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I don't know if this question has been answered yet but are the towers of both sprint and nextel been completely combined yet? If they have not are they going to be any time soon? Also once this is done will that make sprints network bigger than verizon's claims that it is.
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You can use both towers with a PowerSource Hybrid phone. I dont carry these at my location, as in our area Sprint has far better coverage than nextel. Most Sprint corporate stores should have them in stock though.
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To answer your question and to clarify ndragisic's response.
As of right now there has not been 100% integration and expansion of both networks in terms of coverage. The company is in the process of expanding it's coverage to provide iDen service where there was only CDMA coverage and vise versa. The idea is to have coverage area of both services/technologies overlap one another.
As for power source phones, you care using both services with those devices however you are only able to use the PTT feature of the iDen service. The voice, data, and text services operate through CDMA
The phone does not have the capability to switch to the iDen network to make/ receive calls if there is no CDMA coverage.
As of right now there has not been 100% integration and expansion of both networks in terms of coverage. The company is in the process of expanding it's coverage to provide iDen service where there was only CDMA coverage and vise versa. The idea is to have coverage area of both services/technologies overlap one another.
As for power source phones, you care using both services with those devices however you are only able to use the PTT feature of the iDen service. The voice, data, and text services operate through CDMA
The phone does not have the capability to switch to the iDen network to make/ receive calls if there is no CDMA coverage.
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like digitmasher said, it only works with cdma on the voice end of things, not to mention the battery life on them is not what you'd want in a phone. I'd recommend waiting till the 902 comes out later, it has alot more features, including better battery.
The ic402 and 502 are your basic phones, no camera, no bluetooth, no voicedial. The 502 has gps, thats about all it has going for it. I've had customers said they like them though, so they aren't bad, just need some refining. I do like how the 502 is alot smaller though. Not only are they more expensive, they are a beyotch to activate under sprint's new system. I had a customer wait today for almost an hour to transfer her account over from p2k to ensemble. You need to do that before get...
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The ic402 and 502 are your basic phones, no camera, no bluetooth, no voicedial. The 502 has gps, thats about all it has going for it. I've had customers said they like them though, so they aren't bad, just need some refining. I do like how the 502 is alot smaller though. Not only are they more expensive, they are a beyotch to activate under sprint's new system. I had a customer wait today for almost an hour to transfer her account over from p2k to ensemble. You need to do that before get...
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The 902 battery is the same MaH as the 402 and 502.
Its going to royally blow
The 902 battery is the same MaH as the 402 and 502.
Its going to royally blow
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Update, take that back, it is slightly larger.
I stand by my statment of blowedness however
I stand by my statment of blowedness however
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Thank you for the info. I have no intention of switching to a hybrid phone but was wondering of the towers are going to be integrated as part of the merger or are the hybrid phones the only answer. I like my sprint phone and really have no problems with coverage where I am at. I do know of places where iden is only and cdma is not. I was just wondering if that will change soon???
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In the short term scheme of things the intentions are for Sprint to "fill in the gaps" so to speak so that areas where there is only iDen will also have CDMA, and areas where there is only CDMA there will be iDen.
In the long run though Sprint hopes to migrate everyone onto CDMA.
In the long run though Sprint hopes to migrate everyone onto CDMA.
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Sprint's network is actually larger then Verizon's and Cingular's already. With roaming, it's 295 million POP, which is the largest. There is also data roaming in place. And it is free.
Sprint and Nextel now share towers, but they do not work together. Sprint is going to sell the iDEN network in 2010 and use Nextel's 800Mhz spec to fill in the gaps of their CDMA coverage.
Best advice, get a new Sprint CDMA phone with a Roam-Only option. Then you can set it to roam if the coverage doesn't work well in your area.
I hope that helps.
Sprint and Nextel now share towers, but they do not work together. Sprint is going to sell the iDEN network in 2010 and use Nextel's 800Mhz spec to fill in the gaps of their CDMA coverage.
Best advice, get a new Sprint CDMA phone with a Roam-Only option. Then you can set it to roam if the coverage doesn't work well in your area.
I hope that helps.
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