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Sorry Robert a friend has the new iPhone 5 and I wanted to see the ehrpd in abq. I guess I should have clarified.

A couple of weeks ago I posted all of the screens in the Field Test (*3001#12345#*). If ehrpd is available, it will be here.

If you can't find my thread, let me know.

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Yes. Yes I do believe it. If you watch the site map expand week after week, you can see how impressive it is. They have completed over 500 sites in the market already and still going strong.

 

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That would be an interesting animation!

No, I'm not suggesting you actually do that.

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I should be buying a SGSIII sometime soon so that I can start plotting my area with the Sensorly app, but it seems as though there is already 4G LTE around Takoma Park and Silver Spring. On the sensorly web page is it the second or first 4G? Because I haven't picked up WiMax on an OG EVO, so I'm thinking it must be LTE.

 

EDIT: Nevermind, I'm completely wrong on all counts. First of all there is no LTE in my area, and there are also now labels on the 4G since I last checked it (about last week). However, I'm hoping I can get lucky and I will pick up on some LTE once I finally get around to buying an SGSIII.

If you go back today, you should see that Sprint 4G-WiMax is labeled separately. LTE is the plain Sprint 4G

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The maps are way off on the S3 unless you force the Lte on in the ##DATA# Menu, Then the maps are correct to a point. Along the egdes of the orange I still have a connection but nothing works... Where I live, and I'll show the map below. I am clearly in the Lte area, but I can only get it if I force the Lte on. I use a GS3.

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And this is how it is anywhere I go and compare the map. In the real world... My S3 connects when ever it feels like it. Sometimes my wife will get it and I won't unless I power cycle. Same with hers. I have 5 S3s in my circle and the same holds true for all of them. HTC isn't any better.

Love your map!

This is certainly consistent with what I've seen. The only consistently "usable" LTE signal for me is in far north Southlake around Bob Jones Park and the adjacent parts of Trophy Club. All coming from 317, of course.

La Escuela! I use Splashtop on my Asus when I have to run Windows Specific programs. Granted it came free with my tablet, I would not pay to use that program. I find Macs very hard to use, especially when the right click is found by holding the Function or whatever button. That has nothing to do with iOS, but I think they have the same philosophy with iOS. Hidden functionalities (is that what that would be called?)

It's true that OS X has a dizzying array of keyboard shortcuts and right click options. If you ever have to use a Mac again, you'll be pleased to know that right click is now supported by all OS X input devices and just needs to be enabled in system preferences.

My use case includes a Wahoo Fitness Blue HR HRM, which is a BT 4.0 low-power device. I can add to that BT headphones, or even hop in the car and use the car's BT stereo and handsfree systems and the Wahoo keeps connected. Maybe I misunderstand your question?

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Certainly Apple's ecosystem is a good reason to want to be with iOS, but there are other considerations...

On the software side, I value that the iOS user experience is consistent from version to version. I like that my three year old 3GS is able to run iOS 6 and use most of its features. I also like that iOS 6 has been out for only three weeks, but 60% of iPhones have already updated to it.

On the developer side, I like that it's easy to develop using Apple's tools. I also like that it's easy to get a great user experience across all iPhones -- the only significant challenge is if I want to support iPhone 3 since the APIs for it are two years old now.

On the hardware side I like smaller phones and I like the iPhone's design. Although I wouldn't change platforms for it, an SGIII variant that's iPhone 4 sized would be interesting to me. I'm also not really in to having to fidget to make things work. I don't want to have to try different firmware revisions to make LTE work correctly, or to get rid of carrier-installed bloatware. I also don't like having the carrier decide when I'm going to be able to get an upgrade.

My company develops for every platform and while I respect the folks on my team who love their Android, WP and Blackberry devices, I'm happy with my choice. I can and do develop for Android and I like the platform, but it's not my favorite.

In any event, I'm on this forum to learn about Sprint's LTE rollout and share constructively to the conversation here - not to challenge people on their smartphone decisions.

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Every device I've owned can support multiple devices and will connect/disconnect automatically as they come into range.

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Does anybody know what's happening in the D/FW market? It was a first round market that now shows one of the lowest completion percentages. It also went from a projected completion date of Nov, 2012 to sometime in 2014. Yikes, what a change!

I know! Frustratingly slow deployment.

