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anyone planning on using Nexus on AT&T

I have a magic (from rogers, so it works on At&t 3g) but I really really wanna get on board with the Nexus.
I am in NJ so TMo says 3g coverage is good, but i am just skeptical.
plus i have a family plan on at&t, wife uses iphone, doubt i could talk her into giving it up...
anyone gonna use the nexus on at&t and go without 3g???

I will be replacing my iphone with the nexus tomorrow when the n1 arrives. Because of how awful 3g is in my area (live in seattle work in redmond) I have been using edge almost exclusively. Funnily enough, my dropped calls have ceased after the 3g=>edge move. Go figure
I plan to keep my iphone handy and see just how painful the n1 is without the ability to attempt 3g if I really want it or need it (maps come to mind and so does pandora though both have been acceptable on edge thus far).
Perhaps I can call ATT and have them remove 3g from my account saving me some money each month.

I'm going to try it out on AT&T to see if/(how much) I miss 3g. If I can't get along without it, I'll just switch to T-Mobile. I live in Dallas so both AT&T and T-Mobile have full coverage.

For me, the people I talk to the most are on ATT and it would cost me more to continue my phone habits on a different provider than to just stick with ATT. Moving back to T-Mobile is not an option at this point. I really do wish I had kept my G1 when I made that move

yeah, i was thinking the same thing, just try my non-3g life out and go from there.....at least i'm not alone!
like you said, i have a family / friends all on att, so i might cost more if i were on tmo now...
thakns for input, good luck to us!

I have a g1 & mytouch on at&t just unlocked it. i dont mind having 2G only cuz my battery life is increased and when i get home i have wifi so i just attach to it to get better speeds.. i plan on getting the nexus one when i have the money for it. i didnt know the rogers phones are at&T compatible. anyone wanna sell or trade devices? PM ME
thanks

I hated having my iPhone on Tmobile, no 3G kinda killed the use of an iPhone, the call quality wasn't that great, and though it was handy, it was a bit annoying knowing that I had no 3G. I sold it for $370, used that money to buy a N1 :]

I have an xperia X1a.... and am probably going to buy a nexus.. I"m tired of people w/ cheap, crappy phones having way better internet speed than me.
BUT.. I will make sure that X10 really isn't tmo 3g compatible.

WHy won't the n1 get 3G- any idea when they might change that?

well, the n1 doesn't have the 850 mhz frequency that att runs there 3g on.
the n1 is coming to verizon in the spring and will have 3g......i honestly don't think n1 will ever get to att, especially since google is obviously battling with iphone.....
i really would love the n1, but i honestly don't know i could give up my magic with 3g on ATT......i was just downloading at 1600 kb/sec....pretty damn fast.
the 2g speed is only like 180 kb/sec.

dsarch21 said:
well, the n1 doesn't have the 850 mhz frequency that att runs there 3g on.
the n1 is coming to verizon in the spring and will have 3g......i honestly don't think n1 will ever get to att, especially since google is obviously battling with iphone.....
i really would love the n1, but i honestly don't know i could give up my magic with 3g on ATT......i was just downloading at 1600 kb/sec....pretty damn fast.
the 2g speed is only like 180 kb/sec.
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I was just downloading at over 4100kbps on T-mobile.

I just ordered my Nexus One Superphone. Im planning on selling my HTC Magic unlocked A6161 32A with Hero Sense UI.

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I was just downloading at over 4100kbps on T-mobile.
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wow! really?? OK....well, my decision is pretty easy then....bye bye ATT......
hello N1!

No AT&T 3G means no Nexus One for me. So my only hope now is that HTC releases their own branded version with Sense (which I would have wanted anyway) shortly after the hype blows over.
If the Acer A1 hits in the meantime, I'm going to get that I guess. No way in hell I'm switching to T-Mobile for any reason. They have zero coverage where I live and no roaming agreements with AT&T (I live in a Chicago suburb). But in areas where they do work, friends aren't getting 3G and 1/2 the time they aren't even getting EDGE!
Besides, I was only getting the AT&T version of the Nexus One to hold me over until Windows Mobile 7 drops. I have no problem waiting until Windows Mobile 7 and skipping Android altogether.
Personally, I think they screwed up. They gained very little from have Verizon offer it. Verizon customers who want a high end Android device *JUST* bought the Droid and will be getting Android 2.1 soon. If they made an AT&T compatible version, they'd have more potential for sales since AT&T has NO android devices so far and Canadian carriers can also take advantage.
For those on T-Mobile, looks like a good phone...
-Mc

dsarch21 said:
wow! really?? OK....well, my decision is pretty easy then....bye bye ATT......
hello N1!
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T-mo flipped the switch on their 7.2mbps 3G today. I'm sure it was planned to coincide with the N1 release, lol... anyway, T-mo is now the fastest GSM 3G in the U.S., right?
Edit: Just came across this article: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/atandt-kicks-it-into-overdrive-rolls-out-7-2mbps-everywhere-bu/
Seems that AT&T now has a fire under its ass to follow suit. They too are speeding up their upgrade to 7.2mbps, but they won't have the backbone up to speed for a while apparently.

McHale said:
Besides, I was only getting the AT&T version of the Nexus One to hold me over until Windows Mobile 7 drops. I have no problem waiting until Windows Mobile 7 and skipping Android altogether.
Personally, I think they screwed up. They gained very little from have Verizon offer it. Verizon customers who want a high end Android device *JUST* bought the Droid and will be getting Android 2.1 soon. If they made an AT&T compatible version, they'd have more potential for sales since AT&T has NO android devices so far and Canadian carriers can also take advantage.
For those on T-Mobile, looks like a good phone...
-Mc
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Winmo over Android? Really!?! For Microsoft's sake I hope you're right, but I think it's highly unlikely that WM7 will be enough to make Windows a plausible mobile platform. I've been in the wireless industry for a few years and Windows Mobile has, for just as long, been a last resort for anyone but the most diehard Windows fanatic(you?).
I do however agree that it's a win for those of us on T-Mobile. That make's five Android devices to choose from! And for the record I'll be picking up a Nexus One as soon as they start offering it with the employee discount!

McHale said:
No AT&T 3G means no Nexus One for me. So my only hope now is that HTC releases their own branded version with Sense (which I would have wanted anyway) shortly after the hype blows over.
If the Acer A1 hits in the meantime, I'm going to get that I guess. No way in hell I'm switching to T-Mobile for any reason. They have zero coverage where I live and no roaming agreements with AT&T (I live in a Chicago suburb). But in areas where they do work, friends aren't getting 3G and 1/2 the time they aren't even getting EDGE!
Besides, I was only getting the AT&T version of the Nexus One to hold me over until Windows Mobile 7 drops. I have no problem waiting until Windows Mobile 7 and skipping Android altogether.
Personally, I think they screwed up. They gained very little from have Verizon offer it. Verizon customers who want a high end Android device *JUST* bought the Droid and will be getting Android 2.1 soon. If they made an AT&T compatible version, they'd have more potential for sales since AT&T has NO android devices so far and Canadian carriers can also take advantage.
For those on T-Mobile, looks like a good phone...
-Mc
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Seriously man... blame AT&T and Apple for their internal agreements. It's because of the iPhone that AT&T isn't allowed to bring in any products that would cannibalize sales of the iPhone. Once exclusivity expires... Android devices will storm AT&T as well.

uansari1 said:
Seriously man... blame AT&T and Apple for their internal agreements. It's because of the iPhone that AT&T isn't allowed to bring in any products that would cannibalize sales of the iPhone. Once exclusivity expires... Android devices will storm AT&T as well.
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http://gizmodo.com/5441632/atts-first-android-phones-five-from-motorola-dell-and-htc

deprecate said:
http://gizmodo.com/5441632/atts-first-android-phones-five-from-motorola-dell-and-htc
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It feels good to be right.

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It feels good to be right.
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Is this a new Google N1 offering for AT&T

I just noticed that an AT&T "compatible" phone is now listed in the Google phone page. It looks like a new offering.
"Compatible with 3G on AT&T (U.S.) and Rogers Wireless (Canada) Supports three 3G/UMTS bands (850/1900/2100 MHz) and four GSM radio frequencies (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)"
https://www.google.com/phone/choose?hl=en&gl=US&s7e=

tamanaco said:
I just noticed that an AT&T "compatible" phone is now listed in the Google phone page. It looks like a new offering.
"Compatible with 3G on AT&T (U.S.) and Rogers Wireless (Canada) Supports three 3G/UMTS bands (850/1900/2100 MHz) and four GSM radio frequencies (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)"
https://www.google.com/phone/choose?hl=en&gl=US&s7e=
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yes go get it!

that was a surprise

mmh no more ip check from Switzerland.. nevertheless, the shipping address is refused..

