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Hello everyone.
I'm on sprint now on referral plan with gs2, love the phone, hate service. But, since I pay next to nothing, was toughing it out for a while. Can not anymore, getting worse day by day and Nv is crap!
Anyways, I used to have tmobile and loved it, very fast data ans I like the idea of hspa+.
My question, however, is about galaxy nexus and tmobile hspa42. From the looks of it, their hspa+42 network is live here in Colorado, but the unlocked galaxy nexus only supports hspa+21? So, I'm guessing that is a pretty big deal as I won't be able to get the performance I could with another device that does support hspa+42?
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You are correct that the nexus does not support the hspa 42 network. I think the galaxy s2 on tmobile does, that's why they went with the snapdragon instead of the exynos or ti omap.
I personally don't think it is a reason to go with a "42" device over a nexus device. Users have posted their speedtest scores and they generally look good.
Not sure if this answers your question.
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se1zure31 said:
You are correct that the nexus does not support the hspa 42 network. I think the galaxy s2 on tmobile does, that's why they went with the snapdragon instead of the exynos or ti omap.
I personally don't think it is a reason to go with a "42" device over a nexus device. Users have posted their speedtest scores and they generally look good.
Not sure if this answers your question.
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True, but is that a pretty big jump in speed when on hspa42? Real world performance I mean, I know that on paper hspa42 can reach potential speeds of 28-30mbps, I'm guessing it never has though.
Anything is better than <300kbps I get now on sprint. Even on 4g it is about 800-1.5mbps.
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I cannot comment on the hspa 42 speeds myself but if that is a bigger deal than the true nexus experience go with a t-mobile galaxy s2. It's a great phone, but stock its still on gingerbread. Don't think I could go back to that personally.
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You know how Google has it on sale unlocked for $400? I see that they only have grey, eBay has new ones which are unlocked in white. Would all those also work good on hspa+21 that tmobile has? I'm guessing they are all same but different color?
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I'm using the white gnex on tmo. I previously used a tmo sgs2. The gnex is compatible with the hspa21 network & sgs2 with the hspa42. That being said, these are theoretical peak speeds aka not what you're actually going to get. There is no difference between speeds on my gnex or the sgs2. Both have reached up to 15mbps with full bars of service. This is in westchester, NY.
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afive720 said:
You know how Google has it on sale unlocked for $400? I see that they only have grey, eBay has new ones which are unlocked in white. Would all those also work good on hspa+21 that tmobile has? I'm guessing they are all same but different color?
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All i9250 are the same. They're all 21mbps HSPA+.
The speed difference between 42mbps and 21mbps radios in the real world isn't very big. The real-world max speeds you'll see on 21 are like ~11mbps, whereas on 42 you'll maybe peak at ~17mbps. All dependent on tons of factors.
You won't be dissatisfied with 21mbps device on T-Mobile. The speeds are great.
afive720 said:
You know how Google has it on sale unlocked for $400? I see that they only have grey, eBay has new ones which are unlocked in white. Would all those also work good on hspa+21 that tmobile has? I'm guessing they are all same but different color?
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just remember that if you don't buy the usa version (the 16gb silver one google sells directly) you don't get a warranty or samsung support in the usa
the highest speed i've seen in the bay area is 11.2mbps with t-mobile
Tmo gs2 in Baltimore I was getting about 10-12 mbps and on gnex in Baltimore I get about 6. Yeah its about half but its a lot faster than anything sprint has.
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Thanks guys. I am so close to getting one. Just really hard, even with how cheap tmobile is, my sprint is literary free. Like right now, at 2am, I am getting 1.3mbps on 3g, which is acceptable I guess.
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This is my speeds on the $30 5g monthly 4g plan. Pretty good for being in a valley. I know ATT has poor signal at my house.
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That 100 minutes total? With no nights and weekends or mobile to mobile?
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afive720 said:
That 100 minutes total? With no nights and weekends or mobile to mobile?
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Yes. 100 minutes means 100 minutes. No frills.
My speeds are in the range of ~5-7mbps down / 2-4mbps up.
I had a GS2 and sold it for 330 on CL and bought this phone. I get the same data speeds on this phone as the GS2. Sure the GS2 can get 42 but I never broke 20 and I had the phone for a year. The only draw back with the nexus is the screen. I got a small scratch the first day I had it (hoping an xo skin will cover it up). I never had a protector on the S2 and never had a scratch. Go with the nexus you wont be disappointed.
I'd have to get the $70 plan, 100 minutes wouldn't cut it, nor 2g of data. Hmm, that means I'd have to pay $70 more than I so now.
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afive720 said:
I'd have to get the $70 plan, 100 minutes wouldn't cut it, nor 2g of data. Hmm, that means I'd have to pay $70 more than I so now.
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So... you pay $0 for service now?
So does this phone (if bought from Google) work with my old tzones plan. I want to buy one but would like to be sure before spending $400. Thanks for the help.
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So... you pay $0 for service now?
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Yep lol
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I also have the Galaxy Nexus which I bought from Google a couple of days ago paired with T-Mobile's Monthly4G plan ($30 unlimited text/data + 100 minutes)
With the app called "talkatone", all you really need is unlimited data + google voice to get unlimited talk + texting services for free.
But currently, on this plan my speed is
about 3 Mbps up/down using XXLA2 baseband (which was the stock baseband installed on the phone when I got it from Google)
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Yep lol
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okay... so not sure why you're considering going anywhere else. Free service, as long as its somewhat usable, kinda trumps everything.
hey everyone..what keeps you with sprint!? the unlimited data and any mobile is great, but the data speeds and lack of 4g or LTE are kind of annoying...so what keeps y'all with sprint?! I Love the aformentioned perks, but I think verizon 4g lte in my area may tempt me to switch
Well I created a new plan with sprint [was on parents' plan] and I could have went anywhere. I went with sprint cuz of the data prices, and the overall price wasn't bad. Not gona go to at&t and verizon and get raped with data. Also LTE coming to my area is supposed to be heavy, so we will see.
Its cheaper then the other carriers. I get full signal on sprint everywhere I go in my area. It actually has unlimited data
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Well im almost done with sprint persknally. I have bad service at home and at work. My home wifi network makes it somewhat bearable.
Whats keeping me on sprint right now is the future unlimited LTE.
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Yeah...I hear all the replies!! Unlimited is key for me too...especially the any mobile as I use my phone for work. But the speed and lack of network development bug the hell out of me
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The unlimited plan.....hands down!! My wife and I both, have never even been able to use 4G after 3 yrs with Sprint!!
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Ive never seen 4g on my evo 4g either since launch day!! Sad would be cool to use 4g on the "so called EVO 4G" should just be called the EVO...
Well, my parents pay for that. So I don't exactly worry, I only get to see 4G maybe once every 6 months, but my areas getting LTE.
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There plan prices are much better than the others, but it is the unlimited data and minutes that are a plus for me.
There prices, when it comes to customer service they are the best. This only carrier I stayed longer then any other carrier.
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Living in KC I get GREAT service and Unlimited. NOTHING and I mean NOTHING is worth losing that. If All Carriers did what AT&T and Verizon do then I would just not own Cellphones or any other device anymore.
I saved over $90 /month coming to sprint from Verizon and data / phone coverage is great in Philadelphia. I never drop calls
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Thanks guys! Great discussion. I will likely stick with sprint for all reasons mentioned...they are all my pros ...just wish I could get some 4g hahah.
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bigbear6708 said:
Thanks guys! Great discussion. I will likely stick with sprint for all reasons mentioned...they are all my pros ...just wish I could get some 4g hahah.
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4G, ha!!! i only turn it on to download ROMs faster. thing is a battery killer on every device on every carrier, not missing much
Haven't used 4g in months. When I do use it I get full bars of signal
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Ha ha ha...that's right! Not sure if my areas even getting the LTE...but normal day to day service is ok.
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traesnaidensdad said:
Ha ha ha...that's right! Not sure if my areas even getting the LTE...but normal day to day service is ok.
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This was meant as a reply for an earlier post....should just be called EVO...
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I also like their customer service, I went in to buy a zagg shield for my NS4G and the worker there offered to take 50% off out of nowhere, originally $40.
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15 years of loyalty to a company Carries a lot of weight when you know how to get the right person on the phone. for me no other provider can offer services products or discounts that can compare to a company rewarding your loyalty. Almost left a few years Ago when if seemed I could never talk to an American ( no offense intended ). Sprint has really done a 135° turn since then. Not quite there yet but doing better.
Pocket posted sorry....
