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  1. always_learner
    I'm curious how and when those plans are going to be phased out. Currently, 3/5 lines on our ED1500 went with the Sprint Loyalty credit of ~$15/month on a lease. That credit continues per line even when the 3 lines renew their lease (new phone in a couple years). I'm tempted to move the other two lines to the credit as well because I'm wondering if the subsidies will disappear.
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    UC1=Pure Moto X Style (U.S. Version)? UC2='UnPure' Moto X Style (International Version)? You're math projection might have not accounted for the Moto X high screen to body percentage (76%).
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    B13 officially added to Moto Tech page. UC1=Pure? http://www.motorola.com/us/smartphones/moto-x-pure.html#specs-moto-x-pure-us
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    UC1 per FCC docs LTE bands 2 4 5 7 12 13 17 25 26 41 UC2 per FCC docs LTE bands 2 4 5 7 12 17 25 29 41 Specs per Motorola for Pure edition LTE bands 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 12 17 20 25 28 40 41 Misprints aside and given the UC2 is the Pure edition, why the discrepancies between the Motorola spec page and the FCC docs for the UC2 as far as LTE bands? Like the inclusion of B29 for UC2 (not listed on Pure edition) or the omission of B1, 3, 8, 20, 28, and 40 for the UC2. Also, why are they marketing pure edition as universal if it won't work on sprint? Thanks
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    What do you think next week's earnings report will do to Sprint's stock price?
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    Out of curiosity, does B26 really double B25 capacity since Chicago has two B25 carriers?
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    Also the screen could be bigger, and the phone could remain relatively the same size (e.g. This phone looks to have a bigger screen (5.7) than the LG G4 (5.5), yet the style is almost exactly the same width as the G4).
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    Bands UMTS GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) UMTS/HSPA+ (800, 850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz) 4G LTE (B1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 25, 28, 40, 41) http://www.motorola.com/us/smartphones/moto-x-pure.html#specs-moto-x-pure-us No band 26? Phone looks good for the price-point, main concern would be the battery size to handle that QHD display.
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    I could definitely see how it would help with the marketing (especially on rootmetrics like you said). How about the capacity you mentioned? How is that improved? The capacity of the network changes when you add CA? Thanks.
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    You are right. I was not aware that CA fell strictly under optimization. Nevertheless, my point was about optimizing software on the network and on phones especially (e.g. b26). I thought that the biggest hurdle of CA was more related to hardware expansion (back-haul? is that the right term?) and making sure phone manufacturers put the extra hardware to be able to use CA
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    This has also been one of my misunderstandings. I'm not sure why CA on band 41 would help Sprint. 80+ Mb/s speeds look nice for marketing purposes, but hardly make any difference compared to a reliable 5 Mb/s connection. I guess aggregating fringe b41 signal may have some use, but isn't band 41 pretty hard to congest (especially here in Chicago with 3 other carriers already active). Why would Sprint not put more efforts on optimization of its three bands rather than carrier aggregation on band 41?
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    Correct. The CSR confirmed when I ordered the router that it would show as you said. The CSR added though that my taxes would go up seeing as the router counts as a device. I know from personal experience when I had the Airave that I paid an additional $5-6 in taxes each month while it remained on the account. I will see how much my taxes go up, if at all, after my first billing cycle with the router and, if I remember, will report back.
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    I've read that Sprint may charge you the $85 if the router remains inactive for a period of time. I'm not sure how this is monitored though. Also, there's a fee of a few dollars (taxes if I'm not mistaken) added to your bill each month when you have an Airave on the account. I think this fee might also be added if you have the router. Either way, it might not be worth keeping the router unless of course you plan on having it for more than a year. In that case, the router becomes your property and you may than flash custom/stock firmware onto the router.
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    Anyone have any experience with the iPhone® 6 16GB for $1/Month — Only at Best BuyI was curious how it differs from the $15 credit Sprint stores offer. I know that, contrary to what some reps say, the $15 continues even after the 1st lease if you go with the Sprint store option. I'm not sure how the $19 credit option is at Beset Buy.
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    I'm not sure the lease would be cheaper. With the contract, you pay $200, but couldn't you then sell the phone for at least $150 making it a $70 profit over the lease. That's assuming that the lease doesn't let you keep the phone, right? And then as far as the Best Buy part, if you lease it from them, do you still receive the $15 credit, or does the lease have to be directly through Sprint?
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    I think rootmetrics tested Chicago around late March for 1st half 2014. I wonder if the outage will have any effect on Sprint's score for 2015.
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    Whats everyone's tax? I have 17 for sprint surcharges and 26 for government taxes and fees. Fees went up a few months ago, not sure why. ED 1500 5 lines, 2 Insurance, 1 Lease, 15% discount, 290
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    I just did a LG Volt from Virgin Mobile BYOD on Freedompop ($20 activation). Signal strength on Band 41 is better on it than Nexus 5 on Sprint. Hopefully this means there are going to be some changes on how Sprint white-lists its phones for MVNO and maybe even postpaid. I believe this list below is not complete because I've tried models not listed that have worked. https://forums.freedompop.com/discussion/4646/supported-phones-what-phones-can-i-activate-with-freedompop-on-byod-update-02-04-2015/p1
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    Does this thread have anything to do with Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, and Sprint Prepaid phones becoming eligible to be activated on Sprint Postpaid? Thanks
  20. always_learner
    Discussing a subsidy model versus a contract free cellphone model would take too long, so I will not speak generally. Personally though, I pay $55 a month for unlimited everything on Family Everything Data 1500. The breakdown would be $50 a month for unlimited data plan and $5 for the subsidy or $398-120=278. I did forget to add the activation fee though.
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    I have an upgrade on my account but am content with my Nexus 5, can I use the upgrade and sell the phone after they activate it? Would my math be right for the iPhone 6: $190 - 20% discount from Cartwheel - $100 for trade in - $50 Target gift card - $400 resale value of iPhone 6 = $398 profit? Sounds too good to be true.
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    Pages 211-217 of this thread: .15 connected well to Band 41 according to many. You were one of the exceptions though.
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    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9b7byj93kPgYzhnYlJMckJSTnc/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9b7byj93kPgQXZaQmZqajY5aDg/view?usp=sharing I believe this is the radio.
  24. always_learner
    That radio does connect to Band 41: it is currently connecting me to Band 41 with plenty of Band 25 and Band 26 around. It rarely disconnects me from Band 41 to jump over to Band 25 or Band 26.
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    The 0.15 baseband version can still be flashed to Android L Preview (and the the finalized version), correct? Thank you.
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