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[Epic 4G General] xboxfanj:
Thought I would make a one stop shop thread for upcoming sprint phones and existing recent ones that people may want to upgrade to.

Galaxy note 2 on sprint

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1872352

New Leak (ZTE Flash):

http://www.phonedog.com/2012/07/28/...ing-at-sprint-in-october-with-4g-lte-support/

LG Cayenne

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/07/23/sprint-bound-lg-cayenne-leaked-again-with-updated-specs/

LG Eclipse

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/14/lg-eclipse-sprint-att-halloween/

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/18/leaked-lg-ls970-removable-battery-nfc/

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/11/lg-ls970-superphone/

Photon Q

http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Motorola-PHOTON-Q_id7253

Galaxy SIII

http://www.phonedog.com/products/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-16gb-white/

Evo LTE

http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=3742

Galaxy Nexus

http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Samsung-GALAXY-Nexus-Sprint_id7035
[Epic 4G General] Fire n mage:
Another keyboard phone. :D
[Epic 4G General] rockrerun:
I'm still holding out for the galaxy note. If the note doesn't come to sprint, I'll get the S3.
[Epic 4G General] bodi524:
I went into a Sprint Repair center a couple days ago to see if I was up for an upgrade. They said the Galaxy Note was coming to Sprint.

I'm not due for an upgrade till September. I want to see what's out then...but am thinking Galaxy Note.
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
Lol another future phone thread =].

Gnex... been sitting on my upgrade... so that's what I want :p.
[Epic 4G General] xboxfanj:
I know there's a couple threads where people have talked about it, but none that I saw had this as the sole purpose.
[Epic 4G General] s89281b:
a nexus note would be amazing. but just wishful thinking. if no word on a note by june i will probably go with gs3
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
This^^^^^^^^
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
Galaxy S3!! Rumor has it, Samsung is planning a iphone4s like release, where it will be available global at one time! So sprint should be getting it, at the same time as everyone else!

And GS3 WILL be amazing!
[Epic 4G General] JettMartinez:
This + LTE. I'm willing to wait a while. Nothing I want to do right now the Epic can't handle. My complaints are all network related.
[Epic 4G General] xboxfanj:
Is anyone else thinking about the evo lte?
[Epic 4G General] tigerknight:
I will probably jump to the AT&T note rather than waiting for sprint note. Part of it is that I want to be able to grab a pre-paid SIM when going to europe, which the Sprint version won't be able to do unless Sprint does something drastic. Part of it is that my company has a contract with AT&T for a 20% discount on plans, etc.
[Epic 4G General] xopher.hunter:
I'm in the exact same boat, the only thing that drew me to sprint is the unlimited data, however now that I work 50+ hours a week I think 2 gigs might be fine for me. (I normally burn through 8 lol)

Sent from my Nexus Slide 4G
[Epic 4G General] darkierawr:
I'm not sure.

I won't be on Sprint when my contract is up. They are ripping me the **** off.

So it depends on whether I go T-Mobile or Verizon.
[Epic 4G General] rygran87:
I just got my Galaxy Nexus today! It's so beautiful and it couldn't have come at a better time since my Epic jumped (not literally) off my stove to the saltillo tile floor. I had just ordered this phone a couple hours before "The incident". I'm sure going to miss this community.
[Epic 4G General] hodgie26:
I think I'm getting ready to jump ship permanently from Sprint. I haven't had many problems with them, but their network is very inconsistent. I have unlimited data on AT&T and ordered the GSM Galaxy Nexus from the Play Store today for $399. That's hard to beat in my opinion. I might keep Sprint to see what happens with LTE, but only time will tell.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
There's no sense for me to even consider which phone I'll upgrade to until I know when the LTE network is coming to my city. I'll also be evaluating how my performance on the network improves (if it all) due to Network Vision. If I didn't have such an unbelievable deal with Sprint I might have moved on long ago, but I hate the pay-through-the-nose, limited data plans on the other carriers.

