Coverage with 4G lte, not 4G compatible!

[Dakota 35-2]

Never used 4G and will probably never use LTE either...Still preordered yesterday, 3G in my parts don't seem that bad, yet if you've never had something else it doesn't seem all to different lol

***Please excuse any and all typos as my large thumbs cannot fit the keyboard correctly***

 

[Mikey47]

Well, this is news to me and it makes me kinda sad. I didn't realize the 4g lte wouldn't get 4g reception. . . until LTE rolls out. That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. .. and, I use 4G all the time. I may hold on to my Samsung a little longer though depending on how soon this area gets the LTE. . . I cannot imagine going back to 3g speeds

If I were like you, I would probably wait too. But I am like the 99% on this one - don't have Wimax in my area, only used it very occasionally while traveling. So who cares if LTE is fully rolled out or not. You can't miss something you never had.

 

[Y2Dre]

Being in the Chicagoland area, I've always had 4G accessibility ever since I picked up the OG EVO at launch. So, it will take a while to get used to not having it when I need it for a while. But, for me the choice was a no-brainer. There are too many pros to justify getting an E4GLTE than there are cons to make me pass on it. Besides, it looks as if Chicago might be getting upgraded to LTE late this year (been researching S4GRU's website). I can hold out until then.

On another note...I actually had a moment unrooting my OG EVO in preparation for trading it in to Best Buy for the credits. Felt like saying goodbye to an old friend. :'(

 

[irev210]

This is an interesting but then why on Sprint's website I don't see LA scheduled anywhere:

"Sprint 4G LTE coming soon! Sprint 4G LTE is expected to launch in Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City and San Antonio in mid-2012"

Because LA is a large market. It won't be fully built-out for another 4-5 months.

That being said, they are already launching LTE sites all around LA.

This is nothing like the clearwire 4G you had before - this is actually being done correctly. All new backhaul, all new base stations, all new antennas, using Sprint's spectrum.

Where you get Sprint coverage now, you will get even better 3G/4G coverage once they do the upgrades

 

[keld]

That's good to know. I live right in the middle of the city in a dead spot, in my building I don't get reception, drop calls all the time, barely any 3g. Called Sprint many times they said they're having an issue with the antenna in my area (it's been like this for 2 years) but said everything should be resolved on June 17th.
My neighbor has Sprint too but they sent him a free box (airwave?) so now he has 5 bars of reception. When I asked Sprint to get one too they said they cannot give one to everyone that doesn't have reception. That kind of pissed me off. It better get fixed on June 17.