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that's it they lost my business
damn Telus wasted me 2 weeks waiting for nothing
idiots at Telus don't want to sell the phone without a contract
bestbuy canada don't have them in stock, even though the website said they do.
checked 2 store already that shows, and still shows it has stock
most likely i'll be picking up the Tmo version instead, less hassle
WTF! You cant buy a phone outright, you have to be on contract instead? Thats insane.Does this apply to ALL phones?
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why dont you get Rogers galaxy s2 LTE?
it has the same bands as Telus but with LTE added!
Most likely it's because they are low on stock and to get more commission they save it for contracted customers. I know that's what I would do if it were me.
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why dont you get Rogers galaxy s2 LTE?
it has the same bands as Telus but with LTE added!
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No it will not work on wind / mobilicity AWS frequencies.
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That's so stupid! I was able to get it outright at my Telus store at 10am, dunno if that changed or not throughout the day or not.
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i went with T-Mob too. ebay has phones for around $518 shipped.
Let me know if you nerd help getting one on the states ag
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Most likely it's because they are low on stock and to get more commission they save it for contracted customers. I know that's what I would do if it were me.
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+1 Very likely.
AllGamer said:
that's it they lost my business
damn Telus wasted me 2 weeks waiting for nothing
idiots at Telus don't want to sell the phone without a contract
bestbuy canada don't have them in stock, even though the website said they do.
checked 2 store already that shows, and still shows it has stock
most likely i'll be picking up the Tmo version instead, less hassle
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my hook-up thread doesn't seem as bad anymore does it. I knew the big 3 would probably be as***** about it and so that's why i wanted a tmobile version instead.
You can probably buy it off someone who's trying to make a quick profit. $500 is a reasonable offer for a $100 on-contract phone.
Just try a different Telus store maybe?
Have you picked one up yet allgamer?
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still trying to get the unbranded version from BestBuy... but chances are i might be getting the Tmo version instead
got bored of waiting...
AllGamer said:
that's it they lost my business
damn Telus wasted me 2 weeks waiting for nothing
idiots at Telus don't want to sell the phone without a contract
bestbuy canada don't have them in stock, even though the website said they do.
checked 2 store already that shows, and still shows it has stock
most likely i'll be picking up the Tmo version instead, less hassle
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Lol so this is what it takes to ruffle your feathers huh? I'm used to seeing you so calm and collective in your posts lollll!
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Have you picked one up yet allgamer?
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yeah, in the end i went for the Tmo version, can't stand the idiocy at Telus
it should arrive in the next 2~3 days
If you know someone working for Telus or can get a hold of a Telus Team login, you can purchase the phone without a contract right now at $509
How come they have more development then we do....are our devices limited....they only thing I kno is the processor ?
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a lot more people in the world have the International version of the s3 (gt-i9300)
That is always the case when the international version uses a different cpu than domestic. That is why i am hoping Note 2 comes with Exynos in the US also.
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When u have a phone like ours (only canada and us) compared to one available in all of europe and some parts of asia as well as Australia and so on i believe theres gunna be more devs and what not....
im on my phone. expect terrible typos.
Noob question. Can an international version work on the at&t network here in the USA? Sorry about the Noob question.
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Zeke757 said:
Noob question. Can an international version work on the at&t network here in the USA? Sorry about the Noob question.
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yes but you wouldn't get LTE. and you would be paying an unsubsidized price so you wouldn't really get your moneys worth from a pricy at&t plan.
Thanks man.
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yes but you wouldn't get LTE. and you would be paying an unsubsidized price so you wouldn't really get your moneys worth from a pricy at&t plan.
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I beg to differ on this statement. I have both Euro S3 and ATT S3, the only advantage of the ATT is the LTE. Aside from that the Euro is hands down better in every aspect.
Unsubsidized pricing is NOT that bad, the huge benefit to this is you are not tied to busted ass ATT for 2 years and are able to leave them at any moment.
And with my Euro I have gotten more than my monies worth. The only reason I have the ATT one is because I got a steal on it and I couldn't pass it up. But it honestly just sits on my couch most of the time.
And if you are not in a contract buying an unsubsidised unlocked phone actually saves you money rather than signing a contract with a carrier. My folks pay $100+ for what I get for $45 month. If you do the math, you pay full price 10 times over buying a subsidized phone.
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Pricing of the cell phone plan has nothing to do with if the phone is subsidized or not...
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Yaken said:
Pricing of the cell phone plan has nothing to do with if the phone is subsidized or not...
