Thinking about the Nexus S, question on t-mobile.

[rem_kujawa]

So I went to t-mobile and looked at the coverage map, my area is in the 3rd tier of data service. They called it mobile web. What kind of speed can I expect to see. Sprint I see .8mb of 3G.

 

[igotsanevo4g]

Isnt mobile web mean hspa+ coverage? If so you should be in good shape.

BUT, if i was you id get the MT4G or the G2, i couldnt pass up the SD CARD and HSPA+ that was left out of the nexus s. I'm still hurt over that ... :'(

 

[rem_kujawa]

I have no idea, all they had was three tiers and there were two higher.

heres the map.

 

[igotsanevo4g]

Oh then idk man, at least you have tmobile coverage lol. I cant even make calls from my house with anyone else but sprint or verizon.

 

[rem_kujawa]

I love my EVO but I'm sick of having it fixed for crap under the screen.

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

Mobile web is EDGE, Fast mobile web is 3G, and Very fast is HSPA+

Since you're with Sprint, think of it as the same speed more or less that you get for data while you're roaming.

 

[rem_kujawa]

I have no idea what edge is, what are we talking in speed here? So it wouldn't be worth it to switch for that. On sprints 3G I run around 1mb.

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

EDGE max DL speed is 592 kbps. I average about 200 down/ 75 up with T-Mo. That's fine for checking mail and social networks, browsing mobile websites or Gtalk. Once you want to do more than that, it really, really, REALLY sucks lol

 

[rem_kujawa]

oh, thanks for the help. I think I will just wait for the EVO 2 if there is one.

 

[uansari1]

oh, thanks for the help. I think I will just wait for the EVO 2 if there is one.

Good call... I wouldn't waste your time with Edge speeds man... it would drive me insane. (Hope Phil doesn't see this!)

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

Good call... I wouldn't waste your time with Edge speeds man... it would drive me insane. (Hope Phil doesn't see this!)

I agree, don't step backwards, especially with a data hog phone

 

[onthecouchagain]

Regarding your Tmobile data speed questions, in respect to the Nexus S, you should know that the Nexus S does not support HSPA+, aka Tmobile's "4G" speed (basically means d/ls are capped at 14.4 Mbps - speeds which you could theoretically reach if you had a "4G" capable phone). The Nexus S does not do this. It's max speed will be 7.2 Mbps.

This is an arguably unfortunate decision of Google/Sammy, though not surprising considering I feel they rushed the Nexus S out so that Gingerbread could launch with a "flagship" device.