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Yes!!!! the dimensions of the LG G2 (from wikipedia source) match the FCC docs for the Sprint variant of the LG G2 of 138.5 mm Height x 70.9 mm Width. Also the other major carrier variants have also hit the FCC already. Hopefully this phone gets released before the iPhone 5S/6. Link to FCC docs. Look at the "RF Exposure Info" doc on pg. 5 https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=521495&fcc_id=ZNFLS980

Yes I truly do believe that Tmobile will wait for 600 MHz to expand their native coverage even if it is several years from now. What rush is there? They have a roaming agreement for voice (not sure about data) with AT&T as part of the terms for the breakup fee of the ATT/Tmobile merger. Tmobile knows who their target consumers are and is working on a strategy to try to capture that market. Tmobile is focused on deploying LTE on AWS and refarming HSPA+ to PCS as quickly as possible to expand their footprint as well as upgrading the equipment. They have their hands full for the next 2-3 years anyways. Tomorrow is the Tmobile Q2 earnings report and we will see if this Uncarrier strategy that Tmobile has decided to go with has helped with postpaid adds in Q2. Tmobile is in a marathon and not in a race. They are not going to suddenly grab 20-30 million customers from other carriers over night. I mean who knows maybe Tmobile will begin upgrading some rural towers to LTE and HSPA+ if Deutsch Telekom wants to be like Softbank and plow in a bunch of capital to Tmobile USA but that won't help with expanding coverage though. If you are talking about truly expanding coverage Tmobile is not going to go all out and lease new towers just to deploy AWS or PCS spectrum until it has 600 MHz spectrum. Oh and for your source, I am going to quote the famous Maximus1987 for reference. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3420-t-mobile-lte-network-discussion/?p=140718 Also this Fiercewireless article pretty much sums it up http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/t-mobile-expand-metropcs-footprint-100m-pops/2013-05-15 "Ray said that the company is not currently looking to expand its network footprint and is eagerly awaiting next year's scheduled incentive auctions of 600 MHz broadcast TV spectrum. He said using such spectrum is "a far more effective way to go and build those opportunities out" and that getting access to such low-band spectrum would mean "we would finally have a level playing field in the U.S. marketplace" between smaller carriers and AT&T and Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ), which dominated the 700 MHz auction in 2008."

Ahhh the ole "heavy use" unrealistic standard I see. Really constant web surfing? Let me guess you want a battery where you can stream youtube, netflix, spotify, pandora, iheartradio all at once along while being able to web surf on chrome, firefox, dolphin browser all at once also being able to talk on the phone, text, and use the S-note. Is this a good enough heavy use profile? How many hours is defined as 1.5 days? You certainly aren't web surfing when you are sleeping, showering or driving. Man I guess you don't get any work done if all you are doing is constant web surfing on your phone. Also the chances of you not being in an area where you don't have access to some power source to charge your phone in 1.5 days is pretty rare. Please don't say ...well if I were in the woods and I really need a battery to last a week then what. All I can is get extra batteries if this is such a "first world problem". A battery bump to 3500-3600 maH for the Note 3 should be good enough for most folks.

Why would ATT and Tmobile want to share their spectrum resources with each other? ATT has only deployed LTE on 700 MHz and in large metros like Chicago where it only has 5x5 MHz block, it doesn't even have enough capacity to serve its own customers. LTE is too bandwidth demanding and it doesn't make sense for either carrier since both carriers don't want the other carrier's customers to weigh down the network. Tmobile is fine. They just need to catch up to the LTE game by filling in more gaps because they certainly have the momentum with their quick LTE overlay, Uncarrier plans and fresh spectrum from Verizon AWS swap, ATT AWS spectrum from breakup deal, US Cellular AWS spectrum purchase, and MetroPCS AWS/PCS spectrum from merger. Tmobile doesn't need to make any deals right now and just focus on refarming HSPA+ to PCS and deploying LTE on AWS.

Exactly those users should be putting their phones in airplane or 3G only mode. No battery is going to be large enough to compensate for consistent weak signal. That is a network issue and not a device issue.

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They did change the terms but that is just so that they can act on any of the options at any point. I think Sprint still wants to give it till the end of this year at the very minimum to have as many customers voluntarily upgrade their phones to LTE before they start to incentivize/bribe customers to move from Wimax to LTE. Sprint knows that all the Wimax customers who got the Moto Photon and SGS2 are due for an upgrade very soon and I am sure 9 out of 10 customers (including myself) are eagerly waiting to upgrade their devices from Wimax to LTE. With the LG G2, Note 3, iPhone 5S (or whatever it will be called), HTC One Max smartphones coming out, this will present a great opportunity for Sprint to encourage customers to switch over to LTE.

Whoops I was reading the leaks from previous days that suggest a micro SD slot. In that case, Sprint should offer both the 16 and 32 GB models. I don't get why these OEMs just don't add the darn micro SD slot or be like HTC and if you don't offer a micro SD slot, just make 32 GB the default storage size.

The less that ALU has to do the better. I hope Sprint hires NSN to help deploy the 2.5 GHz LTE network nationwide. Someone needs to take the place of ALU since they have thus far failed with bringing up LTE in Network Vision.