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That correct, on At&T the plans are not connected to the device, you only get a break on the price on the device if you agreed to keep your account for 24 months, what phone you have or what plan you have during that period doesn't change or affect the contact.
Correct but if you get a subsidized phone you signed a contract.. carriers plans are more than the prepaid or postpaid plans that offer the same benefits.. its a known fact that carriers get you in the door by offering phones subsidized while offering higher rates than prepaid but if you do the math buying the phone outright you save more money (a LOT MORE) going with Straight Talk over AT&T and essentially get the same service.
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You don't have to but the phone at a subsidized price you can buy it out right and not sign a 2 yr contract its your choice.
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What do you guys pay for AT&T? $90 a month per line or so? $60?.. $50?.. Straight Talk is exactly the same at $45, they are also on the verge of allowing lte.. the minutes for dollars scam the carriers have been using is very outdated and coming to an end.
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Postpaid service is better on every Carrier than prepaid in my opinion.
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Postpaid service is better on every Carrier than prepaid in my opinion.
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I agree. That's why I use straight talk. Its post paid.
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Well if your going with one of the most costly carriers buying the us version from at&t over the unlocked version saves you 20% the cost of the phone + a 2 year plan. Obviously you would save money from using the unlocked version on a crappy carrier / plan without LTE..
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That is always the case when the international version uses a different cpu than domestic. That is why i am hoping Note 2 comes with Exynos in the US also.
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The Note 2 is coming with the Exynos quad core and it will support LTE. Check out Briefmobile.com, they have an article about it. Definitely getting it.
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The Note 2 is coming with the Exynos quad core and it will support LTE. Check out Briefmobile.com, they have an article about it. Definitely getting it.
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Why? The next gen Exynos is around the corner. And it's dual core, now what does that say about quad core
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What do you guys pay for AT&T? $90 a month per line or so? $60?.. $50?.. Straight Talk is exactly the same at $45, they are also on the verge of allowing lte.. the minutes for dollars scam the carriers have been using is very outdated and coming to an end.
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we pay $10 per line line plus $30 for unlimited data and $20 total text unlimited text on 4 lines. granted it is grandfathered, so it is 100% with it for us to stay on our plan.
straight talk limits your data to 2gb and they don't offer LTE. i also have yet to see anything indicating they will or could. to each his own, though.
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So my Sprint contract got terminated for roaming. It will be effective next month.
I had really bad service where I lived. My signal would sometimes just go dead and would have no data just cellular and 3g 4g speeds were abysmal.. Trying to watch a youtube video or even load a gif HURT.
My question is while I go on about selling my GS3, what are my options for service? Can my phone go on a Sprint month to month service while I can jump ship?
Question for you, did Sprint charge you the ETF or anything like that, like was there any negatives other than service being cut?
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Question for you, did Sprint charge you the ETF or anything like that, like was there any negatives other than service being cut?
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Nope. The letter stated no ETF would be applied.
Really, I'm happy. Their service was unusable and I got tired of waiting on promises of better coverage. I think at this point in my area going with an unlocked Nexus 4 on TMobile prepaid is my answer ($50 a month unlimited everything. Speeds are terrific 16mbps+ in my apartment).
Just trying to figure out what can I do while I find a buyer for my phone and jump ship
You could flash to page plus in the mean time which uses Verizon's network. Or activate a cheap phone on your line right now and sell the gs3 now
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Nope. The letter stated no ETF would be applied.
Really, I'm happy. Their service was unusable and I got tired of waiting on promises of better coverage. I think at this point in my area going with an unlocked Nexus 4 on TMobile prepaid is my answer ($50 a month unlimited everything. Speeds are terrific 16mbps+ in my apartment).
Just trying to figure out what can I do while I find a buyer for my phone and jump ship
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I know T-Mo prepaid has a $30 unlimited Text and data(throttled after 5GB) with 100 minutes a month. Unless you need the unlimited minutes, I'd say the $30 would be a better deal.
As for selling the phone, I'd say try EBay and Craigslist.
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I sold my nexus s on swappa. It took a couple weeks but it was very easy and secure.
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I sold my nexus s on swappa. It took a couple weeks but it was very easy and secure.
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this looks like a good site. thanks im going to give it a shot. i already listed it on craigslist also.
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I know T-Mo prepaid has a $30 unlimited Text and data(throttled after 5GB) with 100 minutes a month. Unless you need the unlimited minutes, I'd say the $30 would be a better deal.
As for selling the phone, I'd say try EBay and Craigslist.
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as far as im concerend tmo updated their policies so they don't do any throttling anymore!
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as far as im concerend tmo updated their policies so they don't do any throttling anymore!
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I thought they still have tethered plans, but also offer a fully unlimited plans. I may be wrong though.
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EggosEvo said:
I thought they still have tethered plans, but also offer a fully unlimited plans. I may be wrong though.
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I was looking at TMO before deciding to extend my contract with Sprint and upgrade to the SIII. TMO does have plans that are cheaper which doesn't allow tether (unless you add it on - $15.00/month) or more expensive plans that do allow tether but aren't unlimited. It's all a cluster.
What the Duck is this
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What the Duck is this
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Nobody said the classic subsidized plans were eliminated completely. Walmart, Costco, Amazon, Best Buy and other retailers who carry Tmobile phone still have the old plans because retailers get a cut when they lock in customers for two years. But at Tmobile corporate stores and online at tmobile.com, only the new plans are offered. Tmobile is all about choice, which you don't have at Att, Verizon, or Sprint
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Nobody said the classic subsidized plans were eliminated completely. Walmart, Costco, Amazon, Best Buy and other retailers who carry Tmobile phone still have the old plans because retailers get a cut when they lock in customers for two years. But at Tmobile corporate stores and online at tmobile.com, only the new plans are offered. Tmobile is all about choice, which you don't have at Att, Verizon, or Sprint
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I didnt knew that.
Lesson of the day : Tmobile still got Classic plans.
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Sure but why would you want that? The new uncarrier plans are much better and save more money basically across the board. To each his own, I guess...
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Yea I only pay 79.99 for the unl, no data cap and then $20 a month for the phone subsidy. Not bad to have the best phone in the world, for now.
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Yea I only pay 79.99 for the unl, no data cap and then $20 a month for the phone subsidy. Not bad to have the best phone in the world, for now.
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They didnt get rid of contracts, they just now offer no contract plans.
I got the GS4 no contract and the monthly payment is $50 unlimited everything and $20 if you dont want them to slow down 4G after 500MB/month.
comes out to $70, next line would be $50 and every line after would be $30.
Comes out cheaper than that $79
I signed 2YR contract with tmobile and paid 150 for mine
My question :: since we are going to be with Tmobile for years why nt to sign contract?? I am with T for 5+ years. Always thought of switching but never did. So contract is fine with me
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My question :: since we are going to be with Tmobile for years why nt to sign contract?? I am with T for 5+ years. Always thought of switching but never did. So contract is fine with me
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im actually going to be switching, i have a family plan and i will be taking advantage of the unlimited min aspect of it. I will be "migrating" my new s4 to the new plan
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My question :: since we are going to be with Tmobile for years why nt to sign contract?? I am with T for 5+ years. Always thought of switching but never did. So contract is fine with me
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Because the price without contract is actually better than with contract. Let me crunch the numbers -
With Contract from Costco: $200 for Galaxy S4 + $80/month for unlimited talk/text/2.5GB web = $2,120 over the 2 year contact
Without Contract from T-Mobile.com: $630 for Galaxy S4 + $60/month for unlimited talk/text/2.5GB web = $ 2070 over 2 years period
The economics are even better if you bring a $300 Nexus 4 instead of purchasing a Galaxy S4. And if you are in a family plan, you're talking about over a thousand dollar in savings across multiple lines. BUT the biggest benefit is that after 2 years, you will pay $60/mo off contract no matter which phone you use, whereas under contract you'll still pay $80/mo long after you've technically paid off the subsidy.
bikrame said:
My question :: since we are going to be with Tmobile for years why nt to sign contract?? I am with T for 5+ years. Always thought of switching but never did. So contract is fine with me
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Because you pay less when you bring your own phone. If you want contract there is the eip plan where you pay $20 more per month. On other carriers there is no option like this. Bottom line you pay only for service not for the device. In other carriers even if you bring your own device you still pay the same price as others with contract.
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Hard for me to decide. We are paying $88 after tax and everything for 2 lines with 1000 minutes shared, and 5gb data each. No messaging plan and 5gb is more than enough, use wifi most of the time.
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bikrame said:
My question :: since we are going to be with Tmobile for years why nt to sign contract?? I am with T for 5+ years. Always thought of switching but never did. So contract is fine with me
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Because you dont want to be locked down to one phone for two years. You can pay your first phone off and get another phone. Lets say if there is another nice phone comes out 8 months from now, like the S5. If you have a two year contract, you cant do this.
