew that they were planning on launching LTE in the 800 band that soon. You would think they would have thought far enough ahead to at least have the LTE flagships they are using to launch thier netowrk be able to use it. "Here buy our flagship HTC EVO 4G LTE device that ushers in Sprints new network vision!! " ** ** oh, and did we mention that your device in less than a year will only be able to connect to half our LTE network. Thanks for the money. ok, thats a bit harsh, but just comes off as kind of shortsighted on thier part. Oh Well here is hoping that maybe the Galaxy S3 will be able to use both.

I agree with 4ringsnbr, While LTE in the 800 band sounds great. Why not deploy EVDO in that band for a year or two since you have millions of phones that can use it now? Instead they are going to go straight to LTE in the 800 band which no device on thier network can even use. Seems like it would be a great step, (even if not long term), to free up spectrum for markets that are so congested that they are almost unusable. Not sure which is worse AT&T and Verizon squating on bands and not using them. Or sprint rolling out services on bands that no one can use.

I've played with the Note and while it is cool and can fit in my pockets. Its a bit large for everyday, everywhere carry for me. The new phones like the El-tevo and rumored G3 are a good compromise. If I am really going to need the screen real estate I'd just pull out my tablet.

Makes me sad. I was really hoping Sprint would put EVDO on the 800 band to improve coverage.