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[Nokia Lumia 900] aarondr:
I went into my AT&T store last night just for kicks and giggles to ask them when it will be available. The guy started clicking on his computer, then talked to his manager, then called someone (don't know who). Here is what he said:

March 25th

Now he said that because they have training scheduled on March 26th and the comment his comrade over the phone said that I heard repeated is that: "We always do the phone release then the next day we have training on it."

I can't say that any of it's valid, but it's hope on my end :):D
[Nokia Lumia 900] Pizza4Breakfast:
Hope it's true because I'm tempted to drop my money on a GSM Galaxy Nexus now even tho I'd like the 900.
[Nokia Lumia 900] alodar1:
man, don't do that. That thing has been out a few months now. Go hit up a few forums and experience the real nexus.

The 900 is at most s month away, most likely its no more than 2 weeks away. Save yourself the trouble of returning the nexus.
[Nokia Lumia 900] alodar1:
Had to visit AT&T today for a replacement battery. They told me, as of right now, April 8th is the day they are shooting for. I was in a group of 4 reps. All nodded their heads.
[Nokia Lumia 900] alodar1:
Coming Soon up on the AT&T site

http://www.att.com/lumia/?wtSlotClick=1-007D3U-0-1&WT.svl=calltoaction&fbid=Pc7WNYeORdM
[Nokia Lumia 900] lovenokia:
i cant wait
[Nokia Lumia 900] :
What kind of online prices are we looking at unlocked?
[Nokia Lumia 900] aarondr:
I was just in my AT&T store (Short Pump VA) and my buddy Zee and his manager both have Lumia 900s (matte black). I got to play with it for a good 5-10 minutes. A bit disappointed my 'iPhone headset' didn't work with it (Klipse Image One - thought Nokia implemented AHJ - WTF). Very smooth - very heavy for what it is (but beautiful body). Good to finally see one in person.
[Nokia Lumia 900] alodar1:
so, you're saying you like it and will buy it. Or, you won't by it because the iPhone headset won't work?

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Also, a perspective on the weight. Spec says 5.6 oz. The Droid Rzr Maxx weights in at 5.1oz, and the Galaxy Nexus is 5.2 plus. The Bionic is heavier still. The new iPhone is only 4.9 oz, but with the smaller screen. The Samsung Focus S, which I currently have is listed at 3.90 oz.

So, its not a pocket stretcher at a whopping 4 oz more, than the most popular comparable phones.

:)
[Nokia Lumia 900] aarondr:
Weight wise - I'm coming from both my iPhone 4 and my wife's LG Nitro as baselines - her phone having both a 4.5" screen and only weighing 4.5oz. I feels good though, balanced.

As for the headset compatibility - I was sad, but it wouldn't keep me from the phone. I like it, but I need to see the cyan before I commit. The black was very nice though.
[Nokia Lumia 900] PaullikesWINMO:
Pre-orders now available for Canada on the Rogers website !

http://www.rogers.com/web/content/l...onsumer_Device_ENG-_-Consumer_2012-_-lumia900

And in the USA the AT&T employees get them for free !

http://www.wpcentral.com/report-nokia-paying-att-exclusive-employee-use-lumia-900

Hoping the off contract price for the Nokia Lumia 900 from either Rogers or AT&T is $500 or less. :rolleyes: I'm on Mobilicity currently using the Pentaband Lumia 710 and no way no how am I moving away from my plan! $30 for unlimited everything... unlimited North American calls, unlimited data, global texting. Will watch the specs closley to ensure it can be unlocked and used with no issues on Mobilicity. They use same bands as T-Mobile so information should be plentiful.
[Nokia Lumia 900] :
https://negrielectronics.com/nokia-lumia-900-at-t-unlocked-black-special-order.html

Negri has had this one instock for a couple days. Crazy price, though...
[Nokia Lumia 900] PaullikesWINMO:
That is a crazy price ! :eek: I like how they call it a "Special Offer" .... that is more like "Highway Robbery".

And it's not unlocked. Last line after the specs says...

