Steve Dean

On 10/14/2017 at 4:40 PM, derrph said:

 

I’m currently in Nashville at Tennessee State University Homecoming at the Nissan stadium and Sprint has bombed in the parking lot and had to put my phone away. My T-Mobile device yet slow is holding up well given the amount of people. Social media works and loading webpages. As a whole Sprint has issues in the city but that could be due to the topography of the city cause it is indeed hilly. I wouldn’t rule Sprint as completely bad. I do feel like densifying the city will do wonders.

 

 

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Downtown Nashville has been growing so fast,  Sprint has been able to keep up in my opinion.  New condominiums, office space and buildings are both impeding signals and the people living/working here are putting a heavy strain on the system.  If you go outside of the downtown footprint, the network is much better.

My wife experienced the same thing Saturday evening/night.  She was downtown with her girlfriends at the Chris Stapleton concert inside Bridgestone Arena and she was not able to get a text out.  Failed to deliver on multiple occasions.

Bobble Stitch

9 hours ago, bucdenny said:

Will HD calling be supported in the A1660 ? 

Not sure.  I think Anthony would be better to answer this.

6 hours ago, danlodish345 said:

i am getting a iphone 7plus...is anyone experiencing the battery life issue with ios 11?

I am having issues with my 6S+ currently.  I did not update iOS until 11.0.1 was released over the weekend.  I will say the battery will go from 100% to 90% in 15 to 20 minutes regardless of how I am using the phone.  It does not happen when I am not using it.

Box Lunch

I have watched several youtube videos on experience so far and there are pros and cons.  One video stated that Apple admitted to a wifi bug with the watch.  I would think that Apple would release OS updates very soon to address some of the issues.

Martial Arts

Munition Duds

Chicken Cow

James Brown

Madison Wisconsin

I believe I am going to wait until 11.1 is released unless I purchase a new 8 Plus in the next week or so.  I have seen a few videos discussing some of the glitches that are being experienced with 11 and with the 6S Plus, it may be a bigger issue versus a 7 or the new 8.

13 hours ago, WiWavelength said:

Does the average, non educated user conclude that about his/her home broadband Internet, which almost always is skewed heavily toward downlink? By the above rationale, I should conclude that something is wrong with my 30/5 Mbps home broadband.  But I do not.  And maybe average, non educated users do not either.

AJ

Dang AJ, the hits keep on coming. 

Billy Club

On 9/17/2017 at 0:12 AM, WiWavelength said:

Gimped.  The word is gimped.  Apple gimped the Qualcomm baseband modem to maintain parity with the Intel baseband modem.

Bring out the gimped modem.  Gimped modem's sleeping.  Well, I guess you're gonna have to go wake it up now, won't you?

AJ

Heck, since I have been butchering the English language, even with spell check, we can substitute gimped with gumped in this case since you do not know what modem you will receive in the phone:

4 minutes ago, bucdenny said:

Is CA on B41 supported? Or have to obtain Sprint version?

It should be.  The A1661 model (the Sprint variant) has the same specs.  All that should be needed is to switch the SIM card. 

6 hours ago, bucdenny said:

My brother has VZ A1660 model, what features will be missing if he came to Sprint?  Looking at 1 year free deal.

From a frequency standpoint, nothing:

A1660 specs

FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)
TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
CDMA EV-DO Rev. A  (800, 1900, 2100 MHz)
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

Rush Song

15 hours ago, WiWavelength said:

"Loose" = "lose" is an Internet pandemic.  Sad.

AJ

So "irregardless" could be an epidemic?

1 hour ago, WiWavelength said:

No, you are playing fast and loose (sidenote: Steve Dean, see the correct use of the word "loose") with the timeline.

Sprint and 3GPP did not hatch HPUE out of thin air in December 2016.  It was in the pipeline prior to then, a known commodity.  Apple could have planned accordingly.  LG and Samsung certainly did on handsets released months before the 2017 iPhone cohort.

The most accurate thing you said is your final statement:  "just Apple being Apple."  The iPhone historically has been a generation behind in the latest RF technology.  And until Apple settles its kerfuffle with Qualcomm or Intel gets its modem technology up to speed -- neither of which appears imminent -- iPhone will continue to be behind, even intentionally so.

AJ

Sorry AJ. Meant to type lose. Typing and working at the same time.

Nice video about the new iPhones:

33 minutes ago, RedSpark said:

It's a bit hard for me to justify paying the extra $300 for the iPhone X 256GB over the iPhone 8 256GB when it also doesn't support HPUE or 4x4 MIMO.

I guess it'll be a fraction of that total $300 amount on iPhone Forever spread out over 12 months.

I'd almost rather have the Watch (Cellular) + the iPhone 8 256GB.

Hopefully the 2018 iPhone gets HPUE.

I understand it is hard to justify the extra money and about HPUE and 4x4 MIMO not currently being supported with any new models but my wife would not care.  I am more worried about support for the current iPhone she has.  I think that the current model she has will loose support in 2018 or 19.  I would feel better knowing that something she has would be supported for several years to come. 

I would rather purchase an 8Plus, then hand it off in a year but she does not like the larger phones.  She would like something smaller like an 8 which I do not like.  I will need to figure out if this would be the best option long term.

26 minutes ago, Trip said:

This isn't really iPhone specific, but the iPhone announcement did make me think of it.

 

Do these devices that use facial recognition, do you also need a PIN to access the device?  If not, I would never, ever use this technology.  The only thing stopping a police officer from an illegal search is... well, nothing.  They hold the phone up to your face and the phone unlocks itself.

 

- Trip

From the information that I have read and listened to, you have to directly stare at the lenses for the phone to unlock and will not unlock if your eyes were not open.  Even if the officer did that, would this not classify as an unlawful seizure and be thrown out of court?

From the rumors before the release, HPUE was not going to be incorporated.  Not having 4x4 MIMO was a bit of a shock. 

Apple does have a great designs, cool functions and a couple new tricks but the antennas in the phones have always disappointed.  In my opinion, when Apple designs a new phone, some of the parts specified stay the same regardless of newer technology being available later before the release.  Hopefully with HPUE being pushed into the market, this will force Apple to incorporate the newer technology.

The purchase of a X for myself?  I am on the fence at this point.  I know at some point I will need to replace my wife's phone though she will use her current iPhone (6) until it gives up.  If I do, I can keep it for a year and give it to her in 2018.  Just need to hear some feedback from actual users before purchasing.

Wing Feast