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Looks like it's going to be exclusive to AT&T

AT&T will exclusively offer the ZTE SPro2 on AT&T’s network — the nation’s most reliable 4G LTE network and the network that has the nation’s strongest LTE signal. The latest version provides twice the projector brightness of its predecessor. Pricing and availability will be announced at a later date.

http://about.att.com/story/zte_spro2_projector_first_att_portable_projector_and_mobile_hotspot_coming_to_americas_strongest_lte_signal.html

Not impressed with WiFi calling so far. Sounds good on my end however fiance says it's super has a real bad echo.

 

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Weird, I've not had any issues with Wi-Fi calling. I had a 45-minute phone interview for a potential job on Friday, using WFC with my GN4, and the woman I was talking to didn't have any issues hearing anything I said. In fact, it was apparently clear enough for her to comment that I sound like one of the company's employees.

I wonder if there's an issue with your network or your phone.

On a side note, it always throws me off when I see your location because I live about 20 minutes from Saratoga Springs, NY, so I'm not expecting to see UT in your location.

I believe he was saying that speakerphone quality is nad while on wifi calling.

Yes, and as I said I have not had any problems with speakerphone quality -  including when using WFC.

Anyone tried speakerphone while on a wifi call? Everyone I talk to says they can hear themselves echoing, but a regular network call is fine.

I use speakerphone often and have not had anyone say anything like that. In fact, I'm happy with the speakerphone performance on the GN4.  I get less "what did you say?" questions from people than I used to when using speakerphone on my S4.

Thanks for the advice, Robert. I'll try that out when I get home.

Edit: And that did the trick.

Wi-Fi calling was working fine for me on my home network for the first few weeks I had the GN4. I was away last week for Thanksgiving and since getting back on Monday afternoon, Wi-Fi calling is no longer working. I have the `Network connection error' message in my notification bar. The GN4 is connected to my Wi-Fi network since I can surf the web but for some reason it won't make calls (WFC is turned on). Anyone know any possible fixes? The GN4 is my first WFC-capable phone so this is my first time with this problem.

I'm not. I don't want payment installments added on top of my bill. I would rather keep it the exact same and just pay my one time fee with my phone trade in which is usually $100 or less. Pass.

 

Edit: I would probably just go to best buy or order online. Wherever it allows me to just renew my contract lol.

Agreed. I was able to pay $50 with my upgrade for my Note 4 at Best Buy using their $200 trade-in promotion and other gift cards I had. Now I'm just paying for my service (with the built-in subsidy, of course) for the next two years, instead of paying for service plus a phone installment. With my employer discount, I'm paying less per month than I would with the $60 unlimited + phone installment.

Sbusidies/contracts actually benefit some customers, which is why I continue to do them despite many people claiming they're not good. Everyone's case is different and choice is a good thing.

Just remember, if you need to use data and make a call and you're not near wifi, just make the call through hangouts. You can still use data that way.

Thanks for the tip. I didn't realize that about Hangouts. I don't need data and voice often, but it's good to know for when I need it and not at home/on Wi-Fi.

After going through my first workday with the Note, I'm liking the battery life compared to my S4. I took it off the charger around 630am and had 42% left when I got home around 6pm (with about an hour, 45 minutes of screen-on time and listening to podcasts all day). With my S4, I would plug it into my work computer after lunch (around 1pm) to charge it because it would usually be around 50% at that point in the day.

On the other hand, I got my first reminder today that the tri-band devices don't support SVLTE when I got a No Data error message when a call was coming in  Small sacrifice to make for a phone that is a big upgrade (no pun intended) over the S4.

I can confirm this but dont have a pic. It was announced/went into effect 9/12 for 2 year contracts signed after 9/12. If you signed before 9/12 you still have a 20 month upgrade until you sign another contract.

Did they decide not to switch to the 24-month cycle? I used my upgrade on a Note 4 yesterday and now my upgrade date is showing 6/1/16 in my account. I think sticking with the 20-month cycle makes sense for Sprint since it's one of the few perks they still offer that AT&T and Verizon don't.

I had the same issue activating mine. But I am receiving calls now so it seems to be fixed. One of the BB employees when I was there was also having trouble activating a Virgin phone so it must have been affecting Sprint's prepaid brands too.

