marioc21
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I just got a $3 credit for movies and TV shows @amazonvideo. Click http://t.co/XikUDzCp to get yours. #get3
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For my money this is still the greatest Sprint commercial ever.
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Clearwire just released it's quarterly financials along with a listing of their first 4g LTE cities. They're calling them 4G Hot Zones. As previously expected they're saying they won't launch until the first half of 2013. A total of 31 markets are planned. Initial Cities mentioned by name: Los Angeles Seattle San Francisco Chicago New York http://corporate.cle...eleaseID=667820 Financials: http://corporate.cle...eleaseID=667819
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I have no qualms about the 5mp. My Epic only has a 5mp camera and I can take some great pictures with it. I just think if the Nexus is supposed to be the "best" that Google can make, it should have the best components. Processor, memory, battery and camera should all be the top of the line. Maybe I have it wrong and Google really doesn't care about the hardware as much as the software. That's fine, there'll be plenty of options available. It just won't be a Nexus for me.
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It's universally considered the weak point on the phone. They used a lower quality camera in it than what Samsung put in the GSII. That's not to say it's bad. Just not nearly as good as the IP4S, GSII and other top-tier phones.
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Like I wrote in my first post, I'll trade the quad core cpu for a top tier camera. The phone camera has just become a necessity for me. It's what I carry. My Sony pocket shooter has been collecting dust for about 20 months now since I got my Epic. Most of the videos and pictures I have of my daughter were taken with my phone and then shot up to Facebook or youtube or [whatever service you prefer].
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Saw this on CNET. The story is that Samsung may have won the bid to make the next Nexus phone. That would be three models in a row for them if true. I just hope they put in whatever camera sensor they use for the GSIII. If they do then I just might buy a nexus. Biggest drawback for me on current Galaxy Nexus is lackluster camera. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57421062-1/motorola-snubbed-samsung-reportedly-making-next-nexus/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore
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Apple is the exception that proves a lot of rules.
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Just to throw my two cents in. The S4 chip may be somewhat faster, but it's because it's based on the ARM Cortex-A15 core. I believe the Tegra 3 is based on the Cortex-A9 core. I think Nvidia isn't planning to use the A15 core until the Tegra 4 comes out this fall. The A-15 is a newer more efficient processor design. I believe Samsung's next gen exynos 5250 processor is also based on the A15 core.
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I just believe on the CDMA side it's very difficult to sell a non-contract phone. Don't know why that is, but it just seems to be. I suppose it's because each phone has to be inventoried into Sprint's or Verizon's database. I'm guessing Google will only sell unlocked gsm phones and eventually wifi only tablets and unlocked 3g gsm tablets.
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I heard that on the conference call but couldn't type it up fast enough. Then they moved on and I couldn't remember exactly what they'd said.
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That's disappointing to hear. Keep expecting Sprint to surprise people and execute things faster than people expect. Always seems to wind up going the other way. I guess that explains why their NV spending is so low so far. Not progressing as fast as planned.
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Shentel will present it quarterly financials on May 4. With a conference call scheduled for 2pm EDT. Hopefully they'll provide some more details then. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/shenandoah-telecommunications-company-release-first-130000561.html
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Financial call is all wrapped up. Nothing really knew. Sprint still said it's estimating between 80 and 120 million LTE pops by year-end. Would not discuss any other LTE markets beyond the 6 they've already announced. And no discussion of any LTE roaming plans beyond Clearwire.
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Only mention of LTE roaming was deal with Clearwire to use 2.5ghz when they launch LTE in 2013. No further talk of roaming deals. Disappointing.
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I think you're right. They've only completed 600 sites and Steve Elfman, President of Network Ops, just said Sprint doesn't pay anything to alca-lu/Ericsson/Samsung until a site is completed and Sprint accepts delivery. So we should NV costs continue to rise throughout the year as more sites come online.
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I believe that number was just the increase in Network Vision spending from the 4th quarter 2011 to 1st quarter 2012. They stated that total capital expenditures for 2012 should be about $6 billion.
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Q&A time on the call.
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Sprint stock price had been hammered in run up to financials. And results were better than analyst estimates.
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Looks like it'll open big. It's up $0.19/share in pre-market trading.
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Here's the link to the financial presentation slides. Nothing really worthwhile though. http://investors.sprint.com/Cache/1001165460.PDF?D=&O=PDF&IID=4057219&Y=&T=&FID=1001165460
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Hesse said they would get it sometime in the current quarter. Would have an announcement at a later date. So far nothing else really new on the call.
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Listening to financial call now. Highlights so far: 7 consecutive of quarter of Sprint brand being "net port postive". More customers porting in a number from another carrier than porting out. Prepaid brands (virgin mobile and boost) will get Wimax 4G. 44% of iphone customers are new to sprint. Unlimited data was big factor in their decisions.
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Better than expected it seems. But you can see that Nextel is still bringing them down. But they've almost rid themselves of it. I just went back and added the total customers by brand info to my post. 3.8 million left on Nextel.
