Will we ever get 4g for the EVO lol Dont think its fair Sprint makes us pay an extra 10 for 4g but we never even got 4g 3 years later...
Sprint redefined the $10 surcharge to mean "Premium Data." If I'm not mistaken, all Android smartphones (whether or not they have WiMax/LTE) have to pay this $10 fee.
In the beg it was only for the evo 4g most likely bc of the 4g data...if hte evo is not faster than any other phone since its only 3g then why extra 10 dollar charge...
For the amount of data it uses
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The charge is for any smartphone . And its for the unlimited data w/o a cap.
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I just saw on sprint website there is no 4g service even in Lousiana?! But why tout the FIRST EVER 4G phone the evo & then never even have 4 G for it?!!?
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Dude the phones 2 years old why are u crying now, smh some ppl are just clueless
Plus if you read the fine print it says where 4g is available, not available in all areas and etc learn to read and get back in your time machine get outta summer 2010 and come back to the real world
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Right on dude. Also here in nc we have 4g all over
lol thanx RadDudeTommy Im not crying just trying to get info on wether they plan to get 4G for it...lol
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evoer said:
Right on dude. Also here in nc we have 4g all over
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Almost...I'm in Wake Forest NC (just outside of Raleigh and I don't get 4g coverage at all but I get it everywhere else I go lol
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Hey,
like a previous post states the $10 charge is for premium data, and it applies to smart phones that do not have 4g as well as those that do. That being said Wimax technology is what your 4g is based on and sprint is going to be switching to a 4g LTE network, and sadly ditching wimax. Lte is just going to be better for the future, so sadly if you do not have 4g not you most likely will not be getting it.
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Amen brother!
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In the beginning it was indeed a 4G charge that was only applied on 4G phones, with the Evo being the only 4G phone at the time.
At that same time they introduced the SERO-P plans so that anyone on Sero could not get an android device. SERO-P was $10 more than SERO. If you had a SERO-P plan you had to pay another $10 to have a 4G device on your SERO-P plan. At that time they were openly telling customers it was a 4G fee. Well, it was quickly discovered that 4G wasn't and wouldn't be everywhere, and as a result Evo SERO-P customers started complaining that they were being forced to pay for a service they weren't getting (4G in their area) simply because they wanted a better (and more expensive phone). As a result of this, Sprint quickly changed it from a "4G fee" to a "premium data fee", yet for SERO customers, it was only applied to 4G devices. Then a year later it was determined that all new android devices would also have to pay for premium data, which is where we are now.
When I got my Evo I was in this boat -- I had to pay an extra $10 for a service I wasn't getting. So, I complained to Sprint and they told me in writing in two separate instances that "there would be 4G everywhere by the end of 2010." well, here we are in 2012, and still no 4G in my area. If they hadn't lied to me, I wouldn't have bought the device I did.
I did figure out a way to not pay the 4G fee, so I only pay $40 a month for my plan. It takes a bit of creativity, but saving $120 a year for a service I'll never get makes it worthwhile for me.
Thank you D.O.C & indagroove I respect both of you & your responses. All I was looking for was stevovanburen & indagrooves responses.
I dont agree with the premium data statement I think Indagrooves hit the nail on the head & it went the way he said. I had both a blackberry & HTC hero b4 my EVO 4g. On both you can get fast 3g service but no 4g however, I was not charged a 10 dollar fee for those but once I got the EVO 4g I started getting charged an extra 10...obviously to upkeep 4g. BTW when is 4g LTE network going to start up & what phones are going to support it? Will it be extra or just the 10$ ?
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Thank you D.O.C & indagroove I respect both of you & your responses. All I was looking for was stevovanburen & indagrooves responses.
I dont agree with the premium data statement I think Indagrooves hit the nail on the head & it went the way he said. I had both a blackberry & HTC hero b4 my EVO 4g. On both you can get fast 3g service but no 4g however, I was not charged a 10 dollar fee for those but once I got the EVO 4g I started getting charged an extra 10...obviously to upkeep 4g. BTW when is 4g LTE network going to start up & what phones are going to support it? Will it be extra or just the 10$ ?
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Sprint and Clearwire are already in the process of converting the WiMAX towers to LTE. The process is also not as time consuming, and I'm sure if you don't have 4G service in your area, you will soon. Or you can write Sprint an e-mail asking for them to consider your area. They will have about 15 LTE equipped phones and other devices coming out Q2-Q3 2012. So far pricing has not been announced, but I do not think prices would increase much.
Umm... Sprint was SUPPOSED to have LTE partnerships with a few companies to make the rollout as quickly as possible. But since LightSquared got shot down by the FCC..
And we see how fast clearwire was able to rollout wimax.
It's going to be a few years before Sprint has coast to coast 4G LTE coverage.
And to the OP, if you don't have 4g now, you will never have it on your EVO. They are not building any more WiMAX towers, and the Evo will not support LTE. None of the current Sprint phones will support LTE.
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In the beginning it was indeed a 4G charge that was only applied on 4G phones, with the Evo being the only 4G phone at the time.
At that same time they introduced the SERO-P plans so that anyone on Sero could not get an android device. SERO-P was $10 more than SERO. If you had a SERO-P plan you had to pay another $10 to have a 4G device on your SERO-P plan. At that time they were openly telling customers it was a 4G fee. Well, it was quickly discovered that 4G wasn't and wouldn't be everywhere, and as a result Evo SERO-P customers started complaining that they were being forced to pay for a service they weren't getting (4G in their area) simply because they wanted a better (and more expensive phone). As a result of this, Sprint quickly changed it from a "4G fee" to a "premium data fee", yet for SERO customers, it was only applied to 4G devices. Then a year later it was determined that all new android devices would also have to pay for premium data, which is where we are now.
When I got my Evo I was in this boat -- I had to pay an extra $10 for a service I wasn't getting. So, I complained to Sprint and they told me in writing in two separate instances that "there would be 4G everywhere by the end of 2010." well, here we are in 2012, and still no 4G in my area. If they hadn't lied to me, I wouldn't have bought the device I did.
I did figure out a way to not pay the 4G fee, so I only pay $40 a month for my plan. It takes a bit of creativity, but saving $120 a year for a service I'll never get makes it worthwhile for me.
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How you pay $40 a month?
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To make an EXTREMELY long story short, sprints connection is bipolar and ****ty. Im in the middle of a city and have no 4G. 2/4 of NYC has no 4G. Yet the middle of no where has 4G.. Sprint=very bad at radio tower set up.
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How you pay $40 a month?
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and what he said.. Firstly i pay like $160 a month for only 4 phones.. technically its 60 or 70 a month for unlimited texting and data and like 1200 minutes, and to add another line is 10 more $.. how the f am i paying 160??? ima call sprint
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How you pay $40 a month?
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PM me if you really wanna know.
I mean, it does suck that a lot of areas still don't have 4G. I know my town still doesn't. But I do know that I am getting equal, if not better speed and coverage, with better CS than I did on Verizon.
And my plan is still cheaper with the $10 fee.
It sucks, but I come out on top
Hopefully they figured out the situation from their past with WiMax, and will start to improve it this year.
To me, this has been a year of learning for Sprint. No 4G in a lot of cities, so dedicating the resources needed to start fresh and try to give their customers another chance. Debuting the GNex in a timely manner, unlike it's U.S. debut. Not backing down about their unlimited data, when almost every other carrier seems to be doing just that, because they know that's what people are asking for, and that's their trump card. For now at least.
I would say that the launch of one of the most talked about Android devices launching on their network with their revised 4G should light a fire under their asses. Or you will see customers turning on them.
I can guarantee you that.
As Verizon eliminates unlimited data is it worth a 2 year contract to buy a 4G phone now or is it better to wait a year and buy a 4G phone on eBay, which still keeps your unlimited data?
I am not so clear on what you are saying here, but if your contract with Verizon is over now, then if I was you I would switch to Sprint and get their unlimited data plan. If you still have a contract with Verizon then I would spend the 200 or so dollars it costs to terminate your plan. Then, switch to Sprint. In the end you will prob spend less money. This is because you will prob use so much data on your phone and go over your limit, that it would save you money to switch to Sprint. I wouldn't wait the year either way though, but that's just me cause I hate to wait
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If you do switch to Sprint though I suggest the HTC Evo 4G LTE, NOT THE REGULAR EVO MAKE SURE YOU GET AN LTE PHONE!!!
I seriously cannot stress this enough. It has the same OS as the One X on T-Mobile so ya. The LTE makes the phone go super fast. My sister has the Evo LTE and I literally downloaded the same app as her and it took like 5 times longer for me and I have a regular 4G phone
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With Verizon's new plan effective 28Jun2012, you will no longer receive subsidized pricing on phones if you maintain your unlimited data plan thus forcing users to give up unlimited data. If you are eligible for an upgrade and you do so before the 28th you keep your unlimited data. My question is it it worth a 2 year contract to get a 4g phone now or wait a year and buy one on eBay which would still keep my unlimited data plan. In I am asking is 4g heads above 3g.
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I'm not sure if you can get the unlimited 4g after the 28th unlimited 3g and unlimited 4g are two different plans because its lte but I could be wrong. It would be wise to look into this on your own or you could be stuck with 3g forever unless you buy into tiered plans
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No 4G is not that fast I have a 4G phone but I don't get 4g cause most places don't have 4G yet. Only like huge cities like Chicago sanfran new York Miami etc. I only get 3g is Wat I'm saying but ya if I was u I wud wait the year.
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Currently I have a GS3 that I'm paying $90+ a month to a contract with AT&T. I'm definitely getting a Nexus 4, but am trying to decide if I go prepaid with T-Mobile, or AT&T. I'm assuming there would be no carrier restrictions (ie: I have a international i9300 GS3, but still can't installed Google Wallet through the Play Store because of AT&T). Anybody have experience with either? I'm in SoCal so service should be good in my area. Would AT&T have a problem if I cancelled my contact then went to prepaid?
Go with Straight talk prepaid. You can choose to use them on att or T-Mobiles towers. They sell standard and micro sim cards. I have been using them in my nexus. Love it. $45 a month unlimited everything. Hspa+ speeds.
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Go with Straight talk prepaid. You can choose to use them on att or T-Mobiles towers. They sell standard and micro sim cards. I have been using them in my nexus. Love it. $45 a month unlimited everything. Hspa+ speeds.
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Nice! Are you using AT&T or T-Mobile towers? By the time the N4 comes out, I'll have $200 left for my ETA, but if I can save $40-50 a month, I'll be "ahead" in 5 months.
Go with T-mobile's $30/month with 5gb of 4G, Unlimited text and 100 mins. You can't beat it. I believe Straight Talk is still capped at 2GB of H+ data but im not sure. I've been using Tmobile's 30/month for over a year now...best decision i have ever made. Went from a family plan paying more than $200/month to just $120 for 4 phones. Can't get any better than that.
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Go with T-mobile's $30/month with 5gb of 4G, Unlimited text and 100 mins. You can't beat it. I believe Straight Talk is still capped at 2GB of H+ data but im not sure. I've been using Tmobile's 30/month for over a year now...best decision i have ever made. Went from a family plan paying more than $200/month to just $120 for 4 phones. Can't get any better than that.
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Where in SoCal are you located?
Why not get Tmobile value plan?
500 mins: 35$
2Gb 4g data then throttled to 2g: 10$
So the total is 45$ and use google voice for text for free. Or add it for 5$.
Caveat: 2 year contract.
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Why not get Tmobile value plan?
500 mins: 35$
2Gb 4g data then throttled to 2g: 10$
So the total is 45$ and use google voice for text for free. Or add it for 5$.
Caveat: 2 year contract.
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At that point, why not just go with their "Bring your own device" plan?
500 minutes = unlimited text = unlimited data (2GB at 4G speeds) = $49.99/month
extra $10/mo for unlimited minutes, or $10/mo for unlimited data with no throttle, or $20/mo for both.
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At that point, why not just go with their "Bring your own device" plan?
500 minutes = unlimited text = unlimited data (2GB at 4G speeds) = $49.99/month
extra $10/mo for unlimited minutes, or $10/mo for unlimited data with no throttle, or $20/mo for both.
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500 minutes is plenty for me, I have more rollover minutes than I could ever use now on my 450 minutes plan. $10/mo extra for unlimited data sounds great!
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Go with T-mobile's $30/month with 5gb of 4G, Unlimited text and 100 mins. You can't beat it. I believe Straight Talk is still capped at 2GB of H+ data but im not sure. I've been using Tmobile's 30/month for over a year now...best decision i have ever made. Went from a family plan paying more than $200/month to just $120 for 4 phones. Can't get any better than that.
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Holy cow. I thought Virgin's $35 per month unlimited text/data was a good deal. Guess I didn't dig deep enough. Too bad I don't have enough scratch for a GSIII
The previous prepaid threads on the Galaxy Nexus are relevant here:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455014
after using straighttalk and tmobile and att id say tmobile's prepaid is the best. with straight talk u do get unlimited minutes but the data was very slow for me. with tmobile it was great except for one thing
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Where in SoCal are you located?
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I'm in Temecula. I get good hspa + unborn 1700/1900/2100.
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I'm in Temecula. I get good hspa + unborn 1700/1900/2100.
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Not too far from me, I'm in Ventura. Seems like most people on here like T-Mobile prepaid.