User: Mark_S
These are the most recent forum messages posted by Mark_S:
Legacy
Would be kind of T-Mobile to grandfather existing subscribers with older plans if no changes are made. I've seen the other 2 carriers do it.
Rugged
I hope to see these types of phones offered to everyone. Not just for enterprise/business customers. Sonim and Kyocera should do the same.
Motorola moto g stylus (2025)
This phone appears to be Motorola's answer to Samsung's A36
Storage
Why none of the 3 do not come with more than 128GB of storage makes no sense. Not even an expandable storage option with a micro SD/TF card. If one takes lots of photos/videos, external transfers need to be done often.
Re: Motorola 4G bands
Then making it more lay-person friendly, a parenthesis next to 12 with 17 listed would alleviate the confusion. For those of us not frequency saavy.
Motorola edge+ (2023)
The Motorola 68W charger adapter heats up during charging. Measured phone temp after about 30 minutes read 104F-40C.
Recommend using a GaN charger. Better heat dissipation.
Mid-Range Phones
Hope to see this as well with the 7 Gen series.
Addendum
The article only confirms that it is for the 13 and not 13R.
Understandable.
OnePlus should have made that clear in their posting.
Water Resistance
I noticed on a post from OnePlus on FB, that the phone has a IP68/69K rating. It's that at all true??? That would be groundbreaking for a flagship.
Motorola 4G bands
Missing band 17 on 4G. Helps with rural network roaming,
Air Cooling
A "game" changer (pardon the pun). Looking forward to seeing this in use.
Hopefully won't be restricted to higher end phones.
Midrange and Entry level phone processors do heat up as well!
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!
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