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Sprint seems to have it together on this one.

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Only if you live in an area covered by LTE. In my area, city of ~250,000, there is no LTE or plans to implement but I usually have four to five bars on 3G. Seemingly the 3G connection strength would be a good thing but I get 3G data speeds comparable to dial up. If I am not connected to wifi, the data features (Siri, dictation, pic/vid texts etc. etc.) are virtually useless. Trying to browse the internet is also a pointless task about 75% of the time. The unlimited data offered by Sprint is moot point if you can't use LTE.

indiekid|13 years ago

The biggest drawback for Sprint is their abysmal LTE coverage. They bet too early on with WiMAX and lost out on the LTE train. It's going to be a good long while before they're caught up there.

Nrsolis|13 years ago

That's not necessarily true. There is little difference between WiMAX and LTE on all of the hard parts: antenna configuration, transceivers, and amplifiers. Even the modulation scheme is the same: OFDM. Sprint started installing firmware-upgradable base stations a little while ago and I strongly suspect that the process for converting from WiMAX to LTE is governed by staff time limitations than outright technical debt.

ashbrahma|13 years ago

They just announced recently that they are planning to have 100 markets covered in the "coming months". http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/10/sprint-announces-huge-lte...

freshrap6|13 years ago

It's even better when you realize you don't have to get the full unlimited plan and can save $30 by getting the 450 plan.

pkamb|13 years ago

Especially for those of us with grandfathered SERO accounts :)

eddieroger|13 years ago

How are you using one of their "premium" phones in a SERO plan? I had a friend holding out with some crappy WinMo 6.5 phone because switching to Android or iPhone meant leaving SERO.