Oakley707

Finally got best buy to be reasonable. I'm the lucky owner of a nexus five, .

I completely understand where you are coming from, but if I purchase the phone thru Best Buy I have the "opportunity" to buy all kinds of other things that they do quite well on. Specifically, accessories that are always WAYYY over priced as well as their protection plan. I just don't understand the point of NOT price matching, you leave me no choice to purchase the phone elsewhere. $100 is a TON of money, especially considering they don't even sell the 32GB version. Oh well.

Just tried my local Best Buy and they refused to price match Google Play for the Nexus 5. What a silly company decision. I guess I'll have to buy mine thru the Play Store after all.

Thanks for the quick reply.

Does your Sprint version from Best Buy come with Voicemail or any "bloatware"? Just curious.

Best news I have heard ALL DAY!!! I may head there now.

Lynyrd65 nailed it. Why "waste" your upgrade on a device that only retails for $350 from Google Play. It's all about cost of money, right? My plan is to purchase this off contract, sell my current device and then still be eligible for an upgrade next year if I choose to be. If you are going to lock into another two years with a phone, it should be for the most bang for your buck possible, right? Not to say the N5 isn't great device, but you never know what is around the corner. There is already quite a bit of talk about 64 bit processors for early / mid next year.

Welcome to the forums, if you can donate even a modest amount you will not be disappointed. For instance, we currently have a market map of all of the sites with updates / in progress status shown. We don't have a lot of eyes in that area scoping the towers out, so maybe you can help us with that. Take a look at Coz signature or the link: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/3906-how-to-spot-sprint-antennas-and-rrus-samsung-style/ to help identify 1900 sites in our market. How close are you to Riverside hospital? As for signal strength download a program called Signal Check Lite (referred to here as SCP, this is the pro version which costs about $2). It will not only tell you your 1X voice strength, but also your 3g and LTE signal when you have it. Thanks for all of your help.

Any chance you guys are going to price match the Play Store? I purchased my last two phones from Best Buy with their buyback program, but refuse to pay an extra $100 just because...

You may want to check the Columbus Spreadsheet thread, I believe you will find some relatively good news...

Can they really be serious about this...? What a joke. I was really hoping to use my trade-in from my Evo towards the Nexus 5. Now it looks like I'll have to wait another three to four weeks and order from the play store. What a mess. EDIT: This is also $100 more than the iPhone 5S... bleh.

SCP vs. SCL should still show 1X800 I believe...? Does your 1X connection just say 1X? You should be able to scroll back thru this topic to find a screenshot of SCP with 1X800.

No comment...

Edit: Wrong site. Americana Parkway is right off of 70 south of the highway that you can see. Right by the Farber building.

That tower is over due big time! That area is known for awesome cell service / reception and just HORRIBLE data coverage. I can't wait for LTE in that area.

Learned most of it thru this website. What an awesome resource!

2.5 Mbps is still the max speed for 3G, however, as you noted the capacity will be larger for each site. The other advantage is slightly greater coverage due to NV panels. Also, most legacy sites struggle either due to aging equipment or old T1 lines. So, we should receive MUCH more consistent speeds and latency. Latency which of course has a HUGE impact on quality of service.

I would think it would be from the nearest tower around Manning Parkway, but we have all three serving cells from that tower and 455 is NOT one of them. Appreciate all of the help.

Just checked the spreadsheet again and I don't see any 455 serving cells... Were you able to do any sensorly mapping?

I second that, especially with 118 dB. 'Enginerring' (gets me every time...) screen would confirm it, the next time you get it see if you can pull that up.

Couldn't have been said better.

Maybe it went to a different line? I noticed I only received it on the "main" line of my family plan. Not all lines on the family plan received it.

Yea, got that message for my area as well. They must have blanketed all of Columbus and the suburbs. Received the same thing for Pataskala, OH.

Make sure to check out all of Coz' links including the Market Map and Spreadsheet. I think you'll find the information to be well worth the money. Thanks for your support!

Thanks for the thorough explanation. As usual from you both. Nothing like learning on a Friday night, .