An ideal scenario would be that in the fall, with LTE on here, and my contract up for renewal, the Sprint version of the GSIII comes out like the Epic, as the clear spec leader with all the trimmings including physical keyboard and a totally solid build quality. And no plan rate increases.
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
Now that I fixed my epic the evo lte is my upgrade plan also unless something with a keyboard comes around before I plan to upgrade
[Epic 4G General] incisivekeith:
Hands down, a Note - there is no comparison of that device to any other. I've always appreciated convergence of technologies, and there is no better example today than a Note.

Sprint offers a lot which other carriers don't, but after a while you certainly miss what you really want, and that is a solid network, which Sprint isn't. The day the Note arrives on Verizon (hopefully as a world phone), I'm grabbing it regardless of the number of months left on my contract with Sprint.
[Epic 4G General] tkeyes:
i like the new evo but no sd card suxs. and gs3 is blow the evo out of the water. time with tell.
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
Google just announced they are going to release a whole slew of Jelly Bean Nexus devices around November. Should be good timing for when your upgrade rolls around.
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
I would wait... if something better comes out, you'll be mad at yourself for not waiting...
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
Not true... by the time he gets something "worth" buying something better will already be on the horizon
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Sounds like someone is justifying ones recent purchase...lol
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
When we had 1 year upgrades and could possibly get them as early as 8 mths you didn't need to be so picky but having an upgrade only every 2 years is a long time to be committed to that device. So I'm definitely a whole lot more picky now about my next phone than what I used to be.
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
Actually no .. no regrets on this amazing phone. I'm just stating the truth. That as soon as you get a phone according to corporations your phone is already outdated. That's why I jumped to the gnex... its solid... and wouldn't want any other phone. Cmon kenny don't insult me. :o
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Don't be so sensitive...just messin with you.
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
I'm not... *sniffs* shut up. :D:D:D
[Epic 4G General] andsamp:
I think it all depends on if you are staying on sprint and how long it takes for them to get lte in your town.
[Epic 4G General] Speedin07si:
Sounds like EVO LTE and the One X may be delayed for the US at the boarder ......http://www.cultofmac.com/167314/app...-u-s-customs-to-ban-htc-one-x-and-evo-4g-lte/

And of course is Apple's doing.

Epic Ice Cream Sandwich
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
Seen that earlier... and yet another reason to hate apple...
[Epic 4G General] xboxfanj:
Idk if it'll be rolled out here by then. I'm in st Louis, which is a fairly large city, but by no means a big city. Wimax came here pretty fast, and Missouri is supposedly going to be evaluated to be in the second round of deployment, but sprint hasn't decided yet. I guess my options then will likely be waiting six months to get a new phone or getting a phone that is six months old right when I am eligible. I'll probably pick the second option assuming lte is here then, unless most of you think I shouldn't and have good rationale on why I should wait.
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
Imma find that link for the lte thing for you in a bit.... been keeping up with the missouri lte and read somewhere (I think on the mik forums) that lte may be coming to missouri (kansas city and st louis) in the first round of deployment....

Edit- yep second round like you said... still better than what was originally expected though http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-158-is-sprint-going-to-show-up-sooner-in-the-show-me-state/
[Epic 4G General] andsamp:
If its anything like the promised dates of wimax back in the day....take it with a grain of salt or maybe the whole salt shaker ;-)
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
They already have live sites up in missouri... just not accessible by the public yet... for obvious reasons...:rolleyes:;)
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
Looks like the one x and evo lte aren't just rumored to be delayed anymore! Damn apple! http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-189-evo-lte-shipments-are-confirmed-delayed/
[Epic 4G General] xboxfanj:
I believe that's kc and not stl
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
*Heads over to the EVO forums with some popcorn*

Sent From My Kindle Fiyah!
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
A little off topic... but just had a TV report that sprint went out in Austin Texas today... they wouldn't disclose why but my guess is trouble with LTE :p
[Epic 4G General] xopher.hunter:
I got the photon and dont regret my decision at all

1. It has 2x the signal of the epic 3g and wifi

2. I swear this thing charges almost 3% every 2 mins.

3. Kickstand
[Epic 4G General] Ceelos09:
^^^ +1

I've gotten 1.5mbps down before
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
Same here....
[Epic 4G General] Grogck:
I think I would've been happy with either device. I generally love the feel of Motorola handsets and their renowned for their signal strength. That said I was a little partial to the Epic Touch after my (mostly glowing) experience with this original Epic. As a commuter who spends over an hour in the car each day I'm also looking forward to having a much nicer in-car setup now with the official car dock (which again, I would've got with either device.)

