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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    I haven't heard anything on this for awhile. I still hope Sprint won't sell any of their 2.5Ghz spectrum

     

    http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/analyst-verizon-considers-sprints-25-ghz-spectrum-option-no-deals-are-motio/2015-07-29

    Especially since they are suppose to be using that for the backhaul for their small cell deployment:  http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/analysts-sprints-network-densification-project-will-likely-include-70k-smal/2015-07-23

    Moto X 2015 "Pure Edition" [users thread]

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    I find it a little odd that with the poor sales of the Nexus 6 which were mostly due to its enormous size, Motorola would take a risk on another giant device.

     

    I like the overall specs of the devices but both are a pass for me. I only get ones I can use single handedly, which means no larger than 5.2" (which BTW was the size of last year's X).

    Same here.  Also, no USB Type-C.  A little disappointed. 

    Samsung Galaxy S5 User Thread

    in Samsung

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    The S5 will get M at some point, clearly not as quickly as the S6 will.  I'm surprised we don't have our 5.1 already, honestly.  I'm sure that will come at some point soon.  The Note 4 got it a week or so ago.  

     

    Won't matter to much to me, I'll be out of Samsung this fall for sure. 

    Me too.  I plan to either get the next Nexus 5 or Moto X (if it's around 5 inches).

    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

    in General Topics

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    http://www.rcrwireless.com/20150709/network-infrastructure/sprint-small-cell-deployment-update-tag4

    Sprint’s small cell rollout has been a hot topic all summer, and even though it has not been announced yet, recruiters and installers are getting ready to move fast. Sprint has confirmed nothing, but hopeful vendors are now expecting the carrier to deploy up to 70,000 outdoor picocells

    What kind of backhaul do these small cell/picocells usually have?

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    Sprint to join Rural Operators Roaming Hub (CCA and RRPP thread)

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    How do priorities work when near partner sites?

     

    Example:

     

    One campground that we visit frequently is out of Sprint LTE range. Our phones bounce back and forth between Sprint native 3G and 1x on 1900.

     

    There happens to be a USCC tower a very short distance away. Will Sprint phones (either now or later) place preference on USCC LTE or 3G/EVDO over regular native Sprint 1x?

    I highly doubt they will.  Any kind of native signal always comes first, even if it's crappy.

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    Samsung Galaxy S5 User Thread

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    Might keep an eye out for the new Motorola phone found in the FCC database. Quite large, but has b41 CA

    Do you have a link to it?  Do you know the screen size?

     

    I'm waiting for a good, 5 inch, pure android phone.

    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Leasing in general just looks like a really bad deal to me, regardless of who's offering it or who happens to be cheaper. The math on the plans doesn't seem very good, especially if there's any chance a person will damage their phone.

     

    Other people seem to like it, and that's great for them. I don't see much harm in offering it. But I don't think I'd ever recommend leasing to someone.

    Yeah, to me, leasing is good if you know that you are good with NOT dropping/damaging your phone.  If you know you are careless with your phone, then you should get insurance with the lease.  Then at that point, it becomes more expensive and not worth it to me.

     

    Even with a non-lease, if you are careless with phones, you should get insurance.  But at lease with a non-lease, the phone payments go away after 2 yrs (or less), IF you keep the phone.

     

    I will probably do a lease thru Best Buy, maybe when the GS7 comes out.  I am pretty good at keeping my phones in good condition.

    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

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    Fair enough on the phone swaps, international data. But for the average user who is not replacing their phone so often, doesn't care about international roaming, and doesn't use tethered data...Sprint is still $15/month or $180/year cheaper. They're playing to two different segments, really. The value really comes down to what the customer is looking for - those you might classify as "power users" are definitely going to be happier with T-Mobile's plan and pricing, coverage aside. The average user is going to look at dollars and cents and conclude that Sprint is the better value.

     

    Few other points:

    • Sprint now offers free international roaming in a format that matches T-Mobile. Granted, countries covered haven't caught up yet, but I suspect they will come close over the next 6 months as more agreements are reached.
    • I also suspect Sprint will throw in hotspot data before too long - they almost have to in order to remain competitive.
    • Free Rhapsody music is absolutely meh. Sure, it's a nice value add. But we all know that no one is choosing a cell provider based on free streaming music. :) I have never met a single person who uses Rhapsody - even when it's free. Google Play Music, Spotify, and iHeartRadio are really the only streaming music services anyone I've ever come across uses. Not saying Rhapsody isn't good, just speaking truth. :)

     

    What would be cool is if they gave the customer a choice of one of the add-on options for free (maybe to customers of 5+ yrs or something):

     

    • International data
    • hotspot data
    • 3 (or some number) phone swaps a year
    • some company's music subscription (Google, pandora, etc)
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    Marcelo Claure, Town Hall Meetings, New Family Share Pack Plan, Unlimited Individual Plan, Discussion Thread

    in General Topics

    Posted

    Sprint did screw up here. Big time. But they corrected the ship and are on a new path now. No reason to continue to bog them down about it.

     

    This new plan was a great time for Sprint to be innovative with network management. I honestly don't know what they should/could do, but something. But given yesterday, it's going to be hard for them to do anything with network management for a while.

     

    I still really would like to see Sprint ditch the $36 activation fee, and offer upgrades for less than $10/month add-on. Overall though, this plan is still cheaper than all of the competition...but only barely.

     

    On the activation fee, I think that they should keep it for new customers but there should not be an "upgrade" fee for current customers.

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