Price
Unlimited Data
Call ANY cell on ANY network without a BS fee
Ease of modifing plan without being charged out the ass
EVO line of course
Plan options
Good signal
4G
Minutes
Free roaming
Free nights and weekends
Unlimted texting
Unlimited MMS
Sprint I love your customer service. I love the unlimited data. But damn your 3g makes me feel like AOL dial up was the ****
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Unlimited crap is still crap
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sgtmedeiros said:
Unlimited crap is still crap
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Poooop
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Am I the only one around here that thinks thinks sprint 3g is perfectly fine?
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yousefak said:
Am I the only one around here that thinks thinks sprint 3g is perfectly fine?
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I think it is perfectly fine too, but I have had sprint for 10 years and have nothing to compare it too
In a LTE market now and WOW have I been getting the old one eye from sprint previously!
I feel sorry for a lot of Sprint users that get dialup speeds. Lucky for me I get 1mb plus all day long, this morning I pulled over 2mb. I have been told that all wireless carriers here share the same internet connections. I know whatever I get on Speed test, so do my fam members on VZW or ATT.
Sprint's 3G is horrible. Up until 2 years ago, I was regularly getting about 1Mbps, good for CDMA. At $30/month on Sero, I was happy. Then it started slowing down. When I finally left I was regularly getting < 100Kbps and to top it off I was paying $50/month because I had an E4gT.
I am now on prepaid paying $50/month, getting 4-8 Mbps and happy.
To all sprint users thank you for the past few years. But I have left sprint and went to Verizon. I know what some of are thinking but I really got tired of sprints **** service in my area. Talked to customer support on Tuesday and was told if I return my og Evo ( don't really know why they want that ) and my gnexus i could end my contract with no fees. So I did, went to best buy that same day picked up a gnexus for Verizon for ONE DOLLAR, AND MUST SAY IM LOVING THE LTE!!!!! To the Verizon pepes see u in the dev. Section.
Glad I got all 4 of my batteries from sprint the other day lol.
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justen7723 said:
To all sprint users thank you for the past few years. But I have left sprint and went to Verizon. I know what some of are thinking but I really got tired of sprints **** service in my area. Talked to customer support on Tuesday and was told if I return my og Evo ( don't really know why they want that ) and my gnexus i could end my contract with no fees. So I did, went to best buy that same day picked up a gnexus for Verizon for ONE DOLLAR, AND MUST SAY IM LOVING THE LTE!!!!! To the Verizon pepes see u in the dev. Section.
Glad I got all 4 of my batteries from sprint the other day lol.
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There is no comparison. Congrats.
Thinking of doing the same.
But with Sprint I got 5 smartphones with unlimited "data" for $250.
With Verizon, the cheapest is, I believe, $320 or something. I did it a few days ago.
arozer said:
Thinking of doing the same.
But with Sprint I got 5 smartphones with unlimited "data" for $250.
With Verizon, the cheapest is, I believe, $320 or something. I did it a few days ago.
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As said above there is no comparison!!! LTE is awesome. Apps would sometimes take 15 min. To download on sprint 3g and on Verizon its like 30 seconds and done.
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Lucky you. I still have a few months to go on sprint **** before I can move on. Enjoy.
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Duce HD2 said:
Lucky you. I still have a few months to go on sprint **** before I can move on. Enjoy.
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Call 3 times in a row, each time make sure you choose end sprint service, and I bet you could leave now. Worth a shot.
I spent most of the past weekend uploading music to my play account and then it wouldn't work over sprints crappy service. That was pretty much the last draw for me. I just explained to her I could not utilize the phone with there service and something had to be done.
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Duce HD2 said:
Lucky you. I still have a few months to go on sprint **** before I can move on. Enjoy.
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I had 7 months left on my contract, called them to see what the ETF would be, they said 50 bucks, cancelled that day. The ETF shrinks fast, you should check into it!
Welcome to Verizon, been with them for about ten years with no major issues other than paying an arm and a leg. Guess it's worth it for the quality of service they give.
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I switched to Verizon from Sprint in February with four months left on my contract. They said the ETF would be $50, which would have been well worth it, but they never actually charged me for it. The service is far superior--I can use LTE almost anywhere as opposed to WiMAX almost nowhere and I no longer have to use Juice Defender to prevent my battery from draining like crazy due to poor signal, which allows me to use Google Voice to its full extent and save money on messaging--and it actually turns out to be cheaper for me than Sprint. The only downside is that I no longer have unlimited data, but 4GBs is more than enough, so it doesn't really matter anyway. I dislike Verizon's stance on locking the bootloaders for most of it's phones, but as long as they keep supporting Nexus devices, I'll be set. I think you made a very good choice in switching.
