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they added T mobile, but not binge on or music freedom so...... yeah doubt they will get many t mobile subs

WOW look at all that fine print, no wonder they worked nights and weekends.... "**Monthly charges exclude taxes & Sprint Surcharges [incl. USF charge of up to 16.7% (varies quarterly), up to $2.50 Admin. & 40¢ Reg. /line/mo.) & fees by area (approx. 5–20%)]. Surcharges are not taxes. See sprint.com/taxesandfees. Activ. Fee:$36/line. Plans:Offer ends 01/07/2016. Savings through 01/08/2018. Req valid port from AT&T, Verizon or T-Mobile active wireless line to consumer account. Plan includes unlimited domestic calling and texting and unlimited int’l texting. Select add’l int'l svcs are included. See sprint.com/globalroaming. Max of 10 phone/tablet/MBB lines and one data share group per account. At least one phone req. Subsidized devices incur an add’l $25/mo charge. Plans exclude unlimited music and video streaming, data carryover, tethering and cloud options that other carrier plans may offer. Data:High-speed data is access to 3G/4G data speeds. Includes on-network data allowance amount as determined by competitor plan and 100MB off-network data usage. Third-party content/downloads are add’l charge. Mobile Hotspot usage pulls from your shared data and off-network allowances. Discount Exclusions:Discount does not apply to certain charges such as taxes, surcharges, add-ons, apps, premium content, int’l svcs, devices, partial charges or add’l lines. Add a Line:Add a line at any time up to the max number of lines and get promotional pricing until 01/08/2018. Usage Limitations:To improve data experience for the majority of users, throughput may be limited, varied or reduced on the network. Sprint may terminate service if off-network roaming usage in a month exceeds: (1) 800 min. or a majority of min.; or (2) 100MB or a majority of KB. Prohibited network use rules apply—see sprint.com/termsandconditions. T-Mobile plan:Discount offer limited to T-Mobile’s advertised Simple Choice rate plan prices as of 11/16/15 for 2GB, 6GB and 10GB for non-discounted handsets only; tablet and MBB rate plans excluded. T-Mobile unlimited data rate plan excluded. Data is not shared among multiple lines. After high-speed data allotment is used, speeds will be reduced to 2G speeds (up to 128kbps) until the end of your bill cycle. Add'l on-network high-speed data allowance may be purchased at $15/GB.Verizon plan:Discount offer limited to Verizon’s advertised shared data rate plans as of 11/16/15 for 1GB, 3GB, 6GB, 12GB, 18GB, 20GB, and 25GB for non-discounted handsets, tablets and MBB devices. After high-speed data allotment is used, per kb overage fee applies (1.5 cents/megabyte). Tablet and MBB usage pulls from shared data allotment. AT&T plan:Discount offer limited to AT&T’s advertised shared data rate plans as of 11/16/15 for 300MB, 2GB, 5GB, 15GB, 20GB and 25GB for non-discounted handsets, tablets and MBB devices. After high-speed data allotment is used, per kb overage fee applies (1.5 cents/megabyte). Tablet and MBB usage pulls from shared data allotment. Sprint Easy Pay:Req monthly installment agreement, 0% APR, & qualifying device & service plan. If you cancel wireless service, remaining balance on device becomes due. Lease:Req qualifying device & service plan. No equipment security deposit. Customer is responsible for insurance and repairs. Early termination of lease/service: Remaining lease payments will be due immediately, and requires device return or payment of purchase option device price in lease. Contract Buy Out Offer:Max payment of $650 based on ETF (early termination fee) charged or remaining phone balance. Req active wireless phone line port from other carrier to Sprint; remain active, in good standing & turn in of working phone tied to phone balance or ETF submitted or be charged up to amount of the Reward Card. Register & submit final bill w/ ETF or phone balance within 60 days of switching at sprint.com/joinsprint. Allow 15 days after registration approval for Reward Card arrival. Excludes discounted phones, 100+ Corporate-liable, prepaid & ports made between Sprint or related entities. Device Turn-In: Phone must be deactivated & all personal data deleted. Phone will not be returned. No cash back. Not eligible for Sprint Buyback Program. If competitive device is not turned in within 30 days from activation, a non-return phone charge equal to the amount of the Reward Card provided to you. Reward Card:Terms & conditions apply to Reward Cards. See Cardholder Agreement or visit www.americanexpress.com/sprint for details. Subject to applicable law, a $3/mo service fee applies beginning in the 7th month after Card issuance. Card is issued by American Express Prepaid Card Management Corporation. American Express is not the sponsor of this promotion. Sprint Global Roaming:Requires capable phone and eligible domestic service plan with primary usage in the U.S. Includes voice calls at 20¢/minute in select countries, text messaging (not picture or video) and data in select countries on GSM/GPRS networks only, see sprint.com/internationalroaming.Not for extended int’l use; primary usage must occur on our U.S. network.Service may be terminated or restricted for excessive roaming. Premium-rate numbers not included. May not be combinable with other int’l data add-ons or offers. No tethering. Sprint reserves the right to change or discontinue offer at any time. Sprint Satisfaction Guarantee:To qualify, call us to deactivate & return to place of purchase w/ complete, undamaged phone/device & receipt within 14 days of activation. You pay for actual usage charges (monthly svc charges, taxes, Sprint surcharges, etc.). We’ll refund your phone/device cost. Activation fee will be refunded if returned within 3 days of activation. Sprint dealer may impose add’l fees. A $35 restocking fee may apply. Visit sprint.com/returns. Other Terms:Offers and coverage not available everywhere or for all phones/networks. May not be combined with other offers. No add’l discounts apply. Sprint reserves the right to change or cancel this offer at any time. Restrictions apply. See store or sprint.com for details." So sprint half off event with a new name? am i missing something here.... "The all new sprint small print event"

