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New Phones for tmo does it make sense to get one?

Ok, it's said that we are getting the Pyrimid, We are def getting the G2x and now it seems the LG 3d phone passed the fcc with tmo 3g bands and is the first dual core dual channel phone.. I really would like to get a phone that dual core when they are available but with this att deal it doesnt make sense to buy a new phone. From what I read ATT plans on using the TMO 3g frequencies for it's LTE network which means current tmo 3g phones will no longer work as 3g. Granted this is going to take a while to happen but does it really make sense to get a new device now or even in a few months when there is a possibility it wont fully work in a year? hmmm

graffixnyc said:
Ok, it's said that we are getting the Pyrimid, We are def getting the G2x and now it seems the LG 3d phone passed the fcc with tmo 3g bands and is the first dual core dual channel phone.. I really would like to get a phone that dual core when they are available but with this att deal it doesnt make sense to buy a new phone. From what I read ATT plans on using the TMO 3g frequencies for it's LTE network which means current tmo 3g phones will no longer work as 3g. Granted this is going to take a while to happen but does it really make sense to get a new device now or even in a few months when there is a possibility it wont fully work in a year? hmmm
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I'd look at the HSPA+ bands. I think they are doing to be coming out with ATT and T-Mobile bands included. IF that is the case then jump on board.

Apparently the G2X will have ATT hspa+ bands as well
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Geoi1006 said:
Apparently the G2X will have ATT hspa+ bands as well
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Care to share where you got this info?
Edit: Google is your friend.

joackie27 said:
Care to share where you got this info?
Edit: Google is your friend.
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for everyone else
http://androidandme.com/2011/03/car...ture-proofing-their-new-phones-to-run-on-att/

Lol so when this is all going down (if it does) I might migrate to the G2X..looks like solid hardware to me. I love my mt4g tho. I'm sad to see the big launch phone for their 4G advertising have its life span altered. Granted according to most the fact stands that we have a year before the deal even possibly gets approved and even then we're talking 2013-15 before tmo 1700 mhz is completely shut down.
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@neidlinger:
Thanks for the link. If the same bands will be present on the Pyramid, I won't have any reservations about buying it.

And at&t said we can keep our plans
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/03/att-says-t-mobile-can-keep-its-current-pricing-structure/
I still wan tmo not to be bought an here is the reason why they buying
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/03/att-says-t-mobile-deal-necessary-for-spectrum-needs/
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Im jumping on the g2x for sure, hopefully the pyramid will carry att freqs too
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I would be very proud of tmo if this became standard. Nice parting gift imho
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I was planning to upgrading from MT4G to Pyramid as MT4G for me was never official upgrade as it was quick replacement due to my HD2 being stolen. Now don't confuse upgrade and replacement with plan and insurance BS as I do pay my phone direct and paid $750 for Leo1024 got it 4months before it came out in TMoUS officially and paid $450 for MT4G.
I for one will not support TMobile and pay for HTC Pyramid even when if its has quadband radio and will support on AT&T. If the POS panzy dutch mofo's are selling it I for one will do pure boycott and I do hope they lose so much money that AT&T don't buy TMo as it looks very unattractive. I know I am very angry ATM as I am screwed both ways click here for my #1 reason can you call that double penetration?

I dont care, the pyramid will be my upgrade when it comes up in three months the 4.3 size is just the right size for me
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jeepmonster said:
I dont care, the pyramid will be my upgrade when it comes up in three months the 4.3 size is just the right size for me
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With or without contract? Make sure this is what you want as you will soon deal with DeathStar if you don't switch to someone else. I do miss the 4.3" and most device that does have it on GSM are SamSUX based or HTC based on CDMA so I was looking forward to this until the BS merge of at&Tmobile.

Q: Upcoming HTC Sensation 4g worth switching?

