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So I'm gonna be buying an 'unlocked', HTC one from a shop here in Eastern Europe, and I wanna know how to verify if the phone is locked to a certain region or cell provider.
I travel a lot and I wanna make sure I get the unlocked phone and not locked phone since I'll be paying a lot.
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Kartikp84 said:
So I'm gonna be buying an 'unlocked', HTC one from a shop here in Eastern Europe, and I wanna know how to verify if the phone is locked to a certain region or cell provider.
I travel a lot and I wanna make sure I get the unlocked phone and not locked phone since I'll be paying a lot.
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Where are you buying it from?

Try two SIMs from different providers.

MacHackz said:
Where are you buying it from?
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Im in bulgaria at the moment and they'll be receving the phone on april 15th.. and the shop i've spoken to say it will be unlocked, but what if it only works in bulgaria while im here and when i leave and go back to USA, it doesnt work?
Cuz i know they have the developers edition but only in states, but i wont be back for another 6 months for that...
so it'd be nice to find out somehow if its locked to some network/region or ok to use worldwide!

It's a world phone, in terms of GSM, but the States have different LTE bands.

LTE won't work

So does that mean my data connection will b non-lte? I but I'd still get hspa in states rite?
And make phone calls lol?
Cuz I don't wanna buy the phone if it's not gonna work worldwide since I travel a lot
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Kartikp84 said:
So does that mean my data connection will b non-lte? I but I'd still get hspa in states rite?
And make phone calls lol?
Cuz I don't wanna buy the phone if it's not gonna work worldwide since I travel a lot
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You''ll get HSPA but LTE won't work in America afaik!

MacHackz said:
You''ll get HSPA but LTE won't work in America afaik!
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Just spoke to a HTC rep and she said that the phone in Europe works on differ frequency compared to USA or Asia, and she wasn't sure if it'll work worldwide even as a gsm. But the developers edition will work as a world phone according to her
Given that it mite not be able be a world phone?
So confused

Kartikp84 said:
Just spoke to a HTC rep and she said that the phone in Europe works on differ frequency compared to USA or Asia, and she wasn't sure if it'll work worldwide even as a gsm. But the developers edition will work as a world phone according to her
Given that it mite not be able be a world phone?
So confused
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Whats your US network? Someone has bought a Europe phone and uses it on AT+T with no problem, just need to disable fast dormancy.
Actually, heres the thread, I'm not sure he fixed it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2210488&highlight=verizon

I'll prolly be using tmobile in the states, but I've seen the people from Pocketnow and phonedog etc... And they use the international phone on att or tmobile without signal issue.. Only they've to sacrifice the LTE
So my guess is that person's phone mite have bad coverage near where he lives..
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Have an HTC ONE. Questions? Ask!

Ok guys so i just attended an HTC ONE Event here in Phoenix, AZ. and they gave me a silver HTC ONE. Fisrt off let me tell you this phone is a gorgeous beast of a phone, the camera, the display. Anyway if you have questions ask and i will be more than happy to share info pics all that fun stuff.

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Ok guys so i just attended an HTC ONE Event here in Phoenix, AZ. and they gave me a silver HTC ONE. Fisrt off let me tell you this phone is a gorgeous beast of a phone, the camera, the display. Anyway if you have questions ask and i will be more than happy to share info pics all that fun stuff.
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Can you tell me (or better yet show me) what the Sprint HTC One compares to lets say a Sprint GS3 or other Sprint LTE device with regards to LTE reception. Really what I would like to see is the RSRP (dBm) values of each device sitting side by side. I myself have an HTC EVO LTE and love the (almost) all metal construction that HTC did with the phone. The one thing I do not like however, is the LTE performance. 3G is great and on par with other devices, but I want to make sure HTC fixed this in the HTC one before I buy it.
Thanks in advance!
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Can you tell me (or better yet show me) what the Sprint HTC One compares to lets say a Sprint GS3 or other Sprint LTE device with regards to LTE reception. Really what I would like to see is the RSRP (dBm) values of each device sitting side by side. I myself have an HTC EVO LTE and love the (almost) all metal construction that HTC did with the phone. The one thing I do not like however, is the LTE performance. 3G is great and on par with other devices, but I want to make sure HTC fixed this in the HTC one before I buy it.
Thanks in advance!
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I would if we had LTE in Phoenix AZ

adrianr514 said:
I would if we had LTE in Phoenix AZ
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Or 4g, lol, apparently Globe has had for a while now. Currently still planning on sticking with Sprint for now for some reason. Phoenix / Scottsdale here too :beer:
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I would if we had LTE in Phoenix AZ
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That sucks, what about 3G?
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You got a Sprint One? Or a global version?

How long have you had it? Is it long enough to make any judgement on battery life?

eXplicit815 said:
You got a Sprint One? Or a global version?
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Yes a Sprint HTC ONE
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How long have you had it? Is it long enough to make any judgement on battery life?
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So far its been a day that I've had it. Today i have been using it non stop facebook, instagram, texting, twitter and about 20 minutes of games on full brightness and its gone down 20% in 3 hours
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Congrats on that. What all comes in the retail packaging?

Oh and the dual front speakers.. Let me just say about damn time. It also has a cool karaoke option in the music player
Also something interesting beats isn't just a DSP anymore it actually has a beats audio processor and mini amp
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Congrats on that. What all comes in the retail packaging?
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That
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That
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Wow, they actually put earbuds in with this phone. I haven't gotten a pair of earbuds with a new phone from Sprint since my Touch Pro (Maybe the Touch Pro2).

I was actually wondering how it works with roaming. Is it possible you can force it to roam for a moment? Or is that a root only function (been on a rooted phone too long). I don't expect LTE to roam, but I also don't recall seeing any info about a 2g/1x radio onboard. There's a little get-away I go to often in the summer that has no Sprint coverage and hoping I'm not bringing a paperweight every time I go.

Is the phone unlocked? It has a slot for a microsim, correct?

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Is the phone unlocked? It has a slot for a microsim, correct?
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Maybe as a follow up to this question, we believe it has a MicroSIM slot (please let us know if it does not). Have you attempted to use an AT&T micro SIM in it as well? An international microSIM such as 3, Vodafone, etc?

gk1984 said:
I was actually wondering how it works with roaming. Is it possible you can force it to roam for a moment? Or is that a root only function (been on a rooted phone too long). I don't expect LTE to roam, but I also don't recall seeing any info about a 2g/1x radio onboard. There's a little get-away I go to often in the summer that has no Sprint coverage and hoping I'm not bringing a paperweight every time I go.
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Cant force roam
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Maybe as a follow up to this question, we believe it has a MicroSIM slot (please let us know if it does not). Have you attempted to use an AT&T micro SIM in it as well? An international microSIM such as 3, Vodafone, etc?
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And yes it is the only sprint phone with replaceable micro sim. But it is carrier locked. Att, ST, and tmo sim = no go. I am a sprint rep and not even my point of contacts new anything yet about unlocking
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adrianr514 said:
And yes it is the only sprint phone with replaceable micro sim. But it is carrier locked. Att, ST, and tmo sim = no go. I am a sprint rep and not even my point of contacts new anything yet about unlocking
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I'm sure it won't be far from now when it gets a carrier unlock. I know it's probably that way because of the law, but when they pass the new bill, it'll be allowed.

Although no force roaming, do you know if it's 3g roaming, 1x roaming, or neither?
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Can you try the following dialer codes to see if they work?
##DEBUG# (##33284#)
##DATA# (##3282#)
*#*#INFO#*#* (*#*#4636#*#*)
If DEBUG works, can you see if there is an “LTE Engineering” menu to view the RSRP/RSRQ values? These values are also in the “Phone information” menu if the INFO code works.
If the INFO code does not work, would you mind downloading the following app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mangelow.network
Basically, it’s a shortcut to the “Phone information” menu that you would find through INFO, but if they killed the dialer code, this might be the only way to access it (assuming the menu itself is still there).
I’m sorry, I know this is kind of a lot, but a lot of people are going to be eager to find out if they can use this phone for field testing to see if it’s a better RF performer than the EVO LTE. Thanks in advance!

Adrian, can you enlighten us as to the storage space? Under Settings/Storage. Some of us are wanting to know how much User Accessible space is available to store music, movies, photos, etc.

Sprint: The Comeback

So, as many of you know, Sprint took a huge fall from 2004-2006. They have since to recover fully to the mobile giant they once were, but as of recently, some monumental changes have been made. Many analysts even believe 2014 will be the year for Sprint. Lately, Network Vision has made a huge impact on many customers (including myself) with 4G LTE and upgraded 3G, the iDen (push-to-talk) network has been shut down for good, Sprint acquired ClearWire, and SoftBank invested in Sprint. They're even dropping the old "Sprint Nextel" name and switching to "Sprint Corp." as soon as the deal goes through.
So what do you guys think? With the owner of SoftBank, Masayoshi Son, willing to throw billions into Sprint for network upgrades, is Sprint making a comeback? Or should we just ignore all that and jump ship to AT&T or Verizon?
I'm fairly optimistic about Sprint myself, so I'd really like to hear some other opinions.

I think Sprint is about to make some power moves and some big ones.a friend of mine in Carolina has metro pcs phone service and when he pulls his battery out of his phone it says Sprint and has a Sprint logo and whenever Sprint makes a move so do they. They rolled out 4g lte at the same time, they have the same equipment, Sprint branding hidden throughout metro pcs devices something is brewing lol....
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I hope sprint doesnt forget about us who stuck with them. If sprint became number one you can bet they will be doing the same rates as verizon. 4g lte with unlimited is good but tmobile has the same and is catching up in the 4g lte department. Plus tmobile is gsm. Always a plus.
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Sprint in Indiana is 100x better since network vision upgrades started. Let's just hope softbank can fund sprint enough to cover all the roaming areas.
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miketucky350 said:
Sprint in Indiana is 100x better since network vision upgrades started. Let's just hope softbank can fund sprint enough to cover all the roaming areas.
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With the Nextel Spectrum now available to Sprint's disposal, the sub-1 Ghz spectrum (the lower the frequency, the more coverage/wall penetration is has.) will help Sprint's national footprint by a longshot. This is only possible now because Sprint shut down the Nextel network on June 30th. Not only that, but for the crowded areas, Sprint has Clearwire with their enormous Spectrum holding, that they literally have enough spectrum to offer 100mbps speeds on their towers. This is completely up to Softbank and their plans, but from what I hear, Softbank is only going to make Sprint better for its consumers, and the duopoly in a few years will be hurting.

True. Killing nextel is huge. It will come together in the next 2 years. To bad our phones only support lte 1900. I'm happy to see them in the right direction. I'm sticking with them.
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dreDrennon1 said:
I think Sprint is about to make some power moves and some big ones.a friend of mine in Carolina has metro pcs phone service and when he pulls his battery out of his phone it says Sprint and has a Sprint logo and whenever Sprint makes a move so do they. They rolled out 4g lte at the same time, they have the same equipment, Sprint branding hidden throughout metro pcs devices something is brewing lol....
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that your friend had a sprint device metroflashed to metropcs, thats all that means.

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that your friend had a sprint device metroflashed to metropcs, thats all that means.
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No he didn't flash anything he bought the phone NEW from metro pcs and when he went to put the battery in the phone it was Sprint branded
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dreDrennon1 said:
No he didn't flash anything he bought the phone NEW from metro pcs and when he went to put the battery in the phone it was Sprint branded
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i dont know what kind of store your friend bought it at but i assure you metropcs has never sold a sprint like device. i have been working on their phone since the sgs1 days and they had a crappy knock off of the epic called the indulge 4g.

dreDrennon1 said:
No he didn't flash anything he bought the phone NEW from metro pcs and when he went to put the battery in the phone it was Sprint branded
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Because metro stores can by a lot of Sprint phones from a distributor , brand new in the box.
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shabbypenguin said:
i dont know what kind of store your friend bought it at but i assure you metropcs has never sold a sprint like device. i have been working on their phone since the sgs1 days and they had a crappy knock off of the epic called the indulge 4g.
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I don't know what kind of store it was but he called to ask me about a possible merger between the 2 companies when he saw it to see if I had heard anything because I worked for Sprint at the time I told I had not heard anything and he said his phone was branded Sprint with the Sprint logo in the battery compartment but the outside was metro pcs branding the phone he had at the time was their version of the original Motorola photon
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daniel4653 said:
Because metro stores can by a lot of Sprint phones from a distributor , brand new in the box.
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no corporate store would do that, they would rather try to sell you the phones metropcs actually has, they stopped the metroflash service for that reason
there was no version of the photon for them, us cellular had the electrify, but metropcs has NEVER had a moto android device
edit: turns out they did have a few metro phones here was their last one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXqXijDNvlU

I've seen plenty do that. I have brothers who are distributors and sell a couple dozen phones at a time to cricket and metro.
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shabbypenguin said:
no corporate store would do that, they would rather try to sell you the phones metropcs actually has, they stopped the metroflash service for that reason
there was no version of the photon for them, us cellular had the electrify, but metropcs has NEVER had a moto device
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Yeah that is the phone so it was us cellular my bad I got the little guys mixed up they both might as well be straight talk as far as I am concerned lol I don't have either one of them here in Nashville so I don't know what metro flash is bro Lol we have Sprint, Verizon, at&t, t mobile, cricket and simple mobile oh and of course straight talk thanks to Wal-Mart
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Either way it was a small company in a weak Sprint coverage area with Sprint branding inside the phone battery compartment
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dreDrennon1 said:
Yeah that is the phone so it was us cellular my bad I got the little guys mixed up they both might as well be straight talk as far as I am concerned lol I don't have either one of them here in Nashville so I don't know what metro flash is bro Lol we have Sprint, Verizon, at&t, t mobile, cricket and simple mobile oh and of course straight talk thanks to Wal-Mart
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not a problem. and since the reverse merger with tmobile is almost done, id suggest you keep your eye on metropcs. they had the first lte phone, first lte service in america, merged with tmobile to become the 4th largest carrier in america. now they have an agressive 2 year plan to shut off cdma and switch all of their prepaid customers to gsm within that time. as it turns out 60%+ of metro's customer upgrade their devices at least once a year. it will be interesting to see how much metro's cheap plans will end up cutting a hole into tmobile's famous 30 dollar plan.

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not a problem. and since the reverse merger with tmobile is almost done, id suggest you keep your eye on metropcs. they had the first lte phone, first lte service in america, merged with tmobile to become the 4th largest carrier in america. now they have an agressive 2 year plan to shut off cdma and switch all of their prepaid customers to gsm within that time. as it turns out 60%+ of metro's customer upgrade their devices at least once a year. it will be interesting to see how much metro's cheap plans will end up cutting a hole into tmobile's famous 30 dollar plan.
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We will see what happens I mean you merge with another company to be number 4 that doesn't sound like you are trying to make power moves to me that really won't affect us in our market because T-Mobile is not holding their own very well around here because their coverage sucks here for every 10 stores of the big 3 you see maybe 2 T-Mobile stores and all 4 have call centers here when I worked at Verizon when we had our quarterly meetings they wouldn't even mention T-Mobile if they did it was because they were the punch line of a joke lol
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I've been with Sprint for the first time since May of last year and I'm excited for them and what they have in store for us. I hope they bring 4G LTE to more areas quicker.

dreDrennon1 said:
We will see what happens I mean you merge with another company to be number 4 that doesn't sound like you are trying to make power moves to me that really won't affect us in our market because T-Mobile is not holding their own very well around here because their coverage sucks here for every 10 stores of the big 3 you see maybe 2 T-Mobile stores and all 4 have call centers here when I worked at Verizon when we had our quarterly meetings they wouldn't even mention T-Mobile if they did it was because they were the punch line of a joke lol
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Most people just consider T-Mobile just a regional carrier, specific to the west coast. So on the coverage end I don't think Sprint, being the nationwide carrier that they are, has anything to worry about. All I can see is that if Sprint doesn't pick up momentum on the west coast with LTE that T-Mobile could catch up. Right now the only real place that T-Mobile has LTE that Sprint doesn't yet is in Arizona, but Sprint is rolling it out now. Also, now with the SoftBank investment, Sprint has much more capital for a long term LTE and LTE-Advanced deployment. So with all these recent happenings, I see no reason to switch carriers :laugh:

Time will tell...After 14 years with Sprint I keep thinking about getting T-Mobile. I like not having to pay full price on phones though. Heck i make money. LoL. I have 5 lines so always have a upgrade to use.
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With SoftBank and Clear, Sprint has far too much potential for any of us to start being hasty. If your with the girl when she's fat...don't leave when she starts going to the gym.
They only problem they have is their roaming agreement. They have never solidified a good contract for it. The New plans even limit your roaming data and voice, it's they're only down fall imo. But when the build is near complete, that won't be an issue.
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Nexus 5 Singapore Thread

A place for us s'poreans to talk about the upcoming N5. I for one can't wait, mainly because my arc motherboard is damaged and I need a phone that I can actually use..
Not gonna use 4g either .. I refuse to get my data allowance cut by like 85%. Completely ridiculous. Probably ordering from Canada Japan or Germany, hopefully Canada, if the 3G service will work here ...
Of course waiting for dunno how long after it finally comes to SG at like $650 would not be an option. I'm a student... I not so much money de
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tangosierra_ said:
A place for us s'poreans to talk about the upcoming N5. I for one can't wait, mainly because my arc motherboard is damaged and I need a phone that I can actually use..
Not gonna use 4g either .. I refuse to get my data allowance cut by like 85%. Completely ridiculous. Probably ordering from Canada Japan or Germany, hopefully Canada, if the 3G service will work here ...
Of course waiting for dunno how long after it finally comes to SG at like $650 would not be an option. I'm a student... I not so much money de
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same case with me. Been waiting for this for a long time...
Can anyone confirm whether 3G will work properly here if I order it form Canada?

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The 3G would obviously work in Singapore....
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tangosierra_ said:
Not gonna use 4g either .. I refuse to get my data allowance cut by like 85%.
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THIS!!!!! Until providers here start to offer 12gb datacap, I will not sign any new contract.

Mach3.2 said:
The 3G would obviously work in Singapore....
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says who? 3G is universal
tangosierra_ said:
A place for us s'poreans to talk about the upcoming N5. I for one can't wait, mainly because my arc motherboard is damaged and I need a phone that I can actually use..
Not gonna use 4g either .. I refuse to get my data allowance cut by like 85%. Completely ridiculous. Probably ordering from Canada Japan or Germany, hopefully Canada, if the 3G service will work here ...
Of course waiting for dunno how long after it finally comes to SG at like $650 would not be an option. I'm a student... I not so much money de
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You get from canada also same. Japan, Australia your best bet
I posted this in HWZ Nexus 5 thread.
Australia also can, band 3/7 also
but how to ship from all this country to singapore.
my google result for Japan/
JAPAN - http://www.tenso.com/en/ or vPost
Korea - http://minarinshop.com/ or http://collectkorea.com/services/package-forwarding-service
Australia - http://www.sosmail.com.au/
But i nvr use any of this before since comgateway for US is the way to go all along
BTW!!!!!
Nexus 5 spotted in Taiwan and Malaysia. There might be hope for all international release?
http://www.androidauthority.com/nex...-ad-more-sightings-last-minute-rumors-312754/

auggie246 said:
BTW!!!!!
Nexus 5 spotted in Taiwan and Malaysia. There might be hope for all international release?
http://www.androidauthority.com/nex...-ad-more-sightings-last-minute-rumors-312754/
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I posted this awhile back on the Nexus 5 leaked thread.
ranadylt said:
Or better yet: here's to hoping that Google is waiting until shipment to major countries are all done so it will be a global release and not just a "US only" for the first few months, followed by some other country, so on so forth :fingers-crossed:
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After looking at that link above I just realized one of the leaked pictures was actually from Malaysia.
Now I wonder if it'll be released in my country (Indonesia) as well. I may be hoping but I'm not hoping much at all. Indonesia is like one of the least "Google-cared" country. We get new devices so late it's not even new anymore.
Then again it might be our retail shops / carriers that just went full retard and think "Meh, who the hell buys Nexus in this country anyway? Why should we rush to get this phone in?"
Damn it
I might get one from Singapore if it was released there, though. Should there be any problems warranty is much easier to process (I fly back and forth every few months).

I asked singtel on their fb page. Their response:
Dear Jeremy, thank you for your interest. Do keep a look-out! Please be assured that we will keep you informed once we have an update. Thanks
"do keep a look out" sounds rather promising, but I'm only cautiously optimistic
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It sounds like a rather generic response to me...
But I'm not gonna buy w contract though. Seems like I'm the only one amongst my friends w 12gb data cap.. And I'm not gonna give that away. Starhub 3g is fast enough
If its released in Malaysia then all the more better. Just a drive/ride across 2nd link or causeway
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yeah I'm probably not gonna sign any more plans since I wanna keep my 12GB quota + LTE plan
also looking to upgrade from gnex

auggie246 said:
says who? 3G is universal
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Learn to read, it would help.

it's out!!
anyone here ordering?

dengseng said:
it's out!!
anyone here ordering?
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Anyone share how they ordered the n4? Through forwarding?
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Forwarding service from Australia
the only thing I need now is a forwarding service from Australia. Anyone knows any forwarding agent there?

Heard aust was quite ex. Managed to get into us play store using VPN, following instructions on hwz
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Mach3.2 said:
Learn to read, it would help.
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Oh what did u type? i can't read.
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Heard aust was quite ex. Managed to get into us play store using VPN, following instructions on hwz
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bought mine from JP already

wow when i first read it i thought you meant jurong pt
How much was it and you bought through google?

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Oh what did u type? i can't read.
bought mine from JP already
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How much is the tax & shipping cost within JP? You're using tenso right?

acutally after GST and delivery, it would be around 600+ to get from JP right? for 32gb version

K0WAWA said:
THIS!!!!! Until providers here start to offer 12gb datacap, I will not sign any new contract.
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I am also in SG. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a 12GB contract on LTE. Singapore telcoms just followed suit with the USA and went for the massive cash grab known as metered billing.
I think that it's wrong to go from 12GB to 2GB of data while keeping the price the same. The price per month should have been lowered according to the data offered.
You have to admit though we are still paying a lot less than people in the USA. (http://www.androidcentral.com/us-mobile-data-prices-among-most-expensive-world)
My plan:
120 (outgoing mins)
600 SMS
2GB data
$39SGD (31.40 USD) per month
I have a friend that lives in the UK. I will be getting him to order me a white 32GB so that I can take advantage of LTE.

Sprint considering taking over T-Mobile!

Interesting read right here!
UPDATE 1/16/14- Sprint securing $50 billion in funding from banks for T-Mobile purchase

Joe0113 said:
Interesting read right here!
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this is old news, there were talks about this over the summer

kaoss_11 said:
this is old news, there were talks about this over the summer
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Source?
Its bigger now because the Soft Bank purchase went through so Sprint has a ton of cash they are sitting on.
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It was talked about even earlier than the date of this article. Is been in talks for a good part of the year now
www.fiercewireless.com/story/t-mobile-cfo-thinks-deal-sprint-possible/2013-09-26
Theirs a bunch of articles on this. Like I said old news. It was talked about heavy when the att t-mobile merger fell through
daniel4653 said:
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Its bigger now because the Soft Bank purchase went through so Sprint has a ton of cash they are sitting on.
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Yes there has been talk about Sprint & T-Mobile for well over a year, but with SoftBank owning Sprint and they have deep pockets. It is now more about global domination and SoftBank is not letting down. Like any merger it will have to pass the FCC to succeed!

I don't really understand how aquiring Tmobile will help us Sprint customers.
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Bluegrassman said:
I don't really understand how aquiring Tmobile will help us Sprint customers.
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Obtaining a new source of money other than the massive soft bank purchase. Plus getting all of the customers T-Mobile has making very more competitive vs ATT and Verizon. Hopefully resulting in cheaper rates in the future. Plus Sprint users I'm assuming would now be able to access both CDMA and GSM frequencies making its coverage a lot better as GSM has better building penetrating power.
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Bluegrassman said:
I don't really understand how aquiring Tmobile will help us Sprint customers.
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It's not about helping the customers; it's all about the shareholders.

I wonder if they would put out an update if this happens for people with world phones that allowed us to be on gsm networks and cdma . Better roaming. data coverage.

I doubt the FCC would let it happen.
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I'm for it! Sprint coverage suuuuuucks in my area. T-Mobile, however, has great coverage. I know it's still pretty much rumor status and it would take a while for the merger to happen and whatnot, but I think it would greatly improve my coverage and data speeds.

Tlab56 said:
I'm for it! Sprint coverage suuuuuucks in my area. T-Mobile, however, has great coverage. I know it's still pretty much rumor status and it would take a while for the merger to happen and whatnot, but I think it would greatly improve my coverage and data speeds.
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+1! That's why I was so happy when I saw this haha.

I wouldnt mind seeing that hot t-mobile girl in some sprint commercials
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bmoreboy02 said:
I wouldnt mind seeing that hot t-mobile girl in some sprint commercials
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This... i want this

I have one Sprint line and I got the HTC One on AT&T but the data restrictions were ridiculous. I unlocked my SIM and went to T-Mobile $70 unlimited everything plan and it has been great!
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I'm already on Sprint so if it provides better coverage and doesn't make thinks more expensive I hope it happens

JohnCorleone said:
I have one Sprint line and I got the HTC One on AT&T but the data restrictions were ridiculous. I unlocked my SIM and went to T-Mobile $70 unlimited everything plan and it has been great!
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Let me hop on that unlimited plan with T-Mobile
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Updated OP with some new news.

So I'm all for this, but I'm wondering... If you are off contract with tmobile and they got bought out, would you be required to sign a contract or grand father in a no contract?

Hmm. Maybe this will boost my coverage with Boost Mobile.