I see a lot of use cases for tethering, i used to have the $10 add on with vergin mobile, before they enforced the throttle. one time we made a 3 hour car trip to mall of america, we used my iphone 4s as a hot spot and all used our tablets to stream Netflix, Pandora and browse the web, I would still prefer to use a tablet on a long car ride, over a phone. I know i could buy a cellular tablet, but its hard to justify buying another cellular modem, when i have a perfectly good hot spot in my pocket at all times.

no full speed according to marcelo https://twitter.com/marceloclaure/with_replies also something for existing customers?? they could just ditch all the current plans and pricing, roll out all new super simple plans and pricing, sprint has gotten complicated lately.... then again lots of "Half" hints so who knows, maybe match t mobiles new plans with no video throttle at half the price?? i guess we will find out tomorrow hope its not just hype over nothing. or follow karma go and offer unlimited hot spot with capped data speeds...

I find my games are slower (lower frame rate), notifications arrive slower and all at once instead of as they occur, it also dims the screen to fast for my liking. But yes it's a great feature if you know you need to stretch your phone, minimal compromises and great power savings, that said i think if it was the default it would anger people, i do like at 20 percent it has a pop up asking if you want to enable it though it could enable automatically.

I see around 15-17 hours of battery life, 6-7 hours of that is screen on, mix of tapatalk,facebook, youtube, and 1-1.5 hour or so of 3d games (world of tanks, or star wars knights of the old republic). That is with good reception, in my experience poor reception is the biggest battery drain, with power saver mode turned on you can add 2-3 hours to both above estimates. I am a very happy camper and have no complaints on the iPhone 6 plus.

the easiest way to tell is by looking at the shadows they appear to have blocks, that't the compression effect it is most visible in dark areas in both video and stills. http://carltonbale.com/1080p-does-matter/ this is really going to be a non issue, same theory says a 4k screen on a 6 inch phone doesn't look any better than a 1080P screen, difference is in the screen tech not pixel count because at a normal viewing distance you cant see the pixels anyway.

does your home, or a home between you and the tower have a steel roof? that can often cause major interference.

They wouldn't control the internet it's no different than att, Verizon sprint or t mobile. The hypothetical satellite network would be an addition to conventional isp both words and wireless. I have seen terminator series, I have studied hitters third Reich , Stalin communist party and so forth... In a way apple has significant power, both being the largest company in the world by market cap, and having captured nearly all the worldwide yearly profits of the smartphone sector. Nothing would force you or anyone else to use the hypothetical network nor would you have to buy an iPhone. This is only a logical next step for them, apples favors control of everything. They design their own system on a chip processor (heavily modified ARM). They opened their own retail stores, they have their own financing device payment system, they design their own software. They have a "walled garden" App Store. Apple likes to have complete control of user experience, eliminating the network partners would be the final piece of the puzzle. Now to compare that to the atrocities of hurlers third Reich, Stalin's crimes against humanity, or a fictional movie about robots trying to take over the world... Call me when apple starts doing anything that resembles what those men... Or building Iterminators, with little apple logos. I get you don't want anyone company to become that powerful but your kidding your self if you think companies don't control the world... What kind of clothes are you wearing, what have you eaten this week... What are you viewing this on and how did you access it? ( ; please excuse typos and poor grammar as I'm on a phone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

what makes it so horrifying? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

no your not alone, i love star wars but the battle front beta was just bad IMO i love the idea but the execution was bland. (yes i know it was beta). I did and still do love BF4, hard line sucked. Just picked up halo 5 single player campaign was so so, with all the hype i expected more, but i do enjoy the multi player.

no I think that's SIRI...

