pyroscott

LOL, I came back to correct myself and you beat me to it. Edit: I believe I remember 2Ringsbr saying that they primarily use 850mhz for EVDO and only use 1900mhz in markets where they lack 850 spectrum. Of course, I can't find the post.

I'm not positive, but I believe that Verizon uses 850mhz for voice and 1900mhz for data.

LOL, I was initially going to say something about that not even qualifying as logic, but I guess even bad logic is still "logic." I have no idea why they would continue to offer iDEN when it will be shut down right away.

No, Sprint will not be deploying 3G on 800mhz. It will be 1x (voice) only until Nextel is cleared off and LTE is deployed.

Prison guard

watch maker

Hmm fortified with what? Vitamins and minerals?

Watch band Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

According to Samsung, it is "fortified glass" I don't know if it is similar to GG1 or 2, but I have dropped my GNex face down without a case or screen protector from about 4 feet and there was zero damage. I have read people who claim that they have "had 10 phones in the last 4 years and never a scratch even without a screen protector or case and they had a scratch in the GNex within a week of owning it." I may have exaggerated that, but gorilla glass or not, there is always the chance of a piece of silicon dust making its way into the pocket and scratching a phone screen. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

And the GNex does not have Gorilla Glass, but it is supposed to be very similar. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

It's unfortunate that the Sprint Galaxy Nexus is having these problems, and that Sprint was slow to inform everyone who sells or services their phones. It will be corrected, and an initial bug is not really indicative of the quality of the model. I can fully understand that you, and probably many other people who had a bad experience with the GNex are not planning to go down the GNex road again. I had a similar situation with a Roku player, and I swore off Roku altogether and bought a Google TV box instead. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Wow, that is impressive.

I'm not sure if you can really pick a clear winner in this. Both phones are really top of the line phones. Look at how the Nexus S with a single core processor was able to keep pace with the dual core flagships that came out after. I think it is more of a matter of preference is you like an AOSP user interface, or if you prefer Sense. Many people prefer a HTC build, others prefer the Samsung build. I'm sure the bootloader will be unlocked on the EVO LTE very soon after launch and there will be plenty of ROMs out there for both phones. I am rather disappointed in the lack of accessories for the GNex using the pogo pins. I think there is one dock that uses them. Why even put the pogo pins on the phone if you aren't going to make any accessories that use them? HTC has been pretty good about releasing accessories. I'm not sure what the battery life of the EVO LTE will be, but the GNex with OEM extended battery and LTE enabled has lasted up to 48 hours for me when I keep the amount of apps down, it averages about 30 hours when I have a bunch of apps installed and use it moderately. If I was in the market for a phone right now, I would personally go with the GNex, but the EVO LTE is a very nice phone also.

The only thing that you would miss out on is the increased signal propigation that LTE over 800mhz would give. It will be years before the 2600mhz is used for offloading capacity and that will be spotty anyway. Sprint will not be restricted on capacity over 1900mhz LTE for quite some time. By the time Sprint needs to offload usage to 2600mhz in large markets, most people will be already upgrading again. Generally, if you have good coverage with 1900 EVDO, you will have good coverage with 1900 LTE and shouldn't need to worry about 800 LTE capability. It would be, however, very nice to have 800 LTE capability on a phone.

That's great. Lovitz is a natural there... The wife walked by when I was reading that post and acted like she was jealous that I was talking to some girl on the forums here. I said "it's probably a dude with a girl's picture" LOL

Every time Robert has talked about adobe, I thought of that. LOL Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Theoretically, there shouldn't need to be a handoff. With LTE being laid out over the entire footprint of 3G and using 800 mhz to increase the range even further. If one was to be handed off from LTE to eHRPD, you are correct Sgt, it would definitely be a smooth transition compared to that of WiMax to EVDO. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Wave B Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

That is really good for having that low of a signal Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

I called 4 different times asking for my MSL and never was given the MSL from sprint. I had to use cdma workshop on my E4GT Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Wouldn't be any different than any other phone without SVDO looking for service. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Not to mention that they have plenty of spectrum to run both wimax and lte. They can't afford to drive customers away and they can't afford to send free lte replacement devices. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

I hope not. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

I would think that clearwire will have to offer wimax about 2-3 years after wimax phones are completely discontinued. Unless there is something up Sprint's sleeve.

Except that they are starting to offer wimax to prepaid, freedompop and netzero. I'm sure clearwire will continue to offer wimax as long as revenue keeps rolling in. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2