Hopefully my device won't have any major issues (screen, water damage, etc)
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
No, you don't. That's not even possible on sprints 3g network.
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
I'm sure he meant Mbps... and that's defenitely possible because I constantly pull over 1.5Mbps at night and just over 1Mbps during the day
[Epic 4G General] hayzooos:
Right. There's a mighty big difference between a 'b' and a 'B'. No one will get 1MBps on Sprint's 3G network, but I have hit it before (10Mbps ~ 1MBps) on 4G for what it's worth.

3G for me usually averages around 0.2Mbps at any point in time around Chicago. Sucks royally, but 4G is around most parts, so that's quite a bit better. I normally pull in the 4-6Mbps range on 4G.
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
Yep that's about what I get on 4g in columbia mo also... sometimes pull in the 9-10 range ,but not usually... 3g just started getting better here... used to be lucky to get .5Mbps... now steady over 1.0Mbps... good enough for me!
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
Yea, I can get those speeds as well. The original comment of mine was in response to this:

I said that 500KB/s isn't even theoretically possible on Sprints network. The MAXIMUM theoretical download speed on Sprint's 3g CMDA EVDO network is 387.5 KB/s.

Gotta say, been weighing the differences heavily between Sprint and T-mobile due to the slow speeds on Sprint. ESPECIALLY with the news of multiple nexus devices this year as well as the possibility of quad core SGS3 on T-Mobile. Sprint better wow the hell out of me with their LTE network speeds within the next few months.
[Epic 4G General] andsamp:
I agree with you on the upgrade path dependent on sprint network reliability and also availability of new good phones.

I'm definitely not getting wowed now. Here is a recent test score. When I called sprint they said towers were running at 99%. This is not due to upgrades of towers either according to sprint executive rep. This was in a place where I used to get 1.5Mbps 3g and 5Mbps 4g.

Test Date: May 15, 2012 6:11:15 pm

Connection Type: EvdoA

Server: Denver, CO

Download: 0.01 Mbps

Upload: 0.09 Mbps

Ping: 321 ms
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
Wow that's horrible... if I had those kind of speeds I would defenitely be jumping ship elsewhere....
[Epic 4G General] andsamp:
Ya gotta do something..problem is I have 4 phones family plan. It would be easier if sprint got their crap together. Been dealing with tower issues for 2 months and supposedly its "fixed" now. I have unlimited craptastic "NOW" network (has been? ;-)).
[Epic 4G General] tkeyes:
If you preordered the evo 4g lte your SOL

us. Custom's is stopping the htc x and HTC EVO 4G LTE from coming into the country

http://community.sprint.com/baw/com...cements/blog/2012/05/16/htc-evo-4g-lte-update

because... of apple.
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
Little late to the party... that was posted 2 pages ago...
[Epic 4G General] XxLostSoulxX:
Only delayed and what about apple???

Its delayed because of US Customs checking shipments
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
No its delayed because apple is claiming infringement! Again... go read the link that was posted yesterday... it explains it all...us customs is only checking shipments because apple complained of patent infringement... so its not us customs doing it... after a ban is put out on a device (like it has because of patent infringement) the us customs have to review the shipments... so, no apple complaint, no delay... its defenitely apple...

Edit-http://www.cultofmac.com/167314/app...-u-s-customs-to-ban-htc-one-x-and-evo-4g-lte/
[Epic 4G General] tkeyes:
some of the posters says "maybe banned", didn't think much till, sprint said it was stopped.

but htc builded an custom built for the US, for it shouldn't be banned just delayed few weeks

http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/16/3...lte-custom-android-build-apple-patent-linkify
[Epic 4G General] kidrobot52:
Apple's like a big baby crying to there uncle Sam that their better cousin is copying them. :) crapphone 4s sucks. Had the iPhone iPhone3 n 3gs and they were great for there time but android has killed them since the g1. That whole infringement **** is just a shot trying to get android users to buy iPhones..

Apple sucks!

