Posted on 06/28/2014 7:27:35 PM PDT by bboop
Looking to get Android cell phone on T-Mobile, maybe Google Nexus 5. Any thoughts about T-Mobile network reliability or Nexus 5? Thanks.
T-Mobile is just fine, as long as you use it in or near a major metropolitan area. If you spend time out in the sticks, best look elsewhere. Just my opinion.
Go to something else if you can, my daughter is having all kinds of connection problems with it.
Yup.... I was going to post almost the same thing....
Never had a problem with T-Moble within the Tampa-bay area
.i love my droid too...
If you travel much, you do not want T-mobile.
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>> “ If you spend time out in the sticks, best look elsewhere.” <<
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Absolutely true.
T-mobile has no priority at all away from their own system.
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Not sure what you are looking for exactly, but out my way (Western PA) T-Mobil is the kiss of death. Coverage is very poor for the time being. You might want to check out Verizon’s EDGE offerings. Little more expensive than t-mobile but far greater coverage. Personally I do two year contracts with Verizon as I don’t flip phones that much.
My son had T-Mobile several years ago and had connection problems. He only lives an hour and a half away from me in Albany, NY, and had continuous problems getting a signal inside his brownstone apartment. About the only time he had a good connection was when he called me from Paris. I thought that perhaps their service might have improved over the years, but it doesn’t look like it from the comments on this thread.
I had a TMobile phone at work and an AT&T personal phone. At work, my work phone didn’t work ... no signal. Everywhere the TMobile signal was weak, AT&T was 5 bars. That was 2 years ago. Unless they’ve increased their coverage, I’d avoid them.
+1
Im on T Mobile with the Note 3...
I love their service but my favorite T Mobile service wifi calling is not available on the Nexus.
Wifi calling on T Mobile is free and what it is is this..
As your probably know most smart phones nowadays have wifi on it.. so you can connect to wifi hot spots like your would your laptop or tablet.
this is great in areas with bad or no cell coverage but there is still wifi.
T Mobile does this one better..if you can connect via wifi to the internet.. you can have your phone call an text over it.
I live in a bad coverage area all cell phones yet I have my own internet wifi an home and most all the place i go have wifi...
So I have voice text and data service even though there’s no cell coverage in the area.
even better this works anywhere in the world
I do a lot international travel ...but all the hotels I stated had free wifi..
so i had complete phone service voice text and data from my home number..at no cost diffrent, just as if I was home...
I was halfway around the world calling and texting and receiving calls and text with people back at home as if I was sitting on my own home living room
I didn’t have to worry about international rates and roaming cost.
The reality is the global internet is leveraged by T Mobile to provide US domestic T Mobile cell coverage throughout the world in a totally transparent fashion ..so you can say they have the largest cell coverage in the world
not true if you travel much you definitely want t mobile for wifi calling... I did about 15 weeks on the road last year...most of that international but as long as there was internet access via wifi I always had full cell coverage as if I was still at home at the same cost as if I was home
Terrific, and thanks to all of you so much. We have Verizon now but are looking to squeeze money here and there. However, we are in the boonies a lot, though we live in LA, and want good service. Very good info - I love Free Republic and my good feisty colleagues. Thanks.
I have it, and am switching to Verizon or AT&T. Great customer service, but their coverage stinks.
I have T-mobile. Good in major cities but not small towns. Verizon has better coverage.
To add on extra thing on using wifi coverage.
I was in Tokyo last year ..one of the guys rented one of thoese little portable internet hot spots from the local cell company...he let me use his wifi signal.. so my US T Mobile phone was connected via this wifi and i was making calls and texting to the us at US local rates.
What this mean is if you travel overseas you can just get a local phone with hotspot and use it for local incountry calling and use the hotspot to connect you US Tmo phone for US calling at US rates.
Ive even done this in the US...had a Verzion guy hotspot his phone and let me call with my TMo phone over his connection.. crazy
AT&T has very good network and they significantly reduced their prices recently. You might check them out as well.
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Be sure to check the coverage maps, T-Mobile has lots of dead areas.
If you want to have good to decent coverage in most places your best bet is verizon.
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