T-Mobile's Samsung GALAXY Note II will support LTE when the carrier is ready

2. PAPINYC (limited) 13 hours ago posted on 25 Oct 2012, 21:01 0 0

Well, to T-Mo's credit, they already have 4G in New York City, albeit not LTE, unlike Sprint. My brother just got the T-Mobile Note II today full retail.

Congrats' to all Note II buyers.

5. richardyarrell2011 (banned) posted on 25 Oct 2012, 23:14 3 0

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is the perfect purchase. I am a current Galaxy S3 owner and will be buying the upcoming Galaxy Note 2 on Tmobile November 1st. I will be selling my Galaxy S3 on Wednesday October 31st it was a wonderful device. Nothing will be better than the Galaxy Note 2 within the next 180 days perio. I applaud Tmobile for thinking of it's future with the LTE ADVANCED 10 NETWORK which will be back hauled to it's current HSPA PLUS 42MPS network. It's all about the Galaxy Note 2 now....

6. Droid_X_Doug posted on 26 Oct 2012, 00:46 0 0

Ummm. There is an error in either the PA article or the T-Mo quote - PA article claims T-Mo coverage will be 300 million; quote says 200 million. I think 200 million is the correct number. 300 million coverage would be close to 90% of U.S. population....

7. g2a5b0e posted on 26 Oct 2012, 00:48 2 0

Yet another reason to pick up the world's current best smartphone.

11. skymitch89 posted on 26 Oct 2012, 09:17 1 0

Funny thing about this is that I went and checked out the T-Mo version of the Note 2 yesterday and talked to the guy about it being "future proof" and he said that it will only ever work on the HSPA+ network. I should load this up on my phone and go show him.

This also has me considering going back to T-Mo to get the Note 2 considering that Sprint doesn't have any plans to bring LTE to my area anytime soon.

13. commonforte posted on 27 Oct 2012, 09:43 0 0

does this mean the T-Mobile model can be unlocked and put other carriers LTE networks like AT&T or Verizon today????

15. commonforte posted on 27 Oct 2012, 13:35 0 0

Damn verizon is killing me with this release date.

17. benzb posted on 29 Oct 2012, 01:22 0 0

I am trying to decide if I should get the Note 2 with Sprint or T-Mobile. I am in Los Angeles and I have tried out both providers in the past two weeks. T-Mobile HSPA+ download speeds are anywhere between 200kbps all the way to 25mbps depending on the time of day and where I am at in Los Angeles. I usually average about 12mbps down though on T-Mo. Sprint 3G is horrible - the faster I have gotten is 1.3mbps and I usually get less than 300kbps. In the rare instances that I picked up LTE, the maximum I got was 23mbps down and usually sit around 8mbps - 12mbps down. (With very little or any customers on the LTE network.) Having trouble deciding which route to take with a week into my trial. Kind of thinking about T-Mobile because of the superior GSM technology (vs. CDMA) and faster overall speeds. However, I have heard that when leaving the city with T-Mobile, it is basically edge with is even slower than Sprints ridiculous 3G speeds. Any customers on either network that can give me recommendations?

20. cjjohnson86 posted on 29 Oct 2012, 12:37 0 0

For now i like HSPA+. I'm having a better experience than i did with Verizons LTE. Most likely due to there lte network being boggled down from new subscribers and old transitioning ones. Regardless though, considering how many people are on tmo's network, I'd say HSPA+ is more stable. Hell I would be happy if they just kept HSPA+ and worked on upping there coverage on the west coast.