Android 4 Eva!
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
Banned doesn't mean banned forever in this case... just means that it isn't allowed entry into the US (banned)... once htc complies with the custom built for the US phones, they will be allowed entry... until then, they are banned...
[Epic 4G General] christiantailor:
not gonna lie, but I'll most likely end up getting a 4s. I wanna give iOS a shot and (hopefully) with the iPhone 5 coming out, the price will lower.

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] Speedin07si:
This http://m.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/05/apples-patent-win-delays-shipments-of-two-htc-smartphones/

Explains it a little more. Give the patent number if anyone wants the technical reason. I find it funny that its a patent from 1996 lol.

Epic Ice Cream Sandwich
[Epic 4G General] DCRocks:
In what way do you feel the GNex is better than the ET4G.

IMO, the GNex is not up to the ET4G, if for no other reason than lack of an external SD Card
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
Wow do you not have a friend with an iphone that you have ever seen or used. They are half the phone to an android.
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
What is it with you guys and this SD card.. how much HD porn do you have...??? 32GB is a lot of freaking space. And yes the gnex out performes the ET4g just slightly. The few pluses I see is its LTE not Wimax, if you haven't heard outages have begun meaning lte roll outs have started. It has a bigger screen that's a 720p HD screen the touch is not. Being a pentile it will last longer. Its much more appealing form wise and visually. Its better than the S2, if your upgrading.
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
You don't.... I'll leave it at that.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Here is my issue with the SD card...many users have had their USB port take a crap after the warranty period was up. The only thing that saved them was the ability to pull their sd card and put a ROM on there to flash. Kind of hard to gut a phone to hard wire a link to internal memory. I want the option.
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
For starters, the SDCard I have is shockproof and waterproof, so if I drop my phone in the toilet the phone might be borked but my data with the video and pictures I took of my kids and what not will most likely be ok. I have a good 15GB in just music already as streaming isn't an option at work. The added convenience of just being able to pop out the card and using a card reader. The idea when you purchase expanded storage, it's usable across a variety of devices and not gone when you ditch the phone. When I do upgrade, I don't have to worry about pulling all of my stuff off my old device then reloading it to the new one, I can simply just pop my card in. You may not require an SD slot, but others see it as a main selling point.
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
There's cloud storage for a reason..... besides why will you be using your phone and taking a piss at the same time. I can understand your afraid of damaging the phone but if your smart you backup these

irreplaceable

things. I just don't see the importance of an SD card. But if you need it by all means get a phone that offers it. :D I just wouldn't rule out a phone based on it missing one "micro" feature.
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
And what happens if data goes out in your area? Then you have no way to get to any of your stuff because you have it saved to cloud storage... I would like my things readily available to me without having to have a data connection... and then there are the people who don't have unlimited data, (verizon is nixing their grandfathered in plans now) they have to waste data to get to things they already have... I know its not much data, but I don't want to waste not even 1 kb of data on getting to things that I could have happily stored on my sd card...
[Epic 4G General] dirtbag1975:
I love being able to swap SD cards because I have so much music. If I'm going on a sight seeing trip I can change out the card to take pictures and never have to worry about storage space. Cloud is great if you have decent signal or wifi but all use considerable more power than just using the SD card. Its also much faster transferring files straight from PC to SD and vise versa than thru the cable. I recently damaged my phone rendering it useless, I was able to access all my files by removing my SD card. I wouldn't be able to do that with the nexus. Yes that's a rare and abnormal situation but it does happen.
[Epic 4G General] dirtbag1975:
Not to mention if you take questionable pictures or have questionable content on an internal inaccessible SD card on a damaged phone. You don't exactly want some tech having potential access to it. Removable SD card brings piece of mind too, or at least for me it does.
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
Exactly! And I have plenty of those "questionable" vids and pics of my wife... :thumbup:
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
That reminds me....I forgot to thank you for that last video you sent me....awesome work.....LOL.
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
You guys :rolleyes:
[Epic 4G General] flastnoles11:
Lol my wife seen that and said "you better not have, Chris!" Lol. Too funny
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
Also being able to get a class 10 sd card not that the phone can utilize the speed but your pc can for transfers back and forth :D
[Epic 4G General] dirtbag1975:
Exactly! I picked up a 32 gig class 10 card on a deal at Frys and there's a noticeable difference in transfer speeds from the stock card. Kinda nice when backing up stuff. Since my phone has become my primary MP3 device which means music hits my phone before my PC it comes in handy to pop out the card and transfer files in a flash. I don't need to hunt down any cables or **** around with getting it connected. Removable SD card is a must have for me, much like the physical keyboard. Touch screen texting absolutely sucks goat balls!
[Epic 4G General] XxLostSoulxX:
Here's the thing with the 32Gb Cards there either hit and miss or the fact that they die out, for whatever reason the 32's have issues but 16's are perfectly fine. i just odered a transcend class 10 16gb and a card reader for my stereo instead of a huge usb stick.

