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Roaming is available on virgin mobile via their new custom plans from Walmart with a paid add on. I don't remember what the allotments were per dollar, but at least roaming was available to purchase if needed. Maybe Sprint could do something similar for post paid, offer a data roaming package that can be added to current plans for an extra charge. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Sucks to hear about this. Sent what I could, can probably donate more after all the bills and expenses are paid.

I haven't gotten around to trying it with mine, but you could always side load it.

I would prefer the option to disable data roaming automatically once I hit 100MB to avoid overage, but in the grand scheme of things $50 isn't that much. It would suck if every line on my account managed to hit the max on a family vacation but I don't see that ever happening. To those that are really concerned, what are you doing on your phone while roaming that's racking up that much data? Several music streaming apps can cache music locally ahead of time such as google play, Spotify etc. Or you can store music on internal memory. You can store a fairly large area in maps for offline use, or download a full fledged GPS app like TomTom. Or better yet, buy a stand alone GPS, you can pick up a 4" garmin for around $100 now and it's going to work a lot easier than a phone. If you're in a native Sprint coverage area and having network problems, this obviously isn't directed at you. If you constantly go to areas that provide no native service, you would be better off finding a provider that better fits your usage needs. I go in and out of roaming areas every day for work, but I manage to keep my roaming data way down. 100MB goes a long way if you can plan ahead, I rarely use more than 10-20MB while roaming in a month. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Radio performance for the livepro is pretty good, it easily surpasses my nexus 5 on b25 LTE and evdo connectivity. In areas at my store my nexus will fall back to evdo, the livepro holds on to LTE just fine. It also held onto a weak evdo signal down to -115 where my nexus started to roam. It has better reception than my tab 3 as well. One annoying thing I found was the sleep button is easily pressed, even through the case. I came home today with the battery at 65% with close to four hours of screen on time because of it. I'll probably be powering it down from now on when not in use. Using it in projector mode, it eats through the battery incredibly fast. In 35 minutes of playing a movie with mid level volume, battery level dropped from 65% to 14%. It could be used in a pinch but I wouldn't expect more than an hour of projector on time using it on battery alone. Even while plugged in, it managed to drop down another 3% while playing the rest of my movie with the projector running. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

The coverage map is poor. I'm in Chittenango several times a week and there is no Sprint LTE there yet.

I'm not complaining about being offered unlimited. I said that it would be nice to have the same options that Framily did. Right now it appears on your bill as $30 voice/text + $30 unlimited data. They could easily offer different add ons such as $10 or $20 for different sized data buckets in place of that $30 unlimited add on.

Being able to customize your individual plan similar to Framily would be nice. Not every one needs or wants unlimited data for their single line.

I just got my livepro in the mail today. In the box it comes with a 5' USB cable with "A" plugs on both ends, a 4' HDMI cable, a cloth carry case, a DC transformer, and the standard manuals with recycle bag for old devices. My first thought was it is bigger than I thought it would be, it's roughly 5" x 5" x 1" and has some heft to it. Set up was very easy, it was no different than an android phone. It runs 4.2.2 out of the box, and aside from the wide angle screen feels like any other android device I've used. On the software side, it is loaded with almost no bloatware from Sprint. It doesn't even have Sprint Zone, all I noticed was Lookout Security. It comes pre-loaded with Google apps such as gmail, maps, navigation, play store etc. Many of my apps are compatible with the device, but some aren't. Signal Check Pro, LTE Discovery, Speed Test.net, FCC Speed Test, Google Voice, and Facebook Messenger were among the ones I frequently use that aren't compatible. Netflix, HBO Go, Tapatalk, Dropbox, Facebook, and Hangouts all seem to work perfectly fine. Using apps directly from the device do eat up the mobile broadband data plan bucket, so be careful running Netflix/YouTube etc unless you are on WiFi. The home screen has a nice widget to set up HDMI input for the projector, miracast, and to turn on the WiFi hotspot. The device itself has three buttons for back, home, and settings below the screen. Directly below that there is a large sleep button, with volume up and down to the sides, and a projector toggle below it. These buttons are all capacitive. On the rear of the device, there is a plug for the DC transformer to charge it, USB, HDMI, and 3.5mm for audio out. The right side has the speaker, which is quite loud for it's size and an exhaust for a fan that operates when the projector display is turned on. The left side has a focus wheel for the projector display, a button to toggle usb device charging, power, a hard reset button and a cover for the micro sim and micro sd slot's. On the under side of the device is a kick stand to angle it up, and a threaded mounting hole to use with a tripod or something similar. The projector display has better picture quality than I thought it would. I haven't had any previous experience with DLP projectors, but I would say it is on par with a lower end LCD TV. I've only used it on a wall, so it may also look better on an actual projector screen. Overall I'm pretty impressed, and don't regret my purchase at all. Miracast was very easy to set up, and when streaming with it data is used from the phone's bucket and not the mobile broadband plan. I bought it on easy pay at $18.50 per month with the promo $8.50 per month plan credit which essentially makes it a $240 device.

