AT&T vs Verizon vs TMobile vs Sprint vs International

[Chrisu24]

Hey,
I have Cricket and plan to go back and forth between the USA and Europe. And i was wondering which Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge would be the best.

In regards to:

Processor: Snapdragon vs Exynos; Does Snapdragon really get hotter and is inferior to Exynos?
Bloatware: Which Carrier has the fewest unnecessary apps and how easy is it to delete them
Root: Can you root the device or is it locked
Bands: What LTE bands are supported? Can you run Cricket on it without problems?

Any insights are greatly appreciated

Best
Chrisu

 

[KimJongOMG]

Seeing as how Cricket is owned by AT&T, I would purchase the AT&T S7E.

P: The SD 820 doesn't have the overheating issues the 810 did. It's not inferior in any way and actually managed to benchmark higher scores on AnTuTu.
B: Verizon has the most. It's impossible delete bloatware without rooting the phone. Package Disabler Pro can easily disable the stuff you don't want though.
R: Most carrier branded Samsung phones are locked.
B: AT&T's version as it's the same phone without the logo on the back. Once again, Cricket is owned by AT&T.

 

[Chrisu24]

I know that the Tmobile one most likely can be rooted.
But does it support all the cricket bands?

 

[KimJongOMG]

I know that the Tmobile one most likely can be rooted.
But does it support all the cricket bands?

T-Mobile? No. It supports 2/4

T-Mobile: 2, 4, 12
AT&T 2, 4, 5, 17

 

[dpham00]

T-Mobile? No. It supports 2/4

T-Mobile: 2, 4, 12
AT&T 2, 4, 5, 17

The att version DOES NOT support band 17. You are also missing some. Please refer to my sticky thread for more information on band support.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=4982370

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 5

 

[Chrisu24]

According to that the Verizon and Sprint phone can be used for At and t? Or am I missing something?

 

[dpham00]

Yes it can be used... But not fully operational.

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 5

 

[KimJongOMG]

The att version DOES NOT support band 17. You are also missing some. Please refer to my sticky thread for more information on band support.

S7 Cellular band support chart for USA - Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 5

Ah wunderbar you organized it! I was just throwing up native tower bands, not the phone itself. Your post though is very sexy. I like.

According to that the Verizon and Sprint phone can be used for At and t? Or am I missing something?

Depends. Verizon's version only supports bands 2/4 on AT&T and T-Mobile's network so if a tower is operating at band 12, you won't get reception. Sprint is a different story.

 

[dpham00]

Ah wunderbar you organized it! I was just throwing up native tower bands, not the phone itself. Your post though is very sexy. I like.



Depends. Verizon's version only supports bands 2/4 on AT&T and T-Mobile's network so if a tower is operating at band 12, you won't get reception. Sprint is a different story.

Att has band 5 in limited markets. Also the Verizon variant doesn't support tmobile aws 4g.

Really it is easier to look at the chart, imo.

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 5

 

[Mike-Mike]

Cricket is getting it:

Samsung Galaxy S7 will be available at Cricket on March 18 | Android Central

 

[yoshi351]

These are the bands for the Att galaxy s7 edge:

Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, and 41

Posted via the Android Central App

 

[KimJongOMG]

Att has band 5 in limited markets. Also the Verizon variant doesn't support tmobile aws 4g.

Really it is easier to look at the chart, imo.

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 5

That just makes things too easy and you know that.

 

[dpham00]

These are the bands for the Att galaxy s7 edge:

Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, and 41

Posted via the Android Central App

Those are wrong. Check with my thread which I linked to earlier.

 

[yoshi351]

Those are wrong. Check with my thread which I linked to earlier.

Weird, those bands I listed were from the att website.

Posted via the Android Central App

 

[dpham00]

Weird, those bands I listed were from the att website.

Posted via the Android Central App

That's interesting. Sorry, now that I look at it again, most of those are international bands, so it is possible as the fcc filing only includes usa support

 

[KimJongOMG]

That's interesting. Sorry, now that I look at it again, most of those are international bands, so it is possible as the fcc filing only includes usa support

Each variant only has to file the bands it'll be using with its carrier it seems.

 

[dpham00]

Each variant only has to file the bands it'll be using with its carrier it seems.

It should have to file all bands supported in the USA. which is why Verizon lists wcdma bands when it has no wcdma deployment

 

[KimJongOMG]

It should have to file all bands supported in the USA. which is why Verizon lists wcdma bands when it has no wcdma deployment

Ah. Makes sense.

Off-topic: Why does your link go to slickdeals in your stickied thread?

 

[dpham00]

Ah. Makes sense.

Off-topic: Why does your link go to slickdeals in your stickied thread?

Which one?

 

[KimJongOMG]

Which one?

Spigen cases on sale.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...ries/652287-spigen-cases-5-a.html#post5046198