Why not just add a SD card to a 16 GB model of the LG G2? Not sure if Sprint will carry both the 16 and 32 GB models but I wouldn't blame Sprint if they only carry the 16 GB model. Its cheaper for the consumer and as long as it has a SD card slot, I don't see too many people complaining.

Wow 5.2 in screen, Snapdragon S800 and 3000 maH battery. That is pretty impressive. The only thing that LG has to prove to me with this smartphone is to provide timely future software updates to be on par with Samsung if they want to be competitive and start to take market share from Samsung to LG.

Haha yall need to bring some extra batteries since you guys seem to be running 20 apps at once unnecessarily or yall got some terrible signal.

I don't see Tmobile interested in the H block since they Tmobile prefers the AWS band for all LTE usage. Besides AWS band is expanding with the AWS-3 auction which provides another 25x25 MHz block and is supported by more carriers which means cheaper prices for economies of scale. This puny 10 MHz of PCS isn't worth it to Tmobile given that they also have to pony up the BAS relocation fees to Sprint since they paid for the BAS relocation fees in the first place.

Come on barely tolerable? Most people can get through a day with the Note 2 even with heavy use on a 3100 maH battery from what I have read. Well sorry to break it to you but a 5000 maH ain't happening for the Note 3. A bump of 0.2 in (5.5 in to 5.7 in) on the screen and a 720p to 1080p screen does not warrant a need for an additional 1900 maH on the battery. That is just crazy. Why stop at 5000 maH when you should ask for a 8000 maH battery while you are it.

LOL 5,000 maH battery is overkill. I hope its a 3500 or 3600 maH battery.

Exactly. Its about time Sprint admit that they will not be largely complete Network Vision by the end of 2013. At this point its still questionable if they can get it largely complete by mid 2014 given how slow backhaul is coming to these sites. Also it doesn't help that Sprint has ALU as one of their vendors who tends to be pretty slow with bringing on LTE to the major metro markets.

I can't wait for the announcement of this phone. I wonder how big the battery will be this time and how much Samsung has worked on making this device thinner. The Note 2 was 0.37" thick and I am hoping Samsung can reduce the thickness to 0.33-0.34" to be on par with the Galaxy S3 even if they have to reduce the size of the S-pen. I really hope this phone has Android 4.3 stock since I have read it has pretty good battery improvements.

Sprint really needs this H block spectrum to bolster a ton of 20 MHz markets. I expect Dish to do some jabbing at the auction to drive up proceeds but I don't expect Dish to capture yet another band class that they would be on the clock for build out requirements. Dish with the S-band spectrum and now trying to acquire the Lightsquared spectrum, I would say they have their hands full. They still haven't found a partner yet to build out their LTE network.

Digiblur...can you add pics of the Network Vision cabinets in the OP since the other threads for ALU and Samsung contain pics of the Panels, RRUs and cabinets to give a full picture of what people should be looking for when verifying if a site has been upgraded with Network Vision.

I wish but i think this wont happen until next year. Sent from my Motorola Photon 4G using Tapatalk 2

I am not talking about the pricing of the GS4. I just brought up the BOGO free promotion as a sign that Sprint may be trying to find a quick way to get rid of all their existing GS4 single band LTE devices to make room for a GS4 triband LTE version. But like I said in a previous post, it still needs to hit the FCC first to confirm that a device is in the making and will support Sprint's triband LTE band frequencies. For all we know this BOGO free promotion could just be a promotion for Sprint to attract new customers with its most popular smartphone. I want to think the main side benefit is to get rid of existing inventory that Sprint already made commitments to Samsung for.

Right I agree but I was just talking about the hardware features and layout. I do think that adding a stylus feature and software that takes advantage of this is much needed. Since HTC is not new to the stylus game since the HTC Flyer had a stylus in their tablets, maybe HTC can revive it with the HTC Scribe pen but less bulkier and heavy. The LG Optimus G Pro although it was only available on AT&T, I thought it was a nice phone because it was way more comfortable to hold than the Note 2 because it was less wide by 4 mm which is a huge difference. I don't think the sales were as great as was expected. However the lack of a stylus feature makes having such a large screen incomplete. I really hope the LG Optimus G Pro 2 will have a stylus feature.

HTC One Max leak pictures. Its no surprise that it resembles pretty much a larger HTC One smartphone. I just hope HTC is smart enough this time to have it come with Android 4.2.2 stock instead of 4.1.2 stock on the HTC One. I really hope this phone gets announced at IFA the same time as the Galaxy Note 3. I just want to see more competition in the phablet space. Can't tell from the top side pic if there will be a stylus feature. I also don't like how HTC went with the 2 button layout. I wish they stuck with the typical 3 Android buttons. http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/04/htc-one-max-pictures-leak/

Yea that was true in the past but google said starting with the nexus 4 that it wont be supporting cdma directly anymore in the nexus lineup. I did find it weird that ATT didnt get the nexus 4 but only tmobile did. Sent from my Motorola Photon 4G using Tapatalk 2

there is no purpose of letting go of EBS licenses at this point. Unless forced as a concession they should keep it for the time being.