Samsung Galaxy S III coming to TELUS June 20. 16GB/$159.99, 32GB/$209.99 on contract

**howard** · 07-04-2012, 04:39 PM

Provided it's unlocked it will work with T-Mobile's EDGE. AFAIK T-Mobile is deploying HSPA on 1900Mhz too in some areas so you might also get that also.

**heleu** · 07-04-2012, 04:57 PM

Thanks. Any way of finding out where those areas are? Specifically interested in Washington State and Oregon. I've been using EDGE for the past year and it's very painful for anything beyond google maps and gmail.

**Spirch** · 07-04-2012, 08:12 PM

anyone found a vertical holster to hold that nice phone?

so far i think they don't exist, yet :-p

**ice1124** · 07-05-2012, 08:14 AM

Because Samsung kept the hardware secret relatively well until the launch date, my guess is that accessory manufacturers didn't have time to come out with good cases quickly enough.

**mblod** · 07-05-2012, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by intlbizman

does this not sort of defeat the purpose of getting an LTE phone?

Unfortunately for now. Looking at Telus' coverage map for the Lower Mainland though it's not yet covered with LTE, mostly just around Vancouver (http://www.telusmobility.com/en/BC/network/index.shtml).

I would hope that when LTE is everywhere it will solve the problem (the problem seems to be trying to lock on to a LTE signal no matter how weak it is). For now HSPA is good enough.

**Que_Ball** · 07-05-2012, 02:17 PM

There are a few reasons why LTE signal will not have coverage that is equivalent to the HSPA signal.

The frequency bands that Telus uses for LTE means that the signal propagation will be a bit different than the 850/1900Mhz frequencies that their towers were originally designed for. Tower locations and antenna positioning is not going to be optimal if they are only using the exact same physical locations for LTE as they have been using for the older networks. Telus will not and probably should not take any drastic steps to change that at this time though. Once the auction for 700Mhz frequency spectrum has happened and they can deploy additional capacity on that spectrum it would be best for them to optimize the network at that time.

Also LTE network is not used for voice traffic yet. (Not likely going to be used for voice until a future minor revision to LTE is finalized). Voice over LTE standards exist but there are some little details that need working out around call hand off to the older networks when moving between coverage zones.
Because it's a data only network the coverage doesn't need to be perfect so there are going to be large gaps even inside the coverage area.

So yeah, while leaving the LTE enabled is nice for the data speