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3G sometimes good sometimes useless,

Sprint/Virgin Mobile normally have certain hours were they're data speeds are unusable; the time/hors might be(probably) area specific though. For me in St.Thomas, US Virgin Islands, the slow down time when it's hard to even do web browsing is from 8:00pm to 11:00pm. The minute(and I do mean the minute) the clock touches 11:00pm speeds have a major sudden boost. From 8pm to 10pm, I'm normally getting 10KBp/s, while early in the mornings I normally get up to 3Mbp/s; though most of the day I get around 1Mbp/s.
 
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I will probally buy a iPhone or a low cost Key Lime Pie Android whichever I decide I wanna stick with Android but Virgin Mobile making me think that Android stinks. If I get an iPhone it will be a Verizon 2 Year contract...
(Never the less an iPhone would be very expensive)

Android does not stink. :) I can say a few devices that run android stink (Motorola triumph ugh), but I think you should buy a Nexus 4 from Google. It's unlocked and the best value. Only 300$ or 350 $ I think. That seems like the best option for you.

By signing up with Verizon and apple for two years is like asking them to let you bend over for them. :p
 
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I will probally buy a iPhone or a low cost Key Lime Pie Android whichever I decide I wanna stick with Android but Virgin Mobile making me think that Android stinks. If I get an iPhone it will be a Verizon 2 Year contract...
(Never the less an iPhone would be very expensive)

That's the silliest thing i ever heard. Blame the network, not Android. One has nothing to do with how the other operates. *eyeroll*
 
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That's the silliest thing i ever heard. Blame the network, not Android. One has nothing to do with how the other operates. *eyeroll*

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Forgive me, but as a former Guide on this site, I find my inner Guide is coming out. Let's keep this a friendly forum and remember that all of us were once newbies and asked silly questions.

You do make a good point, though, Virgin's 3G is poor in many areas and at various times. Some of it is the Sprint Network and more of it is that Virgin apparently has a lower traffic priority than Sprint, meaning that the 3G speeds of Virgin Mobile users are often much slower than the speeds Sprint users receive.

The operating system does not make a difference in your data speeds, regardless if it is iOS, Android, or a Windows Phone.
 
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I'm not sure that Sprint has it together enough to figure out carrier priority (LOL!). It has not been my experience that those on Sprint are getting any better coverage than we are, they all complain as well! Just from my experience, not a scientific survey. It has been particularly spastic lately as they are upgrading all the towers in my area to the network vision so hopefully it will be much better very soon, already seen some sporadically great speed times but it goes back to "normal" at times as well even dropping down to 1x at times.
 
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They upgraded the tower by me about a week ago and at times it's up over 2mbs. indoors which was unheard of before but right now it's back down to 1x, the drops to 1x have been way more frequent but when it's on it's way better. Hopefully it will stabilize soon and they will turn on the lte here (we never got wimax in my area) so it's been quite a long dryspell!
 
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They upgraded the tower by me about a week ago and at times it's up over 2mbs. indoors which was unheard of before but right now it's back down to 1x, the drops to 1x have been way more frequent but when it's on it's way better. Hopefully it will stabilize soon and they will turn on the lte here (we never got wimax in my area) so it's been quite a long dryspell!

Sounds like they are turning on 800Mhz 1x voice, 800Mhz will provide better building penetration. What city do you live in I can see if the OEM Network Vision vendor has been lighting up LTE in your area.
 
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Where do you look this stuff up? And do you have any information for around Irvine, Santa Ana, and Tustin, CA?

Irvine, Santa Ana, and Tustin, California are in the Orange County Sprint market. Network Vision vendor for this area is Alcatel Lucent, they are about 95% complete. Most of Sprint's cell sites have been 3G/4G PCS LTE accepted/broadcasting. LTE should be available pretty much in Santa Ana/LA Metro area. The only towers that Lucent is currently upgrading are confined to the Rancho Cucamonga area near Red Hill Country Club. :thumbup:
 
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