Would You Buy a G-Nexus from Sprint now with No 4G Till Mid 2012?

[deesugar]

Sprint is aggressively rolling out their LTE network starting mid 2012 with many devices to roll out.

 

[nexus4ever]

Ouch, that is a very touch question. The slow 3g speeds would make it tough but I believe I would have to tough it out to hold that bad boy in my hands.

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[NOMster]

I don't need it with the nexus s getting updated soon anyway. I can wait till the next nexus even.

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[Donmeister85]

Re: Would You Buy a G-Nexus from Sprint now with No 4G Till Mid 2

I would get it now with no problem. 3G is tolerable in my area. I have wifi at my job and at my house, so I very rarely use a lot of data on Sprint's network.

 

[cgardnervt]

Re: Would You Buy a G-Nexus from Sprint now with No 4G Till Mid 2

4G isnt that great anyways. I am fine with 3G for the most part. My city where I live I don't get 4G anyways.

Boston's 4G is spotty at best anyways. So for me its not a selling point.

Also the phone is made by Samsung. Terrible company. So by default I am not interested!

 

[gabbott]

Re: Would You Buy a G-Nexus from Sprint now with No 4G Till Mid 2

I've never used the 4g on either my EVO or NS4G and I've had 4g covereage in my area since the EVO launched, so wouldn't bother me, I'd get the GN.

 

[scuba_steve]

Re: Would You Buy a G-Nexus from Sprint now with No 4G Till Mid 2

I voted no...primarily because it would almost certainly not have the LTE radio required for Sprint's forthcoming LTE expansion. This is the same reason that I am having a hard time sticking with Sprint. I am off contract and the current generation of phones looks tempting, but Sprint's network is tired and any Sprint phone purchased before 2012 is somewhat of a dead end. I'd be on VZ tomorrow if their pricing and plans didn't suck so badly.

 

[Cares]

I'd wait for LTE and pray for network improvements. Can't best the pricing which is the biggest factor for me.

 

[wyrdangel]

Re: Would You Buy a G-Nexus from Sprint now with No 4G Till Mid 2

I'm in a similarly frustrated boat as some of you above:

1. I doubt that the GN would come with the LTE radio anyway but in the unlikely event that it would I'd consider getting one.
2. I'm *really* ready for a @#$^! upgrade but it seems that if I stick with Sprint it is pointless to even think about a phone until mid-next year.

*sigh*

 

[cgardnervt]

Re: Would You Buy a G-Nexus from Sprint now with No 4G Till Mid 2

I bet my Palm Pre- with 1.4.5 will be updated waaay before G-nexus!!

 

[scuba_steve]

Re: Would You Buy a G-Nexus from Sprint now with No 4G Till Mid 2

I bet my Palm Pre- with 1.4.5 will be updated waaay before G-nexus!!

Yes...and as long as Sprint is able to keep replacing my wife's and my Pre Minus when they die on TEP (as they had to do this week), I am sticking with it. I just don't see it being worth locking into a new plan for 2 years with a ten dollar premium on each line for what is certainly a great phone, but one on a tired and dying network.

When I use my daughter's Epic, I am also amazed at the state of Android usability (or lack thereof). ICS seems to be a big leap forward in that respect, but buying one without an LTE capability when Sprint is poised to ditch WiMax for LTE within six months or so seems like a bad idea. Thus, I keep rocking my Pre and biding my time.