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Fully understand that when you compare to the Viper. There is no contest comparing a flagship against an entry level phone.

 

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There are lots of good reasons one would choose an iOS device over other flagship alternatives, and since I develop for iOS and Android, I'm aware of a number of them. However, this isn't the place to do it. If you want to open a thread in an appropriate forum, I'll be happy to share.

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Thanks for that. Too bad the RootMetrics app doesn't distinguish between 4G LTE and WiMAX and 3G like the Sensorly app does.

True, but an iOS version on either app won't support reporting LTE v WiMAX. The data isn't available through the API.

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How do you guys leave Sensorly running to take signal readings while you're driving? I have the iOS Sensorly app and I don't see a way to take a signal reading without having to do it manually.

Sensory for iOS doesn't do this. It doesn't upload results and it doesn't scan continuously.

You're much better off using RootMetrics for iOS at this point.

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I have not seen this. You might want to look at the Time app by Emerald Sequoia. Although it can't change the time, it can show the exact difference.

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You are right BenChase7 the airave support people said it just amplifies voice anyway not data

Thanks

My experience with Airave 2.5 is that it does relay data as well as voice. With Airave on, I get 2.3 Mbps down, with it off, less than three hundred.

In my case, at least, this also matches the Advanced Tech Support manual which outlines the requirement for relaying data services.

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There was a CNET piece the other day that said the GS3 display is better: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57524291-37/color-me-prettier-galaxy-s3-display-outdoes-iphone-5s/

 

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And DisplayMate's analysis greatly favors the iPhone. http://www.displaymate.com/Smartphone_ShootOut_2.htm

We're all better served looking at the screens side by side and seeing which we prefer.

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That makes sense. Although a couple posts back I stated that one of the things I'm skeptical about with VoLTE would be the potential for reduced talk times due to LTE being much more power hungry than a 1x CDMA radio. Would that still be the case?

I don't know. Certainly seems plausible.

Sprint has responded to this

 

 

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Thanks for this. Here's a page comparing Sprint's Dallas coverage map with the study. The study is much more in line with what I'm seeing than what Sprint claims to have.

http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnfull/20121002/LA85743-INFO

When you put it that way, it seems like VoLTE isn't even worth it if 1x would have much greater coverage. If thats the case Sprint should stick with HD Voice over 1x. But maybe I am wrong. What are the benefits that VoLTE would provide over using HD Voice on 1x?

 

Call it a feature. I call it a lack of planning.

 

Plain and simple the phone is here now, volte will not be here during this phones life cycle. The tower spacing is not there yet.

 

I didn't call it a feature. You suggested the problem might be fixed in a later iPhone and it will not.. The point is that iPhone 6 isn't going to have a dual antenna design either, so will also depend on VoLTE being offered by operators. .

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You could do the Sense thing. Also, the iPhone5 does not have this feature. Maybe the 6 will.

I think that's unlikely. Apple's already gone with a single antenna design and a Qualcomm chipset that theoretically supports SVLTE. My take is that they're giving operators a reason to support VoLTE.

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FYI, for anyone else looking at this thread in the future, the iPhone 5 works fine with the Airave 2.5 that arrived today. 2.3 Mbps down & 0.6 Mbps up.

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The apps I'm not too worried about. Also most of the ones I have now are free or are serviced based like Spotify. I know most of the Google apps that I use now have a way of working over there other then maps.

 

One question I do have though... is there anyway to view the Apple app store from a browser like you can the Google Play store?

See if this still works. http://m.gizmodo.com/5475173/access-the-whole-itunes-app-store-through-your-browser

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Tough choice. I can say that the 5 seems to be good at acquiring and keeping LTE when it's available, but I don't have an LTE Android phone, so I can't give you a quantitative answer that it's truly better.

From my experience, power users tend to be happier with Android than iPhone because of the modifications they can make, but I'm a power user, develop for iOS and Android, and have access to phones on all platforms. My informed personal choice is iPhone, but if it didn't exist, I'd be similarly happy with a SGIII...

Except, of course, the SGIII wouldn't look like it does and would have a slide down keyboard if it weren't for the iPhone's influence. (it's just a joke, guys, it's just a joke).

Okay, here's why we need 4G... 1km range piloting an AR.Drone over a 4G network.