anthony.spina97

The thing I want to know is do they lower the lease payment if you trade in a higher capacity device. If I interpret the news release correctly, then anyone who trades in a 16 GB Plus gets the same discount as someone who trades in a 128 GB plus. Seems kinda unfair, but I shouldn't complain. This is the best deal out there right now IMO. -Anthony

THIS! You sir, are the type of person that average consumers should be like. You're not someone who is obsessed with insane speeds in isolated areas, rather you are more concerned about reliable service at a decent price. My faith in the American consumer has been restored! Lol. Anyways, welcome to Sprint! I hope you enjoy your stay! -Anthony

But, if Sprint used Band 26 to quickly and cheaply expand coverage in rural areas that wouldn't necessarily offer a very good ROI, and it started to become congested because of more users signing up in those areas, then it would eventually make financial sense to add more towers to better serve those customers. If Band 26 got THAT congested, then it means you have customers in that area, and that means that there is money to be made. -Anthony

I was wondering if anyone with the iPhone Forever plan could help me out with a question I have. Does anyone know what the cost to lease a 128 GB 6S Plus is with the trade in of a 128 GB 6 Plus that is fully paid off? The chat function on the Sprint website doesn't seem to be appearing right now, so I can't ask them. -Anthony

Sir yes sir! -Anthony

My 6 Plus seems to be holding up pretty well compared to you guys' 6S Plus's: -Anthony

Wi-Fi assist came in iOS 9.0. It is not new to 9.0.1. I believe it is a useful feature, but a feature that should be turned off by default. -Anthony

Do you use iTunes or do you do everything over iCloud? If you use iTunes, IMO, it's a better method of restoring the device from a backup, because you don't have to download stuff, it'll just load over USB from the computer. If you use iCloud, you have the benefit of not having to be tethered to a computer. And if something goes wrong with your computer, you don't have the chance of losing your backup. I have had a few issues with iCloud before with it saying my backup was corrupt, which is why I usually used my PC if I knew I was going to be restoring. If you start as new, a lot of times it can really speed up the device, especially if you were having problems on your previous device. It also gives you the opportunity to start new, and maybe use your device a little differently than you did before. If you're anything like me, you want your new device to look exactly like your old device did. I also like to have all of my old messages and what not on my device. -Anthony

I believe 3xCA/4xCA requires testing, just like every other thing that is rolled out. And also the backhaul requirements are there, too. Having 3xCA or 4xCA, one or two 5 MHz Band 25 carriers (maybe one 10 MHz and one 5 MHz carrier), a 5 MHz Band 26 carrier, and several carries of 1x and EVDO, on 3 different sectors really adds up in the amount of backhaul required. A lot of sites probably just don't have enough backhaul yet to support it. There are other people on the site, such as Tim or Robert, that are much more knowledgeable on the subject than I am, so don't just take my word for it. I'm sure they will chime in soon. -Anthony edit: Also, like nick said, there aren't any devices out there that support 3xCA or 4xCA, so adding 3x and 4xCA wouldn't do anything. Adding a third and fourth carrier of band 41 would most certainly improve capacity a LOT, and would probably move Sprint to being the carrier with the most capacity at sites that have it enabled. But again, I'm not sure about the amount of backhaul that is there. So I'll let the more knowledgeable chime in.

Yeah it's a problem that is rather annoying, and has been present since Sprint released Wi-Fi calling on the iPhone. Not entirely sure why it happens, but it does. I have found the macro network to be more than ample to complete my calls in my not-so-strong Sprint area anyways, so I don't use Wi-Fi calling at all. I almost never drop calls on the macro network, whereas it happened relatively often on Wi-Fi calling. -Anthony

Welp, guess I'm never getting a lease if that is the case. -Anthony

By the time this is deployed, Sprint will probably be DONE deploying 800 MHz in the IBEZ. -Anthony

Guys! I need to stop reading this thread! You're all making me want a 6S more and more, but I have to wait for the 7 . -Anthony

I'm confused as to why everyone thinks that Sprint sitting out this auction spells their doom. I swear that we have had a conversation on this site before how the only way Sprint can truly excel is to densify densify densify. Having low band can really help out with coverage, yes, but so can having more macro sites and small cells. Having low band can certainly help with capacity and indoor coverage, but so can more macro sites and small cells. Spending billions on new sites that you can deploy, now, and get up and running, now, seems like a much better decision than spending money, now, on (basically) a piece of paper that says that "you can broadcast in this specific range of radio spectrum after these specific broadcasters have cleared out, and after this company standardizes an LTE band, and then these companies create equipment that can broadcast it, and then you spend MORE millions/billions on the equipment that those companies designed and produced, and these many millions on testing this equipment, and these many millions on people to deploy it, and then these companies create devices that can connect to this equipment. I just don't see how jumping through all these hoops for a technology that won't be available for use for half a decade is a better decision than densifying your network that would net you the same amount of coverage as jumping through the hoops to densify and expand your network now. Maybe it's just because I'm just some 18 year old who doesn't know any better. But logically, in my head, it doesn't make sense to go through the trouble of 600 MHz when you currently have the assets to make a competitive network, just sitting around waiting to be deployed. Just my two cents. -Anthony

We can most definitely use more macro sites in our area. But, theoretically, properly tuned LTE 800 SHOULD be able to match EVDO 1900 coverage, and in some cases, go slightly further. But I should not go from a -105 band 26 signal and have it degrade to -117 and the drop to a -85 EVDO signal from the same tower. That is not how it is supposed to work. That is something that should be able to be fixed by optimization (tuning). -Anthony

Well, CDMA 800 is all over the place, and LTE 800 has been steadily showing up. LTE 800, to my knowledge, hasn't been tuned correctly yet, and I believe that is because we don't have enough towers with Band 41 LTE turned on yet, so LTE 800 is just being used as a capacity band for now, instead of for coverage. That's about all I've got on 800 in Charlotte so far. -Anthony

So how much would it be for me to lease the 6s Plus 64 GB on this plan with the trade in of a 6 Plus 64 GB? And I also wonder the same question about a 128 GB 6s Plus with the trade in of a 128 GB 6 Plus. -Anthony

I'm confused as to how Sprint has less LTE coverage than U.S. Cellular. -Anthony

iOS 9.0.1 has been released to address bugs. And iOS 9.1 beta 2 has been released also. I'm still waiting for the OTA of 9.1b2 to get to me. :/ -Anthony

With a bill like that, I'd fly to Overland Park and hand deliver them to Marcelo himself. Lol. -Anthony

Well I understand app updates, as iOS 8 brought automatic app updates. But iOS updates, as in OS updates, I feel wouldn't be getting downloaded at that time. Not because of what network the device is connected to, but because typically when a new iOS version is realeased, it is typically early to mid-week, and they are usually in the morning, and the automatic download would occur a few days, or less, later. It just seems odd to me that OS updates would be getting downloaded that often. -Anthony

Huh. That's an awfully odd time for the update to download. Seems very odd to me. -Anthony

HOLY CRAP. -Anthony

I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic, but if you aren't, I'm not sure I understand. A good few of people don't even update their iPhones, and I highly doubt that if they did, it wouldn't be at a sporting event. Seems like an odd time to cause your device to go into a reboot cycle while it installs new software. -Anthony

I only use content blockers to block annoying advertisements that are hard to get by/interfere with the functionality of the webpage. I white-list the sites that I visit often so as to not suck away the revenue they make when I visit. -Anthony