[OFF TOPIC LOUNGE] The Four Galaxies

[Foulwx]

Agreed primo. Must be an addiction, but I do the same thing.

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[oscarthegrouch]

Not intended to troll the people yet to have lte rolled out in their area, but does anyone else find themselves jumping on 4g at home simply because it is so much faster than your home Wi-Fi connection?

 

[oscarthegrouch]

Had anyone entered an address into Google navigation and it tried navigating you to a place, perhaps the other side of town, that you knew for certain that the address you entered was definitely not where it was sending you to? I first experienced this tonight.

 

[oscarthegrouch]

Is it legal for parking enforcement to give you a ticket if you're temporarily (5 minutes) parked on private property and not blocking anything?

 

[Delakit]

Got home from work today to a letter in the mail of my contract being terminated for violating the rules. Funny thing is, I racked up all this roaming months ago on my EVO LTE. With this phone of which I've had for maybe over a month or two now, has been on roaming for less than a week because I need service at work that I was not getting without the vzw prl. So peace out. I'm outta here. Lol.

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[oscarthegrouch]

I've read quite a few posts of people getting the boot when using Verizon prls.

 

[EvoTillIdIE]

March to your capitol building on 4 of july the nation needs your voice. Dont sit on your a$$ to drink beer and eat crappy gmo food. There will be a march in all fifty states so find out when and were. Time to fight back with our voices let them be herd and spread the word.
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[oscarthegrouch]

Sprint employees, or anyone else in the know, once Sprint has completely rolled out LTE, are they going to have it everywhere that they currently have 3g or only major cities? Will the boondocks have LTE? The reason I'm asking is because I might be moving in the future and am worried I'll be stuck on 3g out there because, even though that area is covered by 3g normal coverage by Sprint, they might not think it's that important to upgrade out there because it's not a densely populated area.

TL;DR Will there be LTE available everywhere, where sprint has coverage, once they are finished rolling it out?

 

[FutureAwesomeGeek]

So how is the S4? How does it compare to the S3? Worth upgrading?

 

[jtornone]

Is it possible to change the double tap of the home button to google now instead of s-voice? Also the title of this thread would make a great title for a Dr. Who episode.

 

[oscarthegrouch]

So how is the S4? How does it compare to the S3? Worth upgrading?

I've never had an s3. I did have an s2. My opinion is, the only thing I've seen that is substantial enough to notice a difference between my old phone is increased screen resolution, LTE and better stock battery life. I have LTE in my area and wimax, but LTE is is more widely available and smokes wimax speeds when the network isn't congested. Everything else isn't enough of a difference that I would consider a major improvement. Yes some might argue the camera but I've taken better lower light pictures with my s2 than the s4. You might think that the quad core would wipe the floor with what the s2 offered. The difference isn't big enough to notice. Benchmarks aren't really life day to day operation. My suggestion would be to wait until your contract renewal and do your homework on a s5 or s6 if you want a big enough improvement in performance that you can easily notice. Coming from the phone I told you, it's barely worth the contract renewal price and definitely not worth the full price in performance improvement per dollar. On paper, it looks impressive, in real life, the improvement isn't huge. IMO, you'd be wasting your money going from three to four.

I don't care that the specs between the 2 and 4 say the 4 has a better low light sensitivity lens than the 2. In real life picture taking of the same scene and settings, the s2 was able to see better in low light than the s4. Specs aren't everything unfortunately. People can and will disagree with me. That's fine. My suggestion is to wait and save your money.

 

[eskomo]

Sprint employees, or anyone else in the know, once Sprint has completely rolled out LTE, are they going to have it everywhere that they currently have 3g or only major cities? Will the boondocks have LTE? The reason I'm asking is because I might be moving in the future and am worried I'll be stuck on 3g out there because, even though that area is covered by 3g normal coverage by Sprint, they might not think it's that important to upgrade out there because it's not a densely populated area.

TL;DR Will there be LTE available everywhere, where sprint has coverage, once they are finished rolling it out?

Yes and no. It's not going to be LTE everywhere right away but they are going to rival Verizon. If you live in a rural area that is say 2-3k people then probably not right away. But eventually all towers will have LTE like 3g is now. Just takes time. Even Verizon has a ton of places that are still 3g for miles.

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[JoeFCaputo113]

What are your guys' favorite apps (paid & free) to use with your GS4?!

Just trying to get some new ideas for apps to use as I am bored with my current apps

 

[P1NK13P13]

Pinterest is my fav. If you have a gf/fiancé/wife, you know what i am talking about. Tried to get my bf to use it so I can show him these amazing things I find easier lol. They do have some guyish things

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[tetrach21]

Fav Apps

What are your guys' favorite apps (paid & free) to use with your GS4?!

Just trying to get some new ideas for apps to use as I am bored with my current apps

Podcast: Pocketcast
Launcher: Smart Launcher
News: Zite
Fitness: Jefit Pro

 

[JoeFCaputo113]

Pinterest is my fav. If you have a gf/fiancé/wife, you know what i am talking about. Tried to get my bf to use it so I can show him these amazing things I find easier lol. They do have some guyish things

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My GF is freaking OBSESSED with Pinterest -__-

 

[maxpower7]

I've never had an s3. I did have an s2. My opinion is, the only thing I've seen that is substantial enough to notice a difference between my old phone is increased screen resolution, LTE and better stock battery life. I have LTE in my area and wimax, but LTE is is more widely available and smokes wimax speeds when the network isn't congested. Everything else isn't enough of a difference that I would consider a major improvement. Yes some might argue the camera but I've taken better lower light pictures with my s2 than the s4. You might think that the quad core would wipe the floor with what the s2 offered. The difference isn't big enough to notice. Benchmarks aren't really life day to day operation. My suggestion would be to wait until your contract renewal and do your homework on a s5 or s6 if you want a big enough improvement in performance that you can easily notice. Coming from the phone I told you, it's barely worth the contract renewal price and definitely not worth the full price in performance improvement per dollar. On paper, it looks impressive, in real life, the improvement isn't huge. IMO, you'd be wasting your money going from three to four.

I don't care that the specs between the 2 and 4 say the 4 has a better low light sensitivity lens than the 2. In real life picture taking of the same scene and settings, the s2 was able to see better in low light than the s4. Specs aren't everything unfortunately. People can and will disagree with me. That's fine. My suggestion is to wait and save your money.

I'm going to go ahead and disagree with every single thing you just said. My S4 blows my S2 out of the water in every conceivable way. I guess it all depends on how you use the phone, but I can't fathom going back to an S2 now. Even compared to my wife's S3, there's just no comparison.

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[xchampx13]

What are your guys' favorite apps (paid & free) to use with your GS4?!

Just trying to get some new ideas for apps to use as I am bored with my current apps

In the directory thread that is stickied I believe there are some apps suggestions

 

[P1NK13P13]

My GF is freaking OBSESSED with Pinterest -__-

If you haven't downloaded it yet, you should. Take her word for it too. Come to the dark side, we bake cookies & craft cool sh!t lol.

On a real note, are there any apps you're looking for in particular or just a simple question?

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[crawrj]

I'm going to go ahead and disagree with every single thing you just said. My S4 blows my S2 out of the water in every conceivable way. I guess it all depends on how you use the phone, but I can't fathom going back to an S2 now. Even compared to my wife's S3, there's just no comparison.

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I would say the same thing. I came from the S2 and have a work S3. I would mostly use my work S3 because I liked it more than the S2. After getting the S4 I haven't touched my S3 except when I have to for work. The S4 crushes the S2 and is still far better than the S3 IMHO.

But I am also a person that would never pay full price for a phone.

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