I'm liking the phone so far after a few hours with it. There's no B26 or B41 near me so the LTE connectivity right now is the same as my single-band S4, but the Spark will come handy when I travel. Fingerprint scanner is working well for me when unlocking the phone. Still trying to figure out some of the features that weren't on the S4. Well worth the $50 I paid for the phone after trading in my Evo 3D and using some other gift cards I had.

Finally got my email from BB this morning. Hopefully I'm have my Note in hand in a couple hours.

Phandroid has received a leaked Sprint document that says the Gear S can get a "connected device" plan with 1000 minutes, 1000 texts and 100MB data for $9.99/month or it can be added to a family share plan for $10 and pull from the data bucket.

http://phandroid.com/2014/10/17/gear-s-plan/

You could order from Verizon!

 

Shouldn't matter of they sold out, take my $50, reserve it and good $200 gift card. Website says pre-order in store until today, doesn't say quanities limited.... Take my money dang it!

It looks they've extended the $200 gift card promotion. The Galaxy Note 4 landing page on BB's site currently says "Get a guaranteed $200 Best Buy gift card when you trade in any working smartphone and purchase the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 or Samsung Galaxy S 5." Note the revised wording (no mention of pre-ordering) and inclusion of the S5 as welll. I don't see an expiration date listed.

Thanks. Looks like Sprint removed the mobile data and download booster toggles, compared to this screenshot of the AT&T model from GSM Arena:

Can someone with the Note 4 in hand please tell me if there's a mobile data quick toggle option in the settings part of the notification panel/shade? I saw the option in a screenshot in one of the reviews of the AT&T model, but since Sprint removed it from the S4 with one of the OS updates, I'm wondering if they removed it from this phone.

The most appealing thing is its compatibility with every major carrier in the United States.  It's a major step forward in the right direction in this regard.

$649.  That's steep.  This is really designed to be a contract device.  Bummer.  I do like the one model for all North America carriers though.  I may buy, but I am not going to rush out and get it.  I will want to hear about the SIM interoperability with other providers.  If it ends up being fully open on Verizon too, then I may do it.

There's one model for all U.S. carriers? I haven't read that yet. Is there a link to that info?

Back to 349 on Best Buy's site. I pre-ordered one yesterday in store and forgot to ask what the price was. The paperwork they gave me didn't show a price either. I assume it'll end up being 299, it may just take some effort/a price match to get it.

Glens Falls, N.Y. is finally showing up with LTE coverage more than a year after I first started experiencing it in parts of the area. Makes sense since I noticed expanded coverage through most parts of th city (that I frequent) within the last couple of weeks. Now they just need to expand a little farther north to cover where I live, though I suspect the towers that cover me are mostly GMOs.

Interesting, I emailed them about the Sprint price change asking if they would change it. I asked at 10:31AM today, but received no reply.

I sent a tweet to @BestBuySupport this morning asking about something else and got a reply in less than two minutes. I don't know if that was an anomaly or not, but that may be the way to go next time instead of email (if you're on Twitter).

Nevermind I see they bestbuy has changed their price to $299.99 now.  http://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-galaxy-note-4-cell-phone-charcoal-black-sprint/8681453.p;jsessionid=28C0A682DB96BC8F66FC0C9EBFB939C4.bbolsp-app01-101?id=1219357517237&skuId=8681453&st=Sprint%20Note%204&cp=1&lp=3&contract_desc=

Nice, thanks for pointing that out. Makes things easier not to have to worry about a price match.

Best Buy is still showing $349 on their site. If they don't drop the price, will they price match Sprint's price when the phone comes out?

Even at $5/mo, it's still waaaaaaaaaaay cheaper than the other carriers to call Latin America.

Yeah, I wasn't saying $5/month isn't a good deal. I was just clarifying it for TheCUJuan because the retweet he referred to just said 500 free minutes and I didn't know if he saw the press release to know it only applied for new customers.

Did anyone see Marcelos retweet about 500 mins to Latin america through 2015?

I guess it was announced Friday? I totally missed that.

I’ve definitely noticed more LTE coverage around Glens Falls/Queensbury the last couple of days. Tuesday, I tried watching a 60-second YouTube video and couldn’t get through it without a lot of buffering. The next day, in the same location and same time of day, I noticed the LTE icon in my status bar and got over 11 MB/sec down on a speed test. Unfortunately, the LTE stops just before it reaches where I live.