LTE at the state fair is slow as expected, but works perfectly fine. That iDEN conversion along side Onondaga lake makes a huge difference over last year. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

I noticed this too. So far i managed to roam on Cricket and Verizon evdo this week.

The new individual plan is nice, I think it pairs well with the new family share pack. I would have liked to see some included tethering and customization similar to Framily for 1-5GB data add ons instead of only unlimited. I told my friend about it, which is already in my max discount Framily with unlimited add on for $45, and his response was "Damn that's cheap". If the marketing is done well I can see the new plans doing well for adding some new subscribers.

Does this mean you don't need to worry about getting your service terminated anymore from using data roaming too much? I usually turn off mobile data if I'm in a roaming area for any period of time, it would be nice to not have to worry about it anymore with the low 100MB limit on the newer plans.

I see what you're saying. That does make sense, maybe with all the new plans coming out they will revamp mobile broadband as well to fix this.

If the plan already includes the subsidy cost, why would you expect to receive a discount when existing customers already own their subsidized device outright?

They did exactly the same thing when easy pay initially launched. Discounting the plan to help offset the monthly device payment. Remember the $65 a month unlimited my way plan when you used easy pay? Verizon has been doing the same thing with their family plan, you get a discount on the plan to help offset the device payment. I don't really see the problem with this. Without the monthly discount there is no point in buying the device on easy pay as it is cheaper in every way taking the two year subsidized price.

The way I see it, they are giving a discount for having an easy pay payment plan to help offset the additional monthly cost. Just like they had originally when they launched easy pay you got the $15 per month discount from your unlimited my way plan, but only while you still had the device payment plan going.

I also got 55020 on my Nexus 5.

This is pretty nice. Including discount I can end up with the livepro I've been trying to buy in store for a few weeks now for about $50 less than the two year subsidized price including this discount.

It looks interesting but it's not something I would ever get into. I already own most of the apps I need or want, it might be of some use to some one that is just switching to Android though. It all really depends what kind of stuff they have in there if it's worth it or not. It's interesting in the screenshot from that page it looks like the phone is roaming. I used to get that little triangle on my older phones any time I roamed.

I would have liked to see the access fee be the same for phones regardless of the data bucket size, and all data only devices (tablets, hotspots, connected car, router etc) have the same fee. As in, $15 per phone, $10 per data device. After thinking about the plan I like it a bit more, but trying to explain the different access fee's to a friend today was confusing. He did seem interested in the new plan with promotions, and I've been trying to get him on Framily for months.

I'm hoping the individual plans are just an updated/simplified version of Framily.

Looks like it's an additional $5 per month to upgrade every 12 months with easypay.

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LTE signal strength is relatively poor across most of the city, even in area's where all sites have been upgraded. GSAM reports 90% of my radio is medium or below on LTE. B26 can't come soon enough.