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Welcome to Verizon, been with them for about ten years with no major issues other than paying an arm and a leg. Guess it's worth it for the quality of service they give.
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I agree with this. I've been on three of the four major US characters. AT&T had decent service, but horrid customer service. T-Mobile had great customer service, but horrid coverage in my area. VZW has been the best of both for me. I'd like better coverage at my workplace, but I think that our building was designed to be a Faraday cage anyway.
I've been with VZW for about 4 or 5 years now, and I pretty much hadn't needed their customer service until the last 6 months. Because of repeated issues with my Droid Charge (after owning it for 11 months), they freely replaced it with my current Nexus. My wife's Droid X recently developed problems with the screen and USB port. Today, they bumped her upgrade date up. It's was only bumped up to now from 6 weeks out, but they easily could have told her "too bad; you have to wait".
I'm not too pleased with the recent changes like the removal of unlimited data and the removal of the yearly upgrades for the primary line of a family plan, but they're still the top option for me in my area.
Yeah buddy!!! I just did same thing with mine and the wife's phones...no etf or anything..and I still had a year on contact. Was with Sprint for close to 10 years and finally got tired of the spotty coverage. No regrets at all. Limited data is better than slow data!!,
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Verizon, locked devices but service in every place possible.
I got 14gb data on Verizon just in case
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arozer said:
Thinking of doing the same.
But with Sprint I got 5 smartphones with unlimited "data" for $250.
With Verizon, the cheapest is, I believe, $320 or something. I did it a few days ago.
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Ya, but that $70 is suddenly extremely worth it when you realize that Sprint has the worst service area in the country. They're horrible.
justen7723 said:
As said above there is no comparison!!! LTE is awesome. Apps would sometimes take 15 min. To download on sprint 3g and on Verizon its like 30 seconds and done.
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Sprint LTE is blowing away Verizon LTE where I live now! Average 25 down, 10 up, vs Verizon 10 down, 13 up. I'm a happy camper lol
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good riddance, maybe if more hardcore users like u leave, my data will speed up to how it was in the good ol days like when i had a palm treo.
Yuhfhrh said:
Sprint LTE is blowing away Verizon LTE where I live now! Average 25 down, 10 up, vs Verizon 10 down, 13 up. I'm a happy camper lol
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Cause we need 50mbps on a mobile phone. Practical right? No.
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Yuhfhrh said:
Sprint LTE is blowing away Verizon LTE where I live now! Average 25 down, 10 up, vs Verizon 10 down, 13 up. I'm a happy camper lol
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That works for you but like I said, there is no LTE from Sprint where I am and won't be for about another year at least. So for me and most other sprint customers there is no comparison.
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Should have went GSM... Not CDMA to CDMA...
http://www.boostmobile.com/shop/phones/samsung-galaxy-sii-4g/
plan $$$$$$55$$$$$$ YES 4G INCLUDE
Unlimited talk, text, web, email and 411. Nationwide coverage on the Nationwide Sprint® Network. And no contracts. It’s the best of all worlds. With shrinking payments you can reduce your monthly payment to as low as $40/month.
GOOD DEAL OR NO
It's ur choice we can't tell u to do it or not I would but I'm on contract
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actually my friend im telling you guys i already have flash my epic lonnnng time ago no im got the galaxy s3 for 300 running boostmobile
love the galaxy 3 getting 2 to 3mbps download on boostmobile 50 dollar unlimited... i can get any android phone from sprint to run on boostmovile or verizon prepaid or metro pcs(NOT REMOMENDED TO METRO
if most of you live in a city and dont travel alot u should get it
4g is not bad i been getting 4 to 8 mbs
HD touchscreen? Talk about false advertising..
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Yeah I think its a good deal. We have a discount and still pay $150 a month for two 4g android phones. Once the wifes contract expires it may be worth it to cancel mine and flash my e4gt to boost.
Just a heads up. I saw this comes with ics and only a 1500mah correct me if I am wrong but I believe our sprint version comes with 1800mah plus with all the battery issue's a lot of people running ics are having this phone might get horrible battery life. Just food for thought
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