Co worker has Fi and the 6P - we had to go to our comp's DR site so he was using waze and I was exploring it on my Priv and getting used to having access to apps and stuff beyond the standard work stuff suite- email, internet, phone, notes, tasks etc. that's what I mostly focus on in my smart phones- and WebOS, BB10 are still better imo purely on that in terms of workslow and efficiency - but seeing just the small amount of "other" stuff that has really come into maturity as of late - like back when I was using my Galaxy 1 there was a wayze or something app for cops, accedents etc. but it was so rarely adopted it was just a worse functioning gmaps/navigator app... however years late now- wayze as an example has such a good adoption and maturity that it in functionality base is as good or better than your standard GPS suite + the crowd sourced info makes it an awesome app that was 98% on point with cops, accedents, cars on the side, slowdowns etc. on our trip to and fro.
Basically yes to all of your questions. 3G. GSM. CDMA. Yes. The only times I've had connectivity issues is when everyone else around has had connectivity issues - way up in the middle of northern nowhere Minnesota.
That's great that they have the backbone of literally every US carrier type - CDMA + GSM for 3g level and Sprint/TMO band 4g for LTE level stuff + Wifi... I wonder where Fi plays in on priority on each type/band - as usually that is why Cricket etc. etc. are "not as good" as the primary carrier is customers who are on leased bands (boost cricket metro etc) have lower priority than the owners of the band, Sprint/Verizon etc. and technically if something is blocked/filled and a Verizon customer wants to do something it will boot off a lease carrier customer to make room for the primary customer... that mostly mattered back in the day but with the backbone etc. that I am sure happens much less than a few years ago.
The 4's screen is the old small one. They went bigger with the 5 (not much but very noticeable). The 5 has better internals too but on iOS 9 they both lag a bit. I'd fix the screen on the 5 or find at least a 5s on the cheap. The 4's screen was way too small.
Cool thanks, i can probably find some local shop to fix the screen for a decent price.
Yep, and any local repair shop won't charge you less than $100 to fix a screen, more than likely.
I don't know why CA would be different than anywhere else but to me the most amazing thing about this story is that you have kept a phone going for 4+ years.
I mean its a s3, i have a dock that charges an extra battery, it talks to my pebble and does txt's shits gps and easy reminders, music and tons of podcasts. I'm not a photo guy so the shit camera didn't bother me. I'm also old school, i keep a memo pad and pen cuz i like writing, so the note would have been the only plausible option.
I have the Note 5 and love it. No SD card or removable battery but I don't care about either of those things.
If Fi ever opens up to non nexus phones, your phone would still need to have the radios for both Sprint and TMO, which is pretty uncommon. Most phones support Verizon and Sprint (CDMA) or AT&T and TMO (GSM).
