LTE Dave

you know, considering this is a large device specifically for Sprint, do you think they would add the old 

 app? 

it's been upgraded

you can use this phone as a riot shield

About the only thing that you might lose is the AMOLED screen.  But is that a big loss or even a loss at all?

 

AJ

the screen is the whole selling point

and the resolution is terrible

if you want to check one of the Phonensteins out, AT&T has them in the stores now

this thing is HUGE. holding it up to your ear brings back memories of those early 90's WW II walkie talkie sized phones

no way you can put it in your pocket unless you wear cargo pants

if you wanted to look like an uber nerd and clip it to your belt, you would have to take it off anytime you wanted to sit

but what really makes the Mega the Edsel of phones is that the screen resolution is terrible

isn't the screen the reason people would buy this phone?

you are better off just buying a tablet

Thanks for the detailed and thorough response as usual.  As a consumer, I must admit that I'm still frustrated.  I held off on the HTC One because of the lack of SVDO.  I then get excited about Tri-band phones only to find out they will have the same limitation.  Oh well, here's to hoping VoLTE handsets come sooner than later.  Does anyone have a rough timeline for those on Sprint?

 

Thanks again.

The rough time line is- a long time

Sprint is struggling to fill the many holes in their LTE coverage, get rid of WiMax, repurpose the Nextel network and integrate Clearwire. They are losing the coverage war so this is what they are focused on.

VoLTE requires a whole new internal infrastructure and is definitely on the back burner.

As of now, Verizon is the only one rolling out VoLTE

they are sticking with the hybrid model until VoLTE

which, hopefully, our grandchildren will see 

So, to confirm I'm not reading this incorrectly... No SVDO or SVLTE means I cannot use LTE / 3G Data and voice at the same time?  This seems crazy to me.  Why does it seem the trend is going this way as opposed to the opposite way?  I can't be the only person to use the hotspot function while on a conference call at least once a week...

When you make a voice call, the Sprint network will suspend your data session while your call is routed to a legacy MSC by the LTE Mobility Management Entity. 

When you disconnect, you data session will continue.

Sprint went to this hybrid concept to eliminate the need for two radios (CDMA and LTE) in the handsets

AFAIK, VoLTE is not even on the roadmap. They are struggling to get basic LTE coverage in place. So it will be this way for a while.