I find it a bit strange that there has been no announcement from AT&T. Is Google introducing this phone without AT&T's blessing?... Is this a continuation of the Google (N1) and Apple (iPhone) battle?... In other words Apple attacks HTC and Google retaliates by attacking the exclusive supplier of iPhones.

I wonder if the at&t nexus one will have any minor differences from the tmobile other than the antenna.

tamanaco said:
I find it a bit strange that there has been no announcement from AT&T. Is Google introducing this phone without AT&T's blessing?... Is this a continuation of the Google (N1) and Apple (iPhone) battle?... In other words Apple attacks HTC and Google retaliates by attacking the exclusive supplier of iPhones.
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Google will only help AT&T by doing this.

tamanaco said:
I find it a bit strange that there has been no announcement from AT&T. Is Google introducing this phone without AT&T's blessing?... Is this a continuation of the Google (N1) and Apple (iPhone) battle?... In other words Apple attacks HTC and Google retaliates by attacking the exclusive supplier of iPhones.
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I don't think hardware manufactures need carriers "blessings" to create hardware.
Whether the carriers allow the phones is a different story.

melterx12 said:
Google will only help AT&T by doing this.
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Agree... but without an "official" announcement from AT&T it might undermine the iPhone. There is nothing in AT&T's Smartphone offerings that really challenges the iPhone because it is AT&T's cash cow. There is no provision in the page to buy a "subsidized" N1 from AT&T... I also find that a bit odd.

tamanaco said:
Agree... but without an "official" announcement from AT&T it might undermine the iPhone. There is nothing in AT&T's Smartphone offerings that really challenges the iPhone because it is AT&T's cash cow. There is no provision in the page to buy a "subsidized" N1 from AT&T... I also find that a bit odd.
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I don't imagine they will offer it subsidized. Like you said, the iPhone is their cash cow, why would they (Apple included) allow a better phone to be sold along side their money maker?

muncheese said:
Whether the carriers allow the phones is a different story.
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Exactly... but if AT&T decides to disable a specific device (N1), then somewhere in the plan contract there has to be an stipulation that no "unlocked" phone from an unauthorized vendor is guaranteed service. To be honest, I have not looked at my AT&T Plan contract to find if such wording is in it.

All I know is that I've placed my order for one, and shall be selling my T-Mobile one in the next few days. I was going to wait it out for the new iPhone, but now I can get the best phone that's 3G works on a better network than T-Mobile.

EarthsiegeTA said:
All I know is that I've placed my order for one, and shall be selling my T-Mobile one in the next few days. I was going to wait it out for the new iPhone, but now I can get the best phone that's 3G works on a better network than T-Mobile.
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Keep us posted... eager to hear anything you have to say about it... I hope you did not opt for the "optional" engraving... I'd delay your reporting.

EarthsiegeTA said:
All I know is that I've placed my order for one, and shall be selling my T-Mobile one in the next few days. I was going to wait it out for the new iPhone, but now I can get the best phone that's 3G works on a better network than T-Mobile.
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I guess I am going to join you and buy the att nexus then sell the other one

tamanaco said:
Keep us posted... eager to hear anything you have to say about it... I hope you did not opt for the "optional" engraving... I'd delay your reporting.
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Nope, I did not opt for the engraving on either one. I like spotless phones. Besides, it also kills the resale value.

EarthsiegeTA said:
All I know is that I've placed my order for one, and shall be selling my T-Mobile one in the next few days. I was going to wait it out for the new iPhone, but now I can get the best phone that's 3G works on a better network than T-Mobile.
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plus, more expensive than T-Mobile

sstang2006 said:
plus, more expensive than T-Mobile
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That it is, but after using T-Mobile for a month and not having signal in a majority of the places I frequent, I went back to AT&T, even though it only works on EDGE.

I think this is great news and I'm also surprised that there hasn't been an official AT&T announcement...

damn!
I just had a friend from the US order one for me and I should be getting it Thursday or Friday this week!
Arg! I'm with Rogers and would love the 3G bands... I wonder if I can somehow do a swap??

I would also hope that some of the folks that bought the t-mobile N1 and that are switching to the AT&T model... wait to get their AT&T N1 before selling/canceling their t-mobile N1 and contract. This way we can get a side by side comparison of the two phones. Specifically, I want to know if covering the lower part of an AT&T N1 affects the signal strength in the same way it does a t-mobile N1.

Any US carrier getting it?

have they announced what us carrier its comming to officialy?
ive heard at&t and ive heard T-mobile...

i would say probably none. but i did just see a video from CITA that has a rep saying "we haven't officially named any US partnership" which could mean nothing.. but who knows..
either way i'll be getting the phone and using it on ATT
can't wait till ROGERS has the phone. it'll be easier to get one online once they do

It will be announced by one of the companies 1 year after its release... as usual.

I've seen a few videos online that show the X10 with AT&T branding on the home screen.
With the way AT&T is going with Android, they'll need some time to lock down the OS and make it as non-open as possible.

orelsi said:
It will be announced by one of the companies 1 year after its release... as usual.
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What are you talking about?
One version supports AWS 1700 (WCDMA-IV), a specific T-Mobile US band (+ a Canadian provider) - it's not too far fetched to see TMO picking it up as soon as possible...

You think maybe he was poking a little fun at the carriers mostly slow release schedule? Relax man, aint nothing going on here worth getting worked up over.

krabman said:
You think maybe he was poking a little fun at the carriers mostly slow release schedule? Relax man, aint nothing going on here worth getting worked up over.
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ditto.
again. even if it is picked up. it'll probably be long after the phone has lost interest.. at least here in US

ATT
I was told by the manager of the ATT in Honolulu Wednesday that they wil be getting it very soon( could be bull**** as I do not know him personally) but there was a couple of operator issues to be worked out. He figured that it was about 30-45 days out. Roger Wireless Canada is already showing the phone on their website which usually means that it will be available withing 30 days from them.

What operator issue? Anyone who has used a Rogers HTC Android on AT&T knows that as long as the APN is known, everything works. Ditto with the Nexus One.
Operator issue is code word for: Lets bloat it up with useless software like the Motorola Backflip.
I would rather pay more for the phone rather than having a subsidy.

saltorio said:
I've seen a few videos online that show the X10 with AT&T branding on the home screen.
With the way AT&T is going with Android, they'll need some time to lock down the OS and make it as non-open as possible.
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I had also seen videos and pics of the X1 with AT&T panels... but that didn't happen. Eitherway, I'd prefer for the X10 NOT to be released on AT&T and to be sold directly through Sony Style (with the prerequisite ATT 3G bands of course), that way I can continue using my $10 unlimited data plan instead of the mandatory $30 PDA data plan with smartphones sold through ATT.

unlocked tmobile using AT&T

i have a unlocked hd2 using AT&T i know they say it wont get 3g unless i bought the australian version but every once a and a while it will get 3g for 20 sec to a minute or so am i the only one experiencing this

That sucks, I was hoping to be able to move this to AT&T eventually. There's no point if there's no 3G though.

AT&T and T-Mobile uses different 3G bands. There is no way you will ever get AT&T 3G on a T-Mobile 3G phone.

to get a hd2 that can get at&ts 3g you have to buy hd2 t9193 thats an australian phone

OHHH NOOO!
CRAP! This is what I get for not doing my research properly. I have been absolutely HATING T-Mobiles network, I can go anywhere with my Tilt 2 and HD2 and the Tilt 2 ALWAYS has better reception and better G connections. T-Mobile is rolling out this new "Ultra G" but even if the speed hype is true, I seriously doubt that the COVERAGE will improve. And their coverage SUCKS! Ahh, but I love the HD2... Plan was, as others said, to move back to AT&T eventually, using this phone. NOW what do I do. Find an Aussie that wants to Trade?

no one will want to trade i recommend you sell yours craigslist or how ever then jump to eBay buy one from Australia cause if you bid on one of those t9193's that are here in the us expect to pay close to 800 if you buy from Australia you'll spend a little under 700

memphis550 said:
i have a unlocked hd2 using AT&T i know they say it wont get 3g unless i bought the australian version but every once a and a while it will get 3g for 20 sec to a minute or so am i the only one experiencing this
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I too have noticed this. Especially on the northern side of the DC area. I've driven through and each time I get the 3G symbol for a little bit and then it drops out. So you're not crazy or anything else. I'm glad you shared this because I was wondering also.

makes me think that some type for software would enable AT&Ts 3g on the US hd2

I wonder also if they have the 850 mghz one in their supply chain and don't know it or don't care and have released them. I'm heading back the same way again this week, so I'll keep my eyes on my phone. I wish there was a way to tell what chip it is and what bands it will pick up.