Despite the selling of T-Mobile?
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Selling? What selling its all rumors till it actually gets approved...
If you don't like your inspire then have at it.
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Relax homebro geezus.just a mere question. I have simplemobile also,y I asked.
mudknot2005 said:
Selling? What selling its all rumors till it actually gets approved...
If you don't like your inspire then have at it.
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I don't think anyone can truly answer this for you though, which is why the atrix vs inspire threads keep popping up. In the end you'll have to weigh the pros and cons of the features and networks and decide what's best for "you"
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I love the Inspire but HTC with a dual core snap dragon running army 1.2ghz,sounded kinda interesting. But your right. Atrix was a huge fail,thanks for advice.
lrs421 said:
I don't think anyone can truly answer this for you though, which is why the atrix vs inspire threads keep popping up. In the end you'll have to weigh the pros and cons of the features and networks and decide what's best for "you"
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When I got my Inspire I knew that there would be more dual core options later in the year. But I've got another upgrade due in August I figured I would sell the Inspire at that time if there was a good alternative then. I bet there will be an At&t variant that will be out by the end of the 3rd quarter. I don't think the Sensation will be the steaming pile of fail that the Atrix is and it will have a 1520 mAh battery.
When I look at the spec's it's basically an Inspire with the DC SD, a better screen and they found the room for the bigger battery. Add Gingerbread and Sense 3.0 out of the box and it looks like a Dev's dream. By then they'll be cooking IC Sandwich roms.

I'm sure it all will be ported to inspire.
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When I got my Inspire I knew that there would be more dual core options later in the year. But I've got another upgrade due in August I figured I would sell the Inspire at that time if there was a good alternative then. I bet there will be an At&t variant that will be out by the end of the 3rd quarter. I don't think the Sensation will be the steaming pile of fail that the Atrix is and it will have a 1520 mAh battery.
When I look at the spec's it's basically an Inspire with the DC SD, a better screen and they found the room for the bigger battery. Add Gingerbread and Sense 3.0 out of the box and it looks like a Dev's dream. By then they'll be cooking IC Sandwich roms.
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haha I just read the last replies and i think, it's so funny how most guys here from the states always worry about the network . I mean who cares what phone you can get with At&t and which one with verizon. You can get pretty much every single phone to work with every single carrier. Just buy a phone without simlock and buy the plan from whatever network you want.
Anyway, dont know why i just brought that up again, i guess cause im german and i never ever bought a phone directly from a carrier before

xaboren said:
haha I just read the last replies and i think, it's so funny how most guys here from the states always worry about the network . I mean who cares what phone you can get with At&t and which one with verizon. You can get pretty much every single phone to work with every single carrier. Just buy a phone without simlock and buy the plan from whatever network you want.
Anyway, dont know why i just brought that up again, i guess cause im german and i never ever bought a phone directly from a carrier before
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It doesn't work like that.
AT&T and T-Mobile phones are not compatible with Verizon or Sprint. The opposite is true.
Verizon phones are not compatible with Sprint. The opposite is also true.
Even within GSM (AT&T and T-Mobile), they use different frequencies. AT&T is 1900MHz, while T-Mobile is 1700MHz. It's exceptionally rare to find a 3G GSM phone that works on both carriers.
So, yes, it is important to consider the network in the US, because you probably won't be able to take that phone to any other carrier and still get 3G.

[Q] Availablility timeframe in the U.S.?

I'm pretty sure this will be my next phone. I don't know how long it will take to come out in the States but HTC's website says it supports AWS in Europe/Asia/T-mobile US. So if they make me wait too long, I may have to buy an unlocked imported model if they are available first.

Paten said:
I'm pretty sure this will be my next phone. I don't know how long it will take to come out in the States but HTC's website says it supports AWS in Europe/Asia/T-mobile US. So if they make me wait too long, I may have to buy an unlocked imported model if they are available first.
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They will not be available until sometime in June as for its first month on sale, at least as far as the UK is concerned it will be exclusive to Vodafone.