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gizmoscoop said:
Because you dont want to be locked down to one phone for two years. You can pay your first phone off and get another phone. Lets after if there is another nice comes out 8 months from now, like the S5.
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Exactly, I got tmobile in Oct kf 2011 with the S2. If iI had gone with the classic plan instead of the value plan, i would still be with the S2 today. But luckily I got the value plan and have gone from the S2 to the S3 to the S4 by paying off these phones early
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From negri, ebay, or just t-mobile store?
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Online via the T-Mobile store (corp portal link)
Walked into the T-mobile store day after launch and picked one up. Using it unlocked on AT&T.
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I waited for weeks for Negri because I didn't know they were that shaddy. Costs more from T-Mobile but at least I have the peace of mind. 5% cashback also helped.
Brought mine from someone. $560. I unlocked it, now I'm rocking it on AT&T LTE network.
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Brought mine from someone. $560. I unlocked it, now I'm rocking it on AT&T LTE network.
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Tmobile variant has built in att LTE network band? Or did you need to unlock the AWS?
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From negri, ebay, or just t-mobile store?
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Oy! For the love of God, stay away from Negri. I'm sure the thread is still here somewhere. Just search.
I got my from Swappa (After I cancelled my Negri order). Got a decent deal, saved about $100 over the cost of getting it from T-Mobile. Take your time to find a reputable seller. Look for sellers that aren't just buying and selling used phones (i.e. look for an original owner).
Craigslist $530 :thumbup:
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Thank you! I want to buy tmobile note 3 and use it under my att plan on ATT network. Is craigslist or eBay reliable source? I try to avoid that the imei becomes in effective after I use it for one or two month......Thanks for your advice!
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Thank you! I want to buy tmobile note 3 and use it under my att plan on ATT network. Is craigslist or eBay reliable source? I try to avoid that the imei becomes in effective after I use it for one or two month......Thanks for your advice!
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SWAPPA is what I would recommend. Can't trust the IMEI problems froms Craigslist or Ebay phones.
Got mine from swappa as well, paid $680, brand new in box.
It's not always a horror story with craigslist, there are a few decent people on there lol. But yea I agree other places are definetly more trustworthy and safe to buy from, just don't expect to get as good a deal from them since your not taking a chance.
I met with craigslist seller @Tmobile so to be sure it was paid off and not blacklisted, just gotta be smart and do things the right way or you will get screwed over on that site
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Just wondering for those who have a tmobile note 3 on atnt, what are the advantages of this? Just curious since I am currently choosing between tmobile and atnt.
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It's not always a horror story with craigslist, there are a few decent people on there lol. But yea I agree other places are definetly more trustworthy and safe to buy from, just don't expect to get as good a deal from them since your not taking a chance.
I met with craigslist seller @Tmobile so to be sure it was paid off and not blacklisted, just gotta be smart and do things the right way or you will get screwed over on that site
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Two new posts today about Craig List nightmares....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2532974
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2533082
not worth the effort.
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Just wondering for those who have a tmobile note 3 on atnt, what are the advantages of this? Just curious since I am currently choosing between tmobile and atnt.
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They want the unlocked bootloader of the T-Mobile Note 3 (GSM) for easy rooting and ROM'ing, but want to use it on ATTs more expensive (GSM) network. Has the ATT Note3's bootloader been hacked yet? I don't even know.
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Bought mine last month on Swappa for $690 w/o any shipping or taxes. Arrived a day later via USPS priority mail from NJ (to NY). No insurance; a 1-year samsung warranty is good enough for me.
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Craigslist $530 :thumbup:
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+1, paid $550 though
thegameksk said:
Just wondering for those who have a tmobile note 3 on atnt, what are the advantages of this? Just curious since I am currently choosing between tmobile and atnt.
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Number 1 advantage is signal and real lte and more coverage I pretty much get 4G almost everywhere , T-mobile has too many dead spots. Even betting I'm using a straight att sim and getting 18- 20+ mbps download
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diamantericos said:
Number 1 advantage is signal and real lte and more coverage I pretty much get 4G almost everywhere , T-mobile has too many dead spots. Even betting I'm using a straight att sim and getting 18- 20+ mbps download
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Got it from T-M store.
BTW NUMBER 1 advantage of T-M here is normal coverage comparing to ATT garbage (even regular signal coverage is extremely weak)! Even with the microcell booster.