What common misconceptions would you like people to know-

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AntiAlias
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Re: What common misconceptions would you like people to know

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gongoozler wrote:That buying a cell phone based on the network (3G, 4G, whatever), is generally a waste unless you live in a big metropolitan area. All 4G phones revert to 3G when the coverage is not 4G in your area.
Yup. Sprint lies to me about 4G, but my girlfriend has Verizon and can use 4G here in Spartanburg.

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gongoozler
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Re: What common misconceptions would you like people to know

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AntiAlias wrote:
gongoozler wrote:That buying a cell phone based on the network (3G, 4G, whatever), is generally a waste unless you live in a big metropolitan area. All 4G phones revert to 3G when the coverage is not 4G in your area.
Yup. Sprint lies to me about 4G, but my girlfriend has Verizon and can use 4G here in Spartanburg.
I think it's a scam. "G" stands for "Generation" and has nothing to do with the amount of data/time or anything like that.

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Re: What common misconceptions would you like people to know

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gongoozler wrote:
AntiAlias wrote:
gongoozler wrote:That buying a cell phone based on the network (3G, 4G, whatever), is generally a waste unless you live in a big metropolitan area. All 4G phones revert to 3G when the coverage is not 4G in your area.
Yup. Sprint lies to me about 4G, but my girlfriend has Verizon and can use 4G here in Spartanburg.
I think it's a scam. "G" stands for "Generation" and has nothing to do with the amount of data/time or anything like that.
You're right, gongoozler. 4G is supposed to be orders of magnitude faster than 3G, and it ain't.

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