Looks like I am going to have to get a G2X to pacify me until TMOUS gets this beauty.

kable said:
Looks like I am going to have to get a G2X to pacify me until TMOUS gets this beauty.
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You know I wonder if the Sensation will be dual network campatible seeing as AT&T is buying T-Mobile US. Personally I am seriously concidering the Sensation for my next device as the dual core snap dragon has me all excited but if I can not use it on AT&T's 4G network I am going to have to pass as I don't want to dish out the cash for a great new device just to get stuck on Edge.

T-Macgnolia said:
...if I can not use it on AT&T's 4G network I am going to have to pass as I don't want to dish out the cash for a great new device just to get stuck on Edge.
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Exactly. G2x here I come.

T-Macgnolia said:
You know I wonder if the Sensation will be dual network campatible seeing as AT&T is buying T-Mobile US. Personally I am seriously concidering the Sensation for my next device as the dual core snap dragon has me all excited but if I can not use it on AT&T's 4G network I am going to have to pass as I don't want to dish out the cash for a great new device just to get stuck on Edge.
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ATT already said its going to give T-Mobile subscribers free phones of equal class
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Sensation 4G out for Bell tomorrow, Whose picking up one up?

As the title states, its out in Canada tomorrow from what i can see/been told. Hopefully the phone was worth the wait =3.

Thinking about it. Anyone know if BestBuy will let you pay full out for one with no contract unlike the atrix

Will be getting one from either wirelesswave or Tbooth tomorrow off contract, and will then unlock and use on Rogers.
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I got mine from Bell last thursday.

I will be getting one, then unlock it to use on Telus

Getting one for sure
I'm picking one up tomo for 140

The Radius Kid said:
I got mine from Bell last thursday.
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Is it s=off in Canada?

I'm just figuring out how to exchange my Atrix for one. If i had known the Sensation was coming out this soon, I would've waited.
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balto said:
Thinking about it. Anyone know if BestBuy will let you pay full out for one with no contract unlike the atrix
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Called Best Buy, they said they had it and it was $549, I said you have it now? they said yep. I said it's $549? they said yep, I said okay, hold it for me I'll be right in, they said okay... I went and they said they couldn't sell it to me, the skew wasn't taking or something like that. I said I just called you... just a dumbfounded look on their part. I hate incompetence.
Anyways, I'm guessing their computer knows that the official release is tomorrow so it's not allowing the sale.

Got my T-Mobile version up and running on WIND two weeks ago. Hooray for unlimited data!

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Got my T-Mobile version up and running on WIND two weeks ago. Hooray for unlimited data!
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also reaping the benefits my friend
loving this fone since TMO launch, i highly recoommend it.
i just hope bell didnt swamp the fone with bloadware like TMO did :/

The TMO version of the phone supports both the AWS frequencies and the UMTS frequencies. Does anyone have any idea if this is the same with the one Bell is releasing? I'm looking to put this phone on WIND and would prefer to buy it within the country rather than from the outside.

http://www.htc.com/ca/products/sensation4g-bell/#tech-specs
HSPA+/GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz

boodee0110 said:
The TMO version of the phone supports both the AWS frequencies and the UMTS frequencies. Does anyone have any idea if this is the same with the one Bell is releasing? I'm looking to put this phone on WIND and would prefer to buy it within the country rather than from the outside.
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you need the TMO or an unbranded for working on AWS, most others arent compatible
not to mention how easy it is to get a TMO S4G in canada, or just by driving across the border

Thinking of going out to my local best buy and futureshop to see if they will in fact sell one on no contract... Anyone have any luck doing this?