Well i dont see how why not because my card reads high speeds and does work at that speed.

ill post my sd tools screenies this is on my stock 16gb that came with the phone now mind you can download sd booster which allows to increase the cache size which allows a faster transfer and read rate.
[Epic 4G General] :
What Sd Card do you have & how much did you pay for it?
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
looks like i'm leaning towards htc evo lte.. depending on sprints lte roll out plans. samsung s3 on t-mobile will be my next option.
[Epic 4G General] XxLostSoulxX:
i quite frankly would rather want no sd card versus no removable battery
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Hmmm..if I had to pick one or the other.....I guess I would want to be able to use extra batteries in case of the zombie apocalypse.
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
For those of you who havent checked... there is a forum for the Evo lte. It has a picture of the quadrant score. 5000+ out of the box. Even though quadrant means nothing real world for those who truly care about a number... go check it out. Most if not all is from I/O. Its pretty even with the Cpu points. :P EVO Quadrant, Suck graphics
[Epic 4G General] :
http://phandroid.com/2012/05/16/dua...-of-ram-headed-to-japan-could-the-us-be-next/
[Epic 4G General] dirtbag1975:
I was told by the reps at Best Buy yesterday that the S3 is going to be a dual core due to the issues with the LTE network as stated in the article above.
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
We knew that already
[Epic 4G General] Milkman00:
If Samsung REALLY wants to impress me, they should improve the timing/availability of their software updates.
[Epic 4G General] XxLostSoulxX:
Here's the thing when they do come out with an update it fixes stuff unlike htc were every week theres an update but it crashes this and that it requires another weekly update. i rather have to wait for it to fix everything but the epic seems the only to me that even with an update stuff isn't being resolved.
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
I just wanted a sexy designed phone :(

Next year hopefully.

:mad:
[Epic 4G General] shane6374:
I wouldn't kick the SGSIII out of bed for eating cookies.
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
It's a Samsung Class 10 and got it for 30some bucks from Frys.com.
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
Isn't t-mobile getting quad core lte?
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
I think the T-Mobile version will be HSPA+
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
Better than what sprints currently giving me, which is snail like 3G performance. Plus they called me saying I'm over my roaming data. Love the value but for $15 more on a 5 line family plan, I'd rather go to Verizon.
[Epic 4G General] Speedin07si:
If you've gone over data while roaming , I hope you like normal data restrictions.... verizon is even taking the grandfathered unlimited plans aways.

Sent from My Epic Ice Cream Sandwich With Sprinkles!!!
[Epic 4G General] dohturdima:
I really don't care about VZW's data restrictions, I never break the 3GB barrier with Sprint anyway. If VZW offers a 4GB capped plan again with a semi-decent slider, will jump ship 100%. Sprint has been pretty awful and I'm tired of witing for it to turn it around, don't think it ever will.
[Epic 4G General] andsamp:
How much is that plan? Have 4 lines family plan on sprint which is close to 200 smackers
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
If htc doesn't get their sh*t together you may never purchase another htc phone buhahahah :D

http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...ing-htc-amaze-4g/&category=classic&postPage=1
[Epic 4G General] younggangsta_s:
T-Mobile won't have LTE for quite some time
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
5 lines + around 1000 min, unlimited msg + 2gb data (I'm waiting for the double data promo) + 20% work discount = around $250
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
Might just wait for Google to release their jellybean phones now..