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T-Mobile to Start Phasing Out Sprint Brand This Summer
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Nay. Everything is LTE now, and any phone Sprint sells is quad-band GSM (which barely exists anywhere) and penta-band UMTS (which is getting phased out over the next 2 years) anyway. The bigger problem lies in Android phones, where they're hardware limited to only specific frequency bands for LTE - potentially putting them in a bad situation with E911. An iPhone could use either network seamlessly today, Android's not so much.
13 yr Sprint customer here. Service has always been decent for me in the city - about the only place/time I have trouble is when I go up to N. Minnesota for a week or two (there, my iPhone XR will get no service whereas others in my group w/Cricket and Verizon have 3-4 bars at least). I've wanted to jump ship before, but never had much motivation aside from that.
Probably won't either until T-Mobile makes me give up my grandfathered unlimited (Everything Data 450) plan. Will be curious to see how I do on T-Mobile's network though (anyone know when Sprint's devices will have access??)
Probably won't either until T-Mobile makes me give up my grandfathered unlimited (Everything Data 450) plan. Will be curious to see how I do on T-Mobile's network though (anyone know when Sprint's devices will have access??)
T-mobile is still crappy in my area. Thought I'd give it a try with my iPad Mini and use T-mobile as my data service. Couldn't get a decent connection pretty much anywhere. So went with AT&T instead for the time being. And as a long time Sprint user for my iPhone, I really hope they don't mess up my reception with it after they fully merge.
I've had customer service issues with Sprint over the years. But the last couple of times have been pretty good, actually. And the phone/data connections have always been rock solid where I live.
I've had customer service issues with Sprint over the years. But the last couple of times have been pretty good, actually. And the phone/data connections have always been rock solid where I live.
That is why I'm sticking with them. I went to them when they offered $15 unlimited. I have two lines and with taxes I pay $36 a month. At least through the merger I will be able to keep the plan for 3 years. When that changes I'll probably jump ship because it is only worth it at that price point.
I’ll always have fond memories of Sprint for being my first carrier when I got off my parent’s plan when the HTC Evo 4G came out. Didn’t require me to have a deposit like a lot of other carriers would have and it was the first service I ever had in my name. Stayed with them when the Samsung Epic (Galaxy S1) released a little later but then left once the iPhone 4 launched on Verizon.
Been with AT&T since the Galaxy S3 was out and have been tempted to go with T-Mobile for years but it never pans out. AT&T just has the dominant coverage area in Oklahoma. Hard to see me ever leaving even if it is expensive at times.
Been with AT&T since the Galaxy S3 was out and have been tempted to go with T-Mobile for years but it never pans out. AT&T just has the dominant coverage area in Oklahoma. Hard to see me ever leaving even if it is expensive at times.
Sprint was brought to its knees once it made the iPhone 4S available. I had sprint back then and had 0.2 mb/s during the day. It was useless. What was even worse was their constant lies that they are “improving”.
Agreed. I've been on Sprint for three years now and I've always gotten great support whenever contacting customer service or visiting a Sprint corporate owned store. I've been very happy with the service and the coverage.
With that said, I do acknowledge that the Sprint brand has a bad reputation at this point and it's best to just let it go.
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I also prefer the Sprint logo to T-mobiles. But I don't think there is much difference when it comes to coverage area. While I think that Sprint customers like me may see some increased coverage area, I think the most likely scenario for everyone on the new T-mobile is far less dead spots.
I'm still happy to be a part of the new T-mobile.
CDMA is dead. Sprint was shutting their CDMA network down, and Verizon started when I worked there a few years ago. Angry customers on old basic phones were the best when they had to upgrade...haha. As far as phone compatibility, most phones are compatible across carriers. At least the iPhones and most Galaxy phones. But only for LTE as 5G really wasn't big enough. That's why it makes me laugh when they say there's a problem between Sprint and T-Mobile because Sprint customers can't use T-Mobile 5G. haha. It's an immature technology, so why would Sprint customers this early on have handsets that support a different networks tech? After a few years, I'm sure it will be like now where I can take my iPhone anywhere. I'm glad Apple waited to bring out their 5G phone.
Same here. I was a long standing Sprint customer back in the days of voice only. Coverage was unparalleled and remember hiking up a peak in Yellowstone and seeing my phone grabbing a signal. Same around my home in the Bay Area, I would go hiking and had coverage way up in the hills when my ATT friends had lost coverage a long time before.
Then smartphones came around. People started using data and somehow Sprint missed the boat totally. I kept Sprint with my first iPhone (4) and coverage was really bad in the middle of the city (2006-2008). I had direct access to the local Sprint Sales rep who really believed that Sprint would improve coverage. Since I was on one of these dreadful two-year contracts, I stuck with them and saw no improvement. I was so jealous of my coworkers who had coverage everywhere in our building, at the shopping mall, downtown, and I had zero bar. As soon as I could, I jumped ship to T-Mobile and have not looked back since then. Great coverage where I need it and free international roaming.
The people I know who have Sprint chose it because of the price. Coverage has improved but speed is usually half or less than the competitors. Sprint customers don’t realize the grass is much greener on the other side of the fence.
Hence Sprint bleeding money and not being able to invest in infrastructure, which meant more customers leaving or unhappy customers which means more customer service agents - some dedicated to just switch a SIM card number in a new phone because, you know, antiquated systems. All other carriers, you move the SIM card to the new phone, it just works. Sprint, you have to call.
Anyway, way more customer service agents, more expenses, the wheel was turning and in the wrong direction. Sprint was doomed because of bad strategic decisions. I’m glad executives from Sprint did not move to T-Mobile, they are definitely incompetent.
I’m concerned how the integration will work because some customers may have older CDMA phones or without the proper LTE bands and won’t be able to switch to the T-Mobile network. But maybe T-Mo can give them a new phone.
thats fine with me - i use another worthy carrier
btw - i prefer the sprint logo over the t mobile logo
btw - i prefer the sprint logo over the t mobile logo