I just walked into the source and walked out with a bell sensation. Unlocking now for use on rogers. No issues no need to setup a bell account.

balto said:
I just walked into the source and walked out with a bell sensation. Unlocking now for use on rogers. No issues no need to setup a bell account.
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You got it off contract? Ugh this sucks. I got my Atrix through best buy with the PEP program and the wifi signal strength/call quality are horrible and I just got the phone May 26th, but since I got GingerBlur on the phone, I don't see how I'm gonna be able to exchange it without em noticing something...different with the phone.
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PearsonDKA said:
You got it off contract? Ugh this sucks. I got my Atrix through best buy with the PEP program and the wifi signal strength/call quality are horrible and I just got the phone May 26th, but since I got GingerBlur on the phone, I don't see how I'm gonna be able to exchange it without em noticing something...different with the phone.
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I happen to work at Best Buy Mobile, and if you restore a stock rom and mess with around with a root explorer, you should be able to mess up the phone enough for them to exchange it with said PEP. The guys there don't EVER notice anything subtle, and I doubt you should have any problems

With it unlocked, will it get Rogers 3G? I'm assuming yes as HSPA+ bands are 850/1900 like Rogers.
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Solidus_n313 said:
http://www.htc.com/ca/products/sensation4g-bell/#tech-specs
HSPA+/GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz
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So in other words, no information whatsoever. Lazy HTC listed quad band GSM but forgot to include the 3G bands in the specs.
We can probably assume it's UMTS 850/1900, possibly also 2100 for roaming. No AWS. The only Big 3 devices to include AWS have been the pentaband Nokias.
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HTC One X plus for verizon? Please help

First off.. when will this phone be available and will verizon be carrying this phone? Or can i just buy an unlocked version and put a verison micro sim in it? im not really sure how this unlocked ohone thing works so if anyone could explain it for me thatd be a huge help thanks.
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Can't be done since Verizon is a CDMA carrier and the X+ is for GSM carriers. However, just today, the HTC Droid DNA/Droid DLX just passed through the FCC today. The DNA, btw, is the Verizon version of the HTC J Butterfly that was recentely released in Japan. That is the closest your going to get to the X+, unfortunately.
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It's only available on ATT in the states. You should be able to buy a unlocked international version and put a Verizon sim card in it but you'll never be able to use LTE due to the different network bands.
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I would take the Droid DNA anyday, over the HOX+

jngtt said:
I would take the Droid DNA anyday, over the HOX+
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So would I but no device is worth switching carriers for me with the deal i have locked in with ATT from years back. Any word if this Droid DNA will be out for ATT this year? If so would get this hands down over the HOX+ anyday!!! 2gb ram, s4 pro quad, sd slot, real no brainer, lol! If it won't be available for ATT and Verizon/T-mobile only then i'll have to go with the HOX+ by default.

No, it won't be coming to ATT, the droids always go to Verizon as their exclusive phones
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Thunder350 said:
No, it won't be coming to ATT, the droids always go to Verizon as their exclusive phones
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Damn that's sad but overall i believe Verizon is superior to ATT. Just in my entire area ATT is the leader and would have to pay an easy $60 more a month to have the same exact plan as i do now on ATT and that's with my friend working for Verizon helping! Just not worth it for me personally.
The HOX+ sure isn't a bad device and still looking forward to it but damn when will it be out for us???

ZeroRilix said:
Can't be done since Verizon is a CDMA carrier and the X+ is for GSM carriers. However, just today, the HTC Droid DNA/Droid DLX just passed through the FCC today. The DNA, btw, is the Verizon version of the HTC J Butterfly that was recentely released in Japan. That is the closest your going to get to the X+, unfortunately.
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not unfortunate...

deeznuts said:
Damn that's sad but overall i believe Verizon is superior to ATT. Just in my entire area ATT is the leader and would have to pay an easy $60 more a month to have the same exact plan as i do now on ATT and that's with my friend working for Verizon helping! Just not worth it for me personally.
The HOX+ sure isn't a bad device and still looking forward to it but damn when will it be out for us???
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Next year there will be a new phone that HTC will release that should be better than the HOX+ on ATT. HTC still need to make a S4 pro gsm phone for the masses like the HOX