Thinking of getting a N4 for a test drive of t-mo

[cheeta186]

I know this has been brought up before, but I think I am getting a used N4 to test drive T-mobile's network both at home and while at college. I am assuming everyone here still thinks is am amazing phone? I have wanted one since release but am just not getting around to getting off my parents phone plan. I am assuming everyone here still thinks it's an awesome phone and worth the money? ($260 for a month old one to be exact)

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[return_0]

Definitely worth the money, especially at that price. And you'll save a lot of money on T-Mobile. Go for it.

 

[Citizen Coyote]

Agreed, and you can always sell the phone if T-Mo doesn't work out for you. The beauty of unlocked devices.

 

[cheeta186]

Well the phone should be here tomorrow and I am excited to start giving it a try! Hopefully thus will be the end of my dealings with Verizon.

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[Tall Mike 2145]

Why would he need to sell the phone if T-Mo doesn't work out?

I love mine, and one of the reasons I love it (and in fact one of the major reasons for picking it, regardless of cost) was that it was unlocked and pentaband. I love the idea of being able to natively use T-Mo's and AT&T's networks, and if I head out of the U.S., I never have to ask if I'm going to be able to use it in a given area based on which carriers do or don't have good reception. As long as someone somewhere offers good coverage, I can use my phone there.

I'm still on T-Mo's $30/mo BYOD plan, and for the most part I am extremely happy. There are a few places I go where reception is a bit naff, and I will probably switch to Straight Talk / AT&T when I start going to FGCU, because T-Mo reception in that area sucks. And again, that's the beauty of a omni-carrier phone and avoiding contracts altogether.

 

[EnigmaticPsychotic]

I've been using the T-Mobile 100/Unlimited/5GB plan for several months & it's awesome. I also had my N4 on AT&T briefly before that & it was outstanding there as well. I'd be surprised if you're disappointed.

 

[Captainbob767]

I have been with T-Mobile for about 15 years, even before it was T Mobile. I stay with them because the price is right for me. I get 500 minutes talk, unlimited nights and weekends, for $37 a month and $10 a month for 2 GB of data. I know of no plan that comes even close to that, especially for the data.

 

[nickacs]

I'm still on T-Mo's $30/mo BYOD plan, and for the most part I am extremely happy. There are a few places I go where reception is a bit naff, and I will probably switch to Straight Talk / AT&T when I start going to FGCU, because T-Mo reception in that area sucks. And again, that's the beauty of a omni-carrier phone and avoiding contracts altogether.

Ugg, be care with ST AT&T. I did the opposite recently. Was on ST AT&T from Feb-June and then in early June all hell broke loose. Was never throttled at all with data until then. Data signal was good, but still adequate. Then it happened. < 1GB data and shut off. Apparently around that time the APN settings changed/ST too to TracFone? So when I switched APN settings, I got some data, but wasn't that great. Everywhere I went, I basically had sh!tty signal and had to connect to Wifi 100% of the time. My wife's iPhone was on regular AT&T all this time and no issues. So, it was definitely ST's doing, not AT&T/their signal.
Then about 3 weeks ago switched to TMo's $30 100min/5GB data plan and couldn't be happier. I use Wifi like 2% of the time anywhere and always have awesome data speeds.

I do like the unlimited talk mins with ST, but the crappy data signal/throttling wasn't worth it for me. Just be careful!

 

[Nofind]

I would say that's a good investment. I got my nexus 4 a couple of months ago and I'm loving it more than I thought coming from a galaxy nexus.
Only advice would be to do what your doing and check coverage in your area. In my every day use I have no problems with data coverage, but there are some areas around me that are spotty. I find I can live with that for the savings you get with T-Mobile though and am glad I made the change.

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[itic]

The TM network becomes spotty outside of metro areas or at least it is here in nor cal. It's also questionable indoors as well.

 

[anon(5719825)]

Like others have said, T-Mobile has it's good areas and a lot of bad areas, just depends on location and the device.

Since the Nexus 4 is designed to work with T-Mobiles frequencies, it will work great in most any big city. Devices like an iPhone 4S will be ok but will have edge speeds more than the Nexus 4 will.

At my house, I get excellent T-mobile coverage. On my Nexus 4, speeds average between 15=26Mbps. On my Nexus 7, I get anywhere from 4- 12Mbps. On my iPad Mini, I get LTE anywhere in my house, something I can never get on AT&T. If I leave my area with the T-mobile sim in my iPad, I get edge speeds more than anything.

My Nexus 4 will occasionally get edge speeds as well. I see the e display sometimes but on the Nexus 4 that doesn't happen as often as the other devices I have.

I use the $30 100 minute 5GB plan on my Nexus 4.