They couldn't "just release" or enable cross-band functionality like that without clearing with the FCC first, and that hasn't happened. When the HD2 first received it's license it was certified to exclusively work on the bands specified, and AT&T's were not among those. And, even if you were able to "hack" it to work, you'd likely be violating the law.

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They couldn't "just release" or enable cross-band functionality like that without clearing with the FCC first, and that hasn't happened. When the HD2 first received it's license it was certified to exclusively work on the bands specified, and AT&T's were not among those. And, even if you were able to "hack" it to work, you'd likely be violating the law.
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and apple say jailbreaking there devices is violating the law too right. thats never stopped people from using there talent before

memphis550 said:
and apple say jailbreaking there devices is violating the law too right. thats never stopped people from using there talent before
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I guess but it's not really an apples-to-apples comparison because you don't have to defy the laws of physics to jailbreak an iphone...but you would have to do just that to get the HD2 to work on AT&T's 3G bands.

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I guess but it's not really an apples-to-apples comparison because you don't have to defy the laws of physics to jailbreak an iphone...but you would have to do just that to get the HD2 to work on AT&T's 3G bands.
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well if you remember the first iphone jailbreak hats off to GEOHOT was a hardware and software jailbreak. i my search how to make my hd2 get 3g on AT&T i want to know what do you think if i'm to buy a 3g antenna from htc.au and replace that with my 3g antenna what do you think

Galaxy Nexus Coming to Sprint

http://briefmobile.com/sprint-nexus-prime-coming-soon
Check inside for the proof!

Time to save my Pennies lol
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I find this a little odd considering Samsung has already said what the radio versions would be and Sprint has 0 LTE setup. I call shenanigans on someone. Maybe the want posters for use in the end of next year?

strifejester said:
I find this a little odd considering Samsung has already said what the radio versions would be and Sprint has 0 LTE setup. I call shenanigans on someone. Maybe the want posters for use in the end of next year?
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sprint announced lte starting q1 2012

Sprint Will Be Getting The Galaxy Nexus.
With out a doubt Sprint will be getting the new nexus phone as all the main wireless company's in the US will be. There are two models HSPA models will go to T-mobile and AT&T and the LTE models will be on Verizon and Sprint, anyone to think otherwise wouldn't be smart to think sprint has already does this in the past with the Nexus S 4G while it advertised it being the first and only usable NFC Compatible phone but nobody in theory could actually use the NFC feature of the phone until they had updated it to version 2.3.7 and gave u Google Wallet and Google Shopper. Sprint has stated that they are going to be very aggressive setting up LTE in 2012 to try to be on par with Verizon somewhat with 4G so its all makes sense if u really think about it..

Sprint announced LTE for next summer with it's first LTE devices launching next summer as well.

strifejester said:
I find this a little odd considering Samsung has already said what the radio versions would be and Sprint has 0 LTE setup. I call shenanigans on someone. Maybe the want posters for use in the end of next year?
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Wow hater. All major carriers and a few not so major carriers are getting the phone. Just like the SGS2...

looks like they might release the phone then launch lte? I hope LTE will be unlimited

Samsung/Google already dropped the ball in not releasing this device (or having a press event for it) before the iPhone4S was released. The best they can do now to salvage their product in the public's eye is to release it on as many carriers as possible.

im waiting for something more than a packing slip as a real confirmation.

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im waiting for something more than a packing slip as a real confirmation.
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I think everyone is...let's hope that sprint doesn't count this as an official statement
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lowandbehold said:
Wow hater. All major carriers and a few not so major carriers are getting the phone. Just like the SGS2...
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Not a hater I own a NS4G and use Sprint everyday. I was just being honest. So far we know very little about what Sprint will use for their LTE and if there is any compatability with Samsung already has in the phone. I know all of the carriers will get a variant of the Galaxy Nexus but I honestly don't expect any of them to get one until after May of next year and I also think its possible late next year this phone will be advertised like crazy on Sprint and their new LTE.