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    Nexus 7

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    Agreed, got my wife the Nexus 7 and I love it. I actually bought an iPad on black friday and returned it due to its heft(I know, heresy!). I think I'm going to order a Nexus 10 at some point but I really see the advantage to a 7" tablet over the 10". Alot of times I think I'd rather have my laptop than a 10", but the 7' is just a large phone really and easy to handle.

     

     

    The N10 looks tempting especially at 399 with that screen resolution. I own a n7 and an iPad mini and kind of feel as though I like the 7 inch range over the 10 might be my cup of tea.

     

     

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    Nexus 7

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    I love the weight and size of the device and the good feeling it has when I hold it one handed. I've only had it a couple hours and I am already loving it. This is my first android tablet and so far it is holding up to hype.

     

    Sent from my Nexus 7

     

     

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    Google Nexus 4 by LG

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    After a few days of using the Nexus 4 and the T-Mobile network in my area, here are my thoughts. The Nexus 4 is a fantastic device. Very fast. Jelly Bean 4.2 in its natural state is wonderful. Screen quality is very good.

     

    I don't feel LG in any instance, just feels like Google. Build quality is wonderful. It is sleek and sexy. My biggest complaint with the device is it is so slick. Holding can be challenging if you have really clean hands with no skin oils on them at all. And when your hands are very clean, it can be hard to even just type on it. While typing it wants to slip right out of your hands. I have yet to drop it. :fingers:

     

    It also feels a lot smaller than it is. The screen size is nearly identical to the EVO LTE, but it looks and feels smaller. I like the device, but I do miss CDMA and the Sprint network, though. T-Mobile's rural network is grossly inferior in my area to Sprint.

     

    Of the 8 T-Mobile sites within 20 miles of my house, 7 of them are EDGE only. The one that is not has HSPA and HSPA+ on it. However, HSPA and HSPA+ both run at the same speed. Maxes out around 2.2Mbps late at night and early in the morning. At peak times, it runs around 400-500kbps.

     

    However, I had to go to Santa Fe on Tuesday evening. I did reach a blistering 16Mbps speed on HSPA+. The Google version does support dual carrier HSPA+, but I do not know when I am on dual carrier or not. No matter if I am on HSPA, HSPA+ or Dual Carrier, it only shows "H" next to the signal indicator. Which is kind of a bummer. It would be nice if it at least changed to H+. I have to go into an app like RootMetrics, Sensorly or Settings>Status to find out which 3G/FauxG network I am on. But it changes to "E" when on EDGE. Which is what I see most of the time.

     

    Even when on 3G/4G, the service is much spottier than Sprint 3G EVDO. And going inside buildings seems to impact signal more than Sprint. I am amazed how signal strength dependent HSPA performance is compared to EVDO. There is a proportional drop in ping and speeds as the signal degrades. Whereas EVDO holds 80% of performance all the way down to -100dBm. It seems like HSPA loses 50% or more at -100dBm. These are all anecdotal observations over just 4 days of usage.

     

    The bottom line is T-Mobile voice coverage is pretty good in my area on EDGE. And voice quality is fairly good but not on par with Sprint (and may be the device and not Tmo network). However, HSPA/HSPA+ coverage is poor to fair, and even city coverage can be spotty and unusable in some buildings. Where T-Mobile network is good and the signal is strong though, the performance is great.

     

    But the bottom line is the price. I am paying $30 per month on their web only prepaid plan that gives you Unlimited Text/5GB of 4G data and 100 minutes of talk. You can overlook a multitude of sins for only $30.

     

    In my area, Sprint has 3G EVDO on every site, and speeds average 1Mbps. So I prefer that over 2G EDGE everywhere, with some screaming fast pockets of HSPA+. But if T-Mobile ever upgraded their entire Northern New Mexico network to HSPA+ and later LTE, they would be a contender.

     

    Another noteworthy item. In Santa Fe, T-Mobile HSPA+ out performed VZW LTE in almost every instance. :tu:

     

    Robert

     

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    This is the fastest speed test I ever received. It was in Santa Fe at the corner of Cerrillos and St. Francis. Speeds were great when you were within a few blocks of a Tmo HSPA+ site. Much like Sprint LTE. But dropped off to an average of 3-5Mbps in places in between sites. Although, there were many places in the city signal would drop to -105 to -110dBm making 4G almost unusable. And this was in a car!

     

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    This is the fastest HSPA+ speed test I had in my area, on the one site that has HSPA+ outside of Santa Fe. This was taken at 8 AM in the morning. It rarely gets above 600k between Noon and 9 PM. Also, I'm amazed at the huge swings in speeds in short periods of time on HSPA+. The 10 tests take before and after this one were between 800k and 2.5Mbps.

     

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    This the common peak time HSPA+ performance in Espanola. Meh. Sprint 3G runs about 700k to 1Mbps at the same time. I think Tmo needs to upgrade their backhaul and add more carriers at this site.

     

    Robert via Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

     

    My friend is highly considering returning the phone on the basis that he feels like he is going to drop the phone everyone time he types more then a couple sentences or has to respond to work emails

     

     

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