If it was to come out on 4 different phone carriers like the SGSIII.
Which phone carrier would you pick? Which one would be the cheapest out of them all?
Which phone carrier would you pick? Which one would be the cheapest out of them all?
Verizon is to stupid to carry this phone. Why would ever want to stock a product most everybody wants???
Although AT7T isn't that bad, I'm a Sprint guy and will go back to them once the Note 2 goes on sale there.
I do find it odd that Verizon went for the Vu instead of with the Note 2.
TS
Although AT7T isn't that bad, I'm a Sprint guy and will go back to them once the Note 2 goes on sale there.
I do find it odd that Verizon went for the Vu instead of with the Note 2.
TS
Sprint's 3G was a bit rough speed wise for me, though I had wimax at a lot of places I went/lived at the time. We don't know for sure that Verizon isn't getting the Note 2 though, just because they got the Vu. Hopefully they get both.
It is said that AT&T technically has the faster data speeds than Verizon. I have seen Sprint speeds and they are very slow. AT&T might be slower at deploying LTE than Verizon is, but do keep in mind that if you don't have LTE on AT&T, chances are you might get HSPA+. Whereas if you don't get LTE on Verizon, you'll fall back to 3G.
Also, I could be wrong about this, but I don't think that Sprint's LTE and WiMax are compatible with each other, so I think if you lose/don't have LTE coverage, you will fall back to 3G instead of Wi-Max.
I present to you Exhibit A.I really don't think the Note 2 will be sold on Sprint or Verizon. If you take a look at the original Note, it was only sold on AT&T for a time, and it was only recently that T-Mobile started selling it - and then ditching it.
Well here in NYC, I never had an issue with Wimax, fast speeds (at least fast enough for me not to notice a slowdown), 3G, well it depends on what part of town I'm in and seeing the LTE results form folks across the areas that have LTE, the results are in line or better than AT&T and Verizon. So I know, (at least in my part of town and those areas that I travel to) that Sprint is getting better.It is said that AT&T technically has the faster data speeds than Verizon. I have seen Sprint speeds and they are very slow. AT&T might be slower at deploying LTE than Verizon is, but do keep in mind that if you don't have LTE on AT&T, chances are you might get HSPA+. Whereas if you don't get LTE on Verizon, you'll fall back to 3G.
This is true on phones liek the Nexus, S3 etc that are only LTE and 3G, and those phones that are only Wimax and 3G like the EVO, but I have the TriFi hotspot which has all three, so i can easily connect any of my devices to it and be covered anywhere i go. Until I get LTE in my town which then I'll give up the TriFi or put it on the suspension plan.Also, I could be wrong about this, but I don't think that Sprint's LTE and WiMax are compatible with each other, so I think if you lose/don't have LTE coverage, you will fall back to 3G instead of Wi-Max.
for those folks who don't/won't have an upgrade are you thinking about importing one instead of buying an American version?
If Sprint gets Note 2, I think chances are Verizon will too as they are CDMA/LTE carriers.
Then I wonder what processor/radio chipset it will have, Exynos/Samsung LTE or qualcomm S4 Pro/LTE. My bet is it will be Qualcomm S4 Pro chipset for Sprint, Verizon.
Regardless it better have Qualcomm CDMA 3g or it could have trouble. Even if getting qualcomm 3g means going to the standard MSM8960 dualcore S4 on CDMA networks I think it would be worth it. S4 Pro would be killer though as that would give VZW people the best one. Not happy none the less with this latest news all might get Exynos, mostly due to possible crap cheap basebands that aren't qualcom. Would rather have Krait dual core than quad exynos in the end also anyhow.
A lot of folks wanted to see Exynos/LTE chipset in Sammy flagship device ever since SGS2 came last year. They finally did that in the Korean version of SGS3 LTE this year, but all North American versions are made with S4 chip to support all LTE bands in US. Now it seems they added all those bands to their radio modem chip in Note 2. But like you said, if it's Exynos/LTE I would be a bit wary of it for a while. Hopefully they did some homework to their radio after the CDMA Gnex reception fiasco. S4 Pro/Qualcomm LTE chipset would be safer bet until their chipset is proven.
I have unlimited data on vzw so I'm staying until they kick my a$$ off for using 30-40gbs per month
I have unlimited data on vzw so I'm staying until they kick my a$$ off for using 30-40gbs per month
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