all of the 600Mhz would not be enough to build a nation wide network, or even a regional one... imagine if sprint didn't have band 41... think of the capacity nightmare, or the density required for capacity. Mark my words apple will not build out a traditional land based cellular network, its not something they would be interested in. The margins are to low, and the scale is to large. think about this. apple launches a low earth orbit satellite network with cellular fall back, imagine an apple net (or whatever they call it) that covers every single inch of land and water on earth will a clear view of the sky (maybe even small buildings). Think of the possibilities, with apples size, scale, volume of phones and cash pile they could develop and deploy an exclusive and proprietary world wide network just for Iphones, imagine how that could change the world as we know it... http://gizmodo.com/who-will-win-the-internet-space-race-1680494608 http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2013/02/apples-satellite-phone-patent-could-technically-apply-to-tv.html

70k sprint small cells is the estimated number along with "thousands" of macro sites. 70k over what time frame is anyone's guess Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

if I remember correctly the initial plan was to merge with t mobile... When that failed it was back to the drawing board. Now that NGN planned the rollout should start early 2016, the network engineer I have talked to expected the expansion to go fast once it starts. Apparently they are using wireless Black Haul to start with on small cells, so think a macro tower with a third carrier deployed exclusively for small cells.... That's the way I understand it any way, some one correct me if I'm wrong. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It all takes time and careful planning, just throwing money at the network is not an efficient way of doing things at the end of the day sprint/softbank are businesses they need to have a return on the network investment. just throwing in money without a plan is not going to work, we can only hope a plan is in place and equipment is ordered for the NGN project... if marcelo isn't to busy burning Mobile Citizen and Mobile Beacon HQ to the ground.

it is actually not pointless for the unlimited plan, tethering went from 7gig to 14 gig and binge on streaming partners do not count against your hot spot udage... also free movie rental each month starting in 2016. http://mms.businesswire.com/media/20151110006774/en/495839/5/TMUS-UCX.jpg?download=1

they also dropped the high speed data on the base plan from 2.5 gig to 1 gig. (not sure is this is new or not, i know it was 2.5 a few months ago) http://www.virginmobileusa.com/cell-phone-plans/data-messaging-plans/overview/ boost is still a better deal, so long as you pay your bill every month with auto pay, and don't stream alot of music. http://www.boostmobile.com/shop/plans/monthly-phone-plans/

yeah i hope not, the one in 2004 didn't work out very well.... http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203633104576623771022129888 "The report noted that Pfizer had the single largest share of the repatriated profits, bringing home $35.5 billion in foreign earnings, while also cutting 11,748 U.S. jobs between 2004 and 2007. Similarly, IBM brought back $9.5 billion, but cut 12,830 jobs, the report stated, citing answers from the companies in response to its questions." cut jobs, increased executive pay and massive stock buy backs, all while laying off tens of thousands of people... not a great plan for the majority of the population.

yeah, i agree they need to pay... but they are not alone... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-04/u-s-companies-are-stashing-2-1-trillion-overseas-to-avoid-taxes this is a little old March 4, 2015 but is does a good job, even if the numbers are old.

yeah it is remarkable to think of what they could buy, but even more remarkable to watch them buy almost nothing. of course they had beats, largest in the history of apple... still "only" $3 billion, it's a sign that they are focused.

no, they had $11.1 billion in profit on $51.5 billion in revenue... not to mention $205.6 billion in the bank (mostly overseas) they could buy sprint, ATT, or Verizon but why would they? I would love to see them build out a low orbit satellite network some day. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/will-next-phone-use-satellite-internet/ Imagine a day when your phone connects to a low orbit satellite network and can provide coverage over every square inch of the earths surface, this network would be exclusive to Iphone users and apple would control the entire experience, phone and network. I am not saying this will happen anytime soon but the wheels are in motion, you can now finance your iphone directly with apple and upgrade every year, next step apple mobile satellite network???

it does unfortunately it was mostly unusable in the stands (our phones would not connect). In the concourse DAS and wifi are fine but in the stands no. I think the mlb at bat app was the culprit it provides video replays of the game in progress, I saw a lot of phones streaming video highlights of the game... Not really the point of going to a game, then watching most of it on your phone but it's the world we live in. Att and Verizon worked fine in the stands, t mobile was hit and miss, as was sprint. All carriers and wifi did well in the concourse. I was in a large group diverse with all carriers! Lol adding 2 band 41 carriers to the DAS will fix all the problems. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

agreed huge improvement but as always room for more improvement, they are leaps and bounds better than 2 years ago for sure! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

the parking lot is great! A tower is located with in sight of the lot with one sector pointed at the north lot, and the other pointed at the east lot. This tower is a full build with 2 band 41 carriers, had hd you tube without hesitation in a full lot. The DAS however drown out that band 41 and the band 25/26 DAS quickly becomes overloaded for most antennas servicing the seats. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk