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did you also notice that it claims that Wifi isn't supported. So much fail Sprint....so much fail.

Pre order page is up. Thank goodness it is $199 on 2 year contract that is available in black and white. Looks like Nov 8th is the confirmed release date. http://shop.sprint.com/mysprint/shop/phone_details.jsp?ensembleId=LGLS980KIT&flow=AAL&isDeeplinked=true Pre-order: Order online today, we'll charge your card for your phone and we'll do our best to get it to you before others get a glimpse on Friday, November 8. Ordering more than just this phone? Please complete your pre-order package checkout and come back to order additional items. How pre-order works.

I don't expect Oct 15th to be a release day but it still could be announcement day.

That can't be. I can see them saying that the EPRP can't sign new customers but for existing customers who have EPRP and SERO should be able to extend their contracts.

Tomato...tomatto. Plastic is plastic. "Higher quality" plastic does not equate to a nicer metallic frame like a HTC One or even the iPhone 5S. Even if Samsung or LG used the same type of plastic like the iPhone 5C it will get ripped regardless. I never hear of the iPhone being a non-removable battery being a downside to the iPhone neither as a SD card. All tech blogs ever mention about the battery is that it is non-removable and that it doesn't have a SD card but that is just only stating the specs of the phone.

My body is ready. Sent from my Motorola Photon 4G using Tapatalk 2

Wouldn't Sprint have to know what is and what is not required for the iPhone 5S/5C? It can't be made up on the spot. I assume it would have to work similarly to the way Verizon works. The MEID is one of the many things that the CSIM card will store by the way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSIM CSIM Application File System The CSIM application contains a file system with a number of parameters needed to operate on cdmaOne/CDMA2000 ("CDMA") networks. Each parameter, or a group of related parameters, is specified with a unique identifier with an implicit or explicit length, and is considered a separate Elementary File (EF). The following examples are taken from the 3GPP2 specification.[1] Encryption keys, provisioned by the operator. Phone Number. Call Counts. Short Message Service Parameters. Received Short Messages (255 bytes maximum per message). IMSI (international mobile subscriber identifier). TMSI (temporary mobile subscriber identifier, for position security). UIMID (hardware identifier). Will be a pseudo (hashed) value if EUIMID is in use. EUIMID. Either short form (based on MEID) or long form (based on ICCID). ICCID. Present even if it is not used as EUIMID. MEID (hardware identifier). Analog (AMPS) operational parameters. CDMA2000 home identifiers, such as SID and NID. CDMA2000 zone-based registration parameters, telling the handset to register when it changes to a new operator-defined zone (SID/NID). CDMA2000 distance-based registration parameters, telling the handset to register when it travels a certain distance (each CDMA2000 transmitter emits its GPS location). Random parameters (slot cycle index) to use during CSMA access probes. List of services available. If a service is not indicated as available in the CSIM, the mobile equipment shall not select this service. Examples include "Call Control", "SMS", "BCMCS Broadcast", "IP Location", etc. If a service is not in this table, the handset will not provide the service. Multimode System Selection (MMSS) parameters.

I am hungry walking back and forth. Need some more food.

Good point. That I can see as a good reason to have it disabled by default if hand off issues were that bad but that doesn't mean that folks couldn't use triband hotspots to hand off from LTE 2600 to another. I mean that sure as hell didn't stop Robert from using his hotspot to hand off between LTE 2600 tower to the next on his trips to Denver.

I think your thinking is too short sighted. Sure all the LTE phones except for the iPhone 5S/5C are using the USIM system but switching to the CSIM system is very beneficial going forward. Having the ability to swap LTE devices without having to contact Sprint would be very beneficial especially for those that have multiple LTE devices. It cuts down on the unnecessary phone or instore contact support needed just to swap LTE devices. Since Verizon already implements the CSIM authentication system, why not Sprint? Also in 2014, all those Sprint customers who are due for an upgrade are going to ditch their embedded SIM LTE phones (HTC Evo 4G LTE, GS3, Note 2, LGOG, iPhone 5, etc) for new LTE phones so a lot of those USIM LTE phones will be coming off the market and it would be nice if they can be on the CSIM system. Then in 2015 those Sprint customers who have the remaining USIM LTE phones (GS4, HTC One, Note 3, etc) can be on the CSIM system. At some point Sprint needs to get the ball needs to get rolling so the iPhone 5S/5C being the pioneer is a great start but following LTE phones like the Note 3, G2, Nexus 5, HTC One Max, etc need to follow suit to ensure migration and transition are progressing. Besides Sprint has already committed the resources to already implement a CSIM authentication system for the iPhone 5S/5C so your plea against this is already OBE. Now that the CSIM system has been established, why wouldn't they try to migrate all LTE phones going forward to use the new CSIM card system? It just seems like such a no brainer to do this to keep all CDMA and LTE information on a removable SIM card and be more efficient.

Who knows if the Nexus 5 will be sold in stores rather than just through a Google Play exclusive. We will have to find out when Google officially announces it. I hope Sprint sells the Nexus 5 in stores so that I can play with it.

I guess my only poke in this balloon is why did the triband LTE hotspots have all LTE bands enabled by default instead of requiring a future firmware update to enable all LTE bands to work especially if the LTE 2600 handoff issues existed? I understand that triband hotspots will not have as big of a customer base but still a technical issue is still an issue and Sprint should not have been allowing even triband hotspot users to connect to LTE 2600. I mean I understand phones are easier to upgrade firmware OTA so it would be no big deal but I am sure triband LTE hotspots can have the firmware upgraded via USB port on a computer.

Who says they have to increase the price in my proposal? I would say that the 32 GB would be sold at $299 while a 64 GB variant would be a $349 or $399 deal. But then again even a 16 GB Nexus 5 is at $299 is at a bargain price so I don't see Google changing this.

Right which is why I think the Nexus 5 base model will be at least 16 GB. IMO the base model should be 32 GB with an optional 64 GB especially since SD cards are never going to come into play.

???? You said "not meaning Nexus but HTC and LG". Reread the second sentence in your original post again. I think you are confusing yourself. I gave you a rebuttal about how HTC and LG are not releasing smartphones that are under 32 GB without SD card.

But the thing is that HTC and LG with the HTC One and LG G2 are including base storage size of 32 GB. I don't know what you are talking about.

SD cards have never been part of the Google Nexus phone lineup. I don't get why people still expect Google to do this. Even now is a worse time to expect this sort of thing out of Google when even LG and HTC are moving away from removable batteries and SD card slots.

Hehe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRaUmobJe9w

I know other carriers have retail price listed between $575 to $600 Sent from my Motorola Photon 4G using Tapatalk 2

Wow looks like if you know your MSL, you can manually enable it and get the B26 and B41 LTE bands to stick!!! Good news!! I have asked the guy on XDA to post a pic of the Band Priority menu to see if it lists all 3 LTE bands now and whether you can adjust the priority. Look at post #26 in the link above.

Interesting.....It looks like when the phone is activated that the B26 and B41 bands are still disabled. Discuss!! Post #24 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476138&page=3

You do have some LTE around Ocala though from looking at the map. Maybe not at home where you live but there are sites that are upgraded to LTE from what I see.

Haha...way to be a bit over dramatic. In this case, maybe Sprint isn't for you. Maybe jumping to Verizon or ATT is your best bet since who knows if you will live tomorrow.

Don't you already know why Tmobile can jump ahead of Sprint in large markets because of the fiber backhaul infrastructure already in place??? I mean it seems you are just rehashing stuff we already know about. The fact is once CDMA 800 and LTE 800 is deployed, Tmobile can't touch Sprint in terms of coverage. Also who the heck cares about 20x20 LTE....Tmobile still has a ton of work to free up the MetroPCS folks and shut down all of the CDMA carriers plus their limited EVDO carriers as well in order to get the 20x20 LTE build they want to do. Plus we haven't even factored in the LTE 2600 coverage that is set to launch as soon as triband LTE carriers come out. That should help with LTE coverage for some areas that don't even have LTE 1900 deployed yet. Like Son said...we have to give Sprint some more time with the new merger to come into fruition.

We dont know at this point. But my guess is that it will by the time the G2 phone is released. Until we get a retail version of the G2 and have it actually activated on your sprint device we can't verify this for sure. I wouldn't panic right now but the make no mistake about it that the G2 will support all 3 bands of LTE at some point.