User: Mark_S
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US market unlocked versions
These phones were primarily configured for Boost Mobile.
This causes some funtionalities on other carrier SIM's not to work.
Voicemail notifications is just one.
S24 Ultra
Nice to hear the screen got rid of the curved edges.
Concepts
I look forward to transparent LED displays
OnePlus
Makes no sense that US carriers do not pick up the flagships of this manucaturer. Entry-levels and lower mid-range phones.
Nokia is another. Plenty of great flagship grade phones from them as well. Yet US carriers only pick up entry-level Nokias.
Connector: USB Type C version 3
Finally!!!!!!
Sonim
Sonim makes really good rugged phones.
Shame that this one is only 4G.
Looks like the Kyocera has the higher end feature package.
I hope Caterpillar comes back to US carriers as well.
Kyocera
Nice phone. Decent specs for it's type.
Hopefully Caterpillar comes out with a new one as well.
Rugged phones do have a good customer base.
OnePlus Nord N30 5G
Welcome to the US market version of the Oppo K11x
Samsung Galaxy A54 5G
One of Samsung's best mid-ranger phones to date.
The Exynos processor holds its own.
Hopefully Samsung with all their phones makes 256GB storage their norm. I know 128GB makes it more on an affordable price point. While most people nowadays store music and photos on their phones, hence the need for more built in storage plus most manufacturers are doing away with SD card storage.
"a"
Kudos to Google for the "a" lineup.
More affordable alternative to their higher end versions. Still keeping the flagship quality.
5G Band allocation
I noticed in the specs that mid-band 77-C is listed.
I have an unlocked Ultra and there is no 77-C.
All other listed bands including the UW 260,261 are available.
Maybe due to the Unlocked variants sold. U1 is factory unlocked and U is carrier unlocked. I have the U variant. No midband 77-C.
Re: Detail
Here is one link regarding this issue.
https://www.androidauthority.com/google-p roject-zero-samsung-exynos-vulnerabilities-32 99355/
Detail
What this article fails to mention is that the Samsung models affected are all Exynos. No Snapdragon or Mediatek models are included.
Oppo Again
US Market version of the Oppo K10 5G
2023
Great to see advancement of entry level and midrange processors. Not everyone has the means to go with flagship devices and their associated processors.
Re: A23 5G
Hopefully a Verizon variant will be introduced as well.
Re: A23 5G
True. I should have been more detailed. C-Band meaning mid band 77. Sub 6 meaning band 2-71.
A23 5G
Hopefully supports C Band for any of the carriers that decide to sell this phone and not just the Sub 6Ghz that is essentially a slightly beefed up version of 4G LTE.
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
It's really great to see the 700 series processors get such a boost.
Brings excellent performance to a more affordable price point and one needs not purchase a top of the line flagship to get it. Hopefully the 600 series will follow suit.
Samsung Galaxy Note10+
Three years later and would still highly recommend. Not a single issue with it. Still takes excellent photos. One does not need 108 megapixels to get a great pic. The processor handles everything just perfect.
If you are a stickler, the 60hz refresh rate, no 3.5mm headphone jack, and no 5G compatibility (even though there is a 5G model of this phone) would make it the total package.
This phone would still probably be great even after another 3 years.
OnePlus Nord N20 5G
Is a somewhat lighter version of its doppelganger the Oppo Reno 7Z 5G.
What happened to.......
Band 66?
It's about time
The FCC approved something as helpful as this. Hope it helps and saves lives.
LG Wing Boasts Swivel Screen
Anyone remember the Motorola V70????
Swiveled but not the screen.
The Redux
Samsung Galaxy S7-Active 2.0
SM-G891A > SM-G889A
T-Mobile launches
And what about their voice network coverage?
Lots of places off of highways and towns that have practically no coverage.
Bye bye
T-mobile's network coverage even with Sprint's towers will remain mainly unchanged. Sprint's voice network coverage was heavily dependent on its voice roaming agreement with Verizon.
There are many areas that both carriers have next to or no coverage at all.
Sure T-mobile has made big strides on the past decade.
Yet there are many regions that are severly lacking even a dependable voice coverage.
AT&T and Verizon will always have network coverage in areas where t-mobile believes unnecessary.
Verizon
Excellent step by Verizon prepaid.
They have had the highest price points for a very long time.
I hope AT&T follows suit.
New Motos
Nice to see Motorola throw more variety into the midrange line ups.
Some are actually variants of the same phone with different descriptive name-sets.
Regardless other than the flagship Edge series it looks like Lenovo's buddy Motorola is finally setting itself better in the North American market.
Keep it up!
Re: Oops!
So were other devices in the past.
That changed with some of them over time.
Re: TCL
Did not know about that association. I thought Alcatel was from another international source.
BLU
LTE 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 7 / 8 / 12 / 13 / 28
Verizon would have been very compatible for this phone. 2,4,5,13
Legacy GSM carriers.....just bands 2, 12 (Extremely limited)
TCL
I have other products from them.
Never an issue.
They have not gotten much US exposure.
I look forward to seeing how their smartphone division works out here.
The more alternatives the better.
TCL 10L-Typo......665 not 655 processor.
Faster
Root the phone and overclock the CPU. No need for another processor. Case closed.
LG Q
Nice addition to their mid-range line up.
Excellent for those not wanting to be on the Samsung A-Series wagon.
I am interested which carrier if at all will pick up the K61.
K Series
I am patiently waiting to see if any US carrier picks up the K61.
Very interested. Great alternative to the G and V Lines.
5G
The Verizon OnePlus 8 is the only model in the series that supports mmWave 5G. This is what allows the device to support Verizon’s Ultrawide Band network. OnePlus had to place the mmWave antennas on the sides of the Verizon model, which meant moving the volume buttons slightly. You probably wouldn’t notice this if the different models were placed side by side, but it’s enough to make cases not fit correctly.
It’s unfortunate that users will have to be extra ...
Very Kind
Portable cell-phone power banks are super as well.
With a full charge you can walk around with one instead of looking for an outlet.
The chargers regardless are a great help to a very busy field.
Re: Oops!
You are right. A flagship though should have all available just as principle. Enough is being paid in the first place.
Verizon eventually will unlock the phone when it is paid off.
Re: Terrific but........
The "edge" is going to be smaller.
Regarding the camera. I totally agree.
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