*Locked to AT&T - Will Send Code Once Available
[Nokia Lumia 900] AnyMal:
That is friggin' insane! Given $99 contract price I will assume a no-commitment price will be $450
[Nokia Lumia 900] alodar1:
i'm wondering if you think this is real...

Supply and Demand. High demand, no supply, high price. On April 9th, this same thing will sell in the $4-500 range....just like you said.

And, this is most likely a AT&T employee playing around, or, lifting part of the company profit for his/her own good.

But wait, maybe you were just playing around being upset with the price. Man, I missed that....sorry about that...:p
[Nokia Lumia 900] lovenokia:
pre ordering a nokia lumia 900 tommorow!!!!!!!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krazy_smokezalot:
So today I called sprint and told them I had crappy service at my house, so he starts asking the usual questions, (I also a new customer since last November, not sure if it matters) so then he tells I might qualify for airave. He asked me if I had hi speed internet, said yes, the he said it was going to pay $130 onetime fee no monthly fee also! I played stupid and I said "what that is crazy, how come my cousin got it for free?" (that was a lie lol) so he says hmmm really give one second ill see if can work something out..... He comes back and said well I talked to my boss and he said you can have it for free. Sweet!!! But I did have crappy service! But ever since that call im getting better 4G, but still two bars, I dont care cuz I mostly text and email.

Someone should see if they can get one for free also lol just say what I said "that's crazy, my cousin got it for free!" Lol good luck
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
I can't tell from your posts if you are trolling or not... If not I apologize. Anyways, congrats on the airave. Getting it for free is very common
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iniz94:
Sounds pretty awesome. So we need to qualify for Airave? I wonder what it takes... I get like 0.5 Mbps or less with any modem on 3G at my house and max at like 3.5 Mbps with any modem on 4G.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krazy_smokezalot:
Yea me too I tried all modems still crappy service... And as for qualification im not to sure but all he asked was if I had hi speed internet thats about it from what I can remember
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] abstraction21:
I got mine free too a while back... It's sitting in a box unused because the new modems that I flashed have removed the Los issues.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
Mine was free, but I don't use it, it causes more problems than its worth.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yahknow1:
I said that exact same thing a while back and unplugged mine. Then later I plugged it back in because I really do get poor reception at my house SOMETIMES.

It seems the problems I had with my Airrave, I could have avoided by simply leaving my phones Wi-Fi turned off. I spoke with Sprint and it seems there's some type of conflict if you turn your phones wi-fi on and try to use the Airrave at the same time? they say "some" devices are luckey and can do both..My Epic Touch was one of the luckey ones "most of the time..except for text messages. For some reason, I wasn't always getting my texts?

Now I really like my Airrave and think its a great service (specially for FREE) I just have to remember two things:

1) At home, leave my phone's wi-fi turned off.

2) As I drive away from my house and decide to place a call I have to make sure I wait till I'm clear of my router, because for some reason the Airrave has a tough time switching from the router to a normal Sprint tower. If I don't the call tends to drop and I end up having to try again.

Other than this, I think its a screeming good deal though, THANKYOU Sprint!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stangdriverdoug:
The problem with the airave is that you have to have a good upload Internet connection. If you seed or use upload bandwidth while your talking people can't hear you that we'll.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] masbret:
I also got the Airave for free, I recently moved to Texas, and I have almost no signal in my house. The first day in the house, I have missed at east 6 phone calls.

After I phone call, Sprint sent me an Airave at no charge and it solved the problem. I can now use my phone and place phone calls!

I have been with Sprint for 9 years and I can only praise their customer service.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iniz94:
Well I guess it wouldn't be that useful for me since my reception is fine, but network speeds are slow. My home wifi is amazing though so I don't really use mobile network unless outside
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mkzbdroid:
lmao please do not do what he did, to clarify, we offer Airave for customers who are at risk of canceling due to poor coverage inside buildings. sorry but if you were on my line and tried to strong arm me to give it to you then I WOULD charge you, FYI I can see if you have bad service and I can see what tower and what side of that tower you are having bad service on. point im making please dont try to lie to your agent, it seriously makes our job easier to not help you
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Airaves do hurt your home broadband speed considerably. So take that into consideration
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krazy_smokezalot:
But I do have crap service! Hell I had my credit card ready to drop the Early termination fee and spend extra at Verizon and get my moneys worth! But since I talk to all reps with respect I usually get what im calling for EVEN when I was with Tmobile!!!

Also you are the type of reps I have no respect for! Put your self in my shoes. Tell me how it feels to pay for full service and only get half!! Wtf o_O where they do that at!?? It like I buy a full tank of gas and it only fills it half way! Go kick rocks you azz
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krazy_smokezalot:
Really?? Interesting... I have verzion FiOs will that have better results?? the only person who use it for big stuff is me I download ROMs and watch Netflix other than that me family uses it for Web browsing
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
No matter what you have... It uses a massive amount of download and upload speed. It's basically a lag switch lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bear gri11z:
can I lagswitch on mw3!? Lol jk
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mkzbdroid:
I did not dismiss your issue, but rather the way you feel of getting whats "entitled to you" if you truly have bad service then we can see that, there is absolutely no need to lie to a rep to prove your point and get something that that "could be" free because you read it on some blog, and to be quite honest im not attacking you im just trying to show you the current problem with some sprint customers.....cut out the drama queen theatrics and lies then ill be happy to send you the airave for free since you are having signal issues and ready to cancel, that sentence would be enough for me to send that device for free......do you see where im going with this.....your lie was completely unnecessary and just makes my job that much worse when I deal with this issues 40 times a day, 5 days a week
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bear gri11z:
Lol thats why you call with 1 question and get 5 different answers from various reps and managers.... The day sprint stops lying to me is the day I stop getting credits for anything and everything
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mkzbdroid:
hey I agree with you, the system isn't perfect, so I understand your frustration of getting wrong information but the credits will dry up and the only way our reps will get trained better is to have more funding for classes and education of correct information, which in turn means less credits anyway....so you and I want the same thing actually
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sosumya:
I moved over a year ago to an area far outside Tampa florida and ended up getting one as well. its funny seeing peoples faces when I refer to it as my own personal tower.. it has made a big difference. I didn't lie about getting for free, once they looked up my zip code they said it would be on its way no cost as long as I keep in good standing. I knew there is a reason I put up with Sprint for 12 years..

congrats!

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I had it on Verizon FIOS and now have the device on a local dsl line (I moved the device tomy parents house) the home internet is still just fine.. I am a hevay xbox/ps3 gamer and never noticed any lag.

edit: wow wait 5 minutes between posts? really? I'm not a new member, I just normally don't post!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shabbypenguin:
the massive amounts of the tune of 40kbps? because that is literally all it takes to do a voice call. even the massive data amounts are at MAX 3mbps. which means if you live in some country state that starts with ala and ends with bama then chances are your "highspeed" isnt really up to snuff.

(my buddy had to pay the tv company 150 dollars for them to run the line out to his house that had been there for 70 years, so that he could have internet/cable)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] swear0730:
I believe that Sprint is making it easier and easier to get these devices. A couple of points if you're thinking of getting one.

1) The reason I think they are giving them away so easily is that what you are doing is creating your own little tower to connect to and then using your internet rather than their towers thereby reducing traffic on their towers.

2) If you don't lock it down then you are also providing cell service for any Sprint customers the neighborhood as it requires no security to access.

3) It doesn't hand off to regular towers very well. In fact I never got it to hand off at all. Example. On a call in my house. Walk out of my house get in my car and drive off. Call gets dropped when I get outside of the Airave's range.

4) Even when you're in your house it doesn't work very well. I tried testing the unit on several occasions, the last one I didn't let the family know I turned it back on (kind of an independent test). Three hours in my daughter comes downstairs from her bedroom and asks if I "turned that thing back on". Seems here SMS gets stuck in the outbox when she's connected to the Airave (not always).

5) If you're getting it because you figure you'll try it out and if it doesn't work out then you'll throw it up on EBay 'cause its free anyway, forget it. They are only lending it to you. They expect it back if you ever end your service with sprint. Otherwise they charge you something like $250.

Funny this thread got started yesterday. I jumped on it when another was started back in the Epic forums about 6 months ago. After sitting in my closet for 4 months off I called Sprint Tuesday evening and arranged for a return. Boxed it up and brought it in this morning.

Cancelling my service under the "material change to contract" clause and moving to either US Cellular or Verizon. US Cellular is king in Wisconsin and actually now cheaper than Sprint. Crappy phones though.

(cool story bro)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shabbypenguin:
actually they disabled you from being able to lock it down, since as it turned out there was little bug in the system.. your "tower" had teh strongest signal, thus all sprint customers would connect to it and then be locked out... making a 5,000 foot "bubble" of a dead zone for other sprint customers :O

you can login and "lock it" but it no longer works
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wase4711:
Just like EVERY OTHER Electronic "gizmo", it works differently for everyone..

I got one a year ago, when the newer series came out, since I had horrible service in house; it does absolutely NOTHING to my internet speeds, gives me full signal everywhere in my house, and, yes, I drop calls when I leave my driveway if on a call, so, I wait until I am out of range of it to make a call in my car....DUH!!!!

Doesn't do anything to my texts; doesn't stall my emails, and, it does NOT make your data speeds faster..It just gives you better signal inside your house...

Quit whining about everything, folks; tell the truth about service problems when you call in, and, Sprint will likely want to make you a happy customer....

No provider wants customers to drop them, and even though you may get a bad CS agent when you call in, just hang up and call back and get a different one.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jesse Buck:
That whole Sprint Reps are there to help you is bullsh*t. Half the time I get some lazy good for nothing who wants nothing more than to shoot me down or pass me to another rep.

I live in a horrible coverage area, am roaming at home, and have been a sprint customer with 7 lines for close to a decade. Sometimes the rep is willing to do their job and help, other times they just put me on hold long enough to drop the call or have me hang up. I always try to be nice until they start spoon feeding me bs. Then I crank it up a notch.

So to the Sprint rep posting here, I'm glad you do your job well, tell your coworkers to stop fluking with me.

Edit: I do have an airrave and to get it I calmly explained my situation. Including that a neighbor down the street got one for free. I got the same $130 + $5/mo offer several times with different reps. It wasn't until I got obstinate about having 7 lines canceled that I actually got an airrave. Sprint only gives what they have to. Why make me threaten to leave before ever helping? Why must I get frustrated/angry?

You have been Epicly Touched by Jesse Buck
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
Yea, it causes problems sometimes, but for people with NO	service inside there house, problems once in a while is always better than not being able to use the phone at all. And qualify, you need high speed internet, and also depending on your credit since technically they are adding a third line. Ours only allowed for.two lines but there 'boss' was able to lift the credit.. And to.the person still getting two bars, you need to make sure initially the antennae needs to be next to a large doorway or window because essentially the antennae needs to be somewhere it can get a solid GPS lock. then the antennae can be moved towards the center of the room. Most problems I get are with the phones signal because it doesnt have a GPS lock.

Edit: mine was free with no monthly service charge.. Even got a full upgrade on it for the e4gt.. And now got a replacement airrave because mine was giving problems.. And at least a month credit for not being able to make calls at home

Sent from my E4GT with calks :-)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
Sir, you are correct. Pm me what that clause is so I can get out of my contract! And I work in cust service for u.s. Cellular. Which us cellular has the best cust service out of ALL carriers and overall a good network in there respective regions. Belief plans have nationwide coverage because are partnered with Verizon when you leave the uscc network. Also they have a one and done contract which you do your first two years and never need to sign one again. ALSO,

They are coming out with 4g thus year, if you go to the website uou can see the first 4g device should be coming out in march and is a galaxy tab, and also in April, are set to come out with the Samsung aviator, uscc version of the sgs2. So good phones are coming my friend! The pts are awesome though, you can use them for early upgrades, acessories, overage forgiveness, and yes, they also have overage caps, so you can never pay more than the overage cap for overages. And even overage protection for minute plans.. Im probably missing some benefits.but can guarantee almost all of them are features no other carrier has..

Sent from my E4GT with MiUi!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
You should run speed test before and after. You'll see a huge difference
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mkzbdroid:
Its not so much that sprint wants you to get frustrated and cancel, its just that rentention has to codes to determine that it is warranted due to the situation
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] reddragon72:
I have one as well, got it for free as long as I use it once in a 30 day period which is no problem because it is in use all the time.

Unplugged it today on my Uverse 12meg line with 11.56 down and 1.47 up using speedtest VIA a pc. plugged the unit back in and let it reconnect. Ran speedtest again on a PC 11.42 down and 1.48 up. Made on phone call and took a measurement, 10.98 down and 1.24 up. three phones attached and all in call at same time. 10.98 down and 1.02 up.

turned WIFI off on one phone and started pulling down a 300meg file VIA 3G. 9.8 down and 1.34 up.

So the calls do not way down the line very much, but if you have a phone pulling a file down on 3G through the device then yep the device is going to give that phone 1.3megs of space which is equivelant to max 3G untweaked speeds. I imagine if three phones attached are pulling down files at the same time that it may hurt your internet speeds, but to date I have never seen an issue even with two xbox's watching netflix's in HD at the same time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MikeC84:
I got a free one as well but just got off chat with Sprint and am having them send a return box after only having it for two - three weeks. Didn't help much with anything plus it slowed down my wireless network..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krazy_smokezalot:
So shy lie to me but I cant lie to them??? Why cant the rep just tell me I dont honesty know let me find out the answer for you. Instead they make up some BS fairy tail story... Im not gonna pay for something thats not my fault that crazy... the same day I called about airave I asked wen LTE comes to sprint will it work on my phone (its a rhetorical question) I quote "your epic touch 4g should get an ota update so it can enable the LTE signal using the Wi-Max radio, there isnt much difference from Wi-Max radio and the LTE radio" o_O I was shocked he would say something like that! Im calling him a liar why didnt he just say he didnt know!?? hey maybe it will work I dont know im not a dev so im iffy about wat he said
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deedscreen:
They transferred me to account services and got one for me for free, no charge, no activation charge, and no monthly fee!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deedscreen:
Oh, and I forgot to mention that I got free 3-5day shipping...

Side Note: If you want one, be sure to get transferred to Account Services as a last resort, they should do it for free...

Luckily the guy had the same problem!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] austin420:
To those who say you can't restrict access to the airave, that is wrong. You still can the same as you always could. On sprint.com under preferences, then the "manage airave" tab to the right of the screen.

To those who say the airave steals up your bandwidth, the way I got around this was to just run it out of a lan port on my router rather than the suggested way. Sprint wants you to run modem>airave>router/switch>pc. I run modem>asus router>pc and airave are at the same level on the network. Nothing runs through the airave first.

Even if I did, I get 50up/50down on my speeds. I don't think it would kill me if the airave did choke the throughput.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Ah fair enough. My family had three phones on it... And I was one of them lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] doroyce05:
I called them about restricting my airave, but i was told that they do not support this feature anymore. i really want to only allow the phone lines in my account. When i try to change the allowed lines, I would get an error Cannot Update Access Data.

is this true? i really wouldn't want anyone to just connect to my Airave. Let me know if there is any way around this issue.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] leaderbuilder:
NO this is NOT true.

You have to do this via their website on a PC.

http://support.sprint.com/support/a...SU:DP:MVT&question_box=restrict&id16=restrict

You may have to 'add the device' to the 'My device and media' list to then be able to do this. Spend some time there and you will find it if you look and experiment dilligently.

Sprint's site blows ass and you may have to use IE to get it to work right.

But I have my Airave restricted to just my phone number. And my sisters to the five phones they have in the house there.