Love T-mobile... and now they have LTE in my area. My note 2 has been blazin fast on their network and I'm paying FAR less than my friends with Verizon and crap
Anecdotally, from what I've both seen and read, it's generally that iPhone users move to Android if they do make a switch.
Android seems to either stick around or jump to WP.
People new to smartphones and/or leaving Blackberry often take on Apple first, but rarely will you hear people go from...
The thing is, it being a very non-Apple move needs to raise the fact that the stupid "it just works" thing from Apple needs to GTFO from the internet.
Also, people are a bit peeved that the entire move from Apple seems more to d!ck over Google than to provide customers the best experience...
Unlocking T-Mobile isn't that hard either.
Just call them up, say you're traveling overseas for a bit of time, and you'd like the unlock code. Presto.
Not like @$$hole AT&T who hesitates to unlock the phone even after your contract is up
A lot of the issues with T-Mobile is plain FUD. Yes, their coverage can be shoddier than VZW in rural areas... but guess what T-Mobile branded phones offer? Wi-Fi calling. You connect to a Wi-Fi router, and you can operate your phone through the router as if you had reception. Funny being up in...
T-Mobile is by far the best
Currently paying $74.99/mo with unlimited talk, text, 5GB of data at 4G speeds (upwards of 10+ Mbps, more than most people ever need) + WiFi hotspot. Get the value plan if you want that rate ($94.99/mo otherwise on classic 2 year plan)
Got the S3 at Costco too for...
LTE is in my market so it should be a step up from AT&T HSPA+ which isn't as good in this area, though I've gotten used to just toggling the radios if drain is a problem... hopefully they have a widget for this
That said, I don't know what people are doing asking for 20Mbps+ speeds since...
Yeah, I read the xda-developers thread on what you did, and it sounds like an option.
I agree that HSPA+ and LTE for the most part isn't a huge difference at this point in the game, though that might change depending on how their future deployment goes
An alternative to going AT&T, if one...
What's the $10 a month unlimited data plan?
I would actually have it the other way around... the Evo 4G LTE has a micro SD slot and camera shutter button to go along with a beefier battery (important w/o removable battery imo)
You can always toggle off LTE if you want, of course - but HSPA+ is plenty for the majority of what you will browse on anyways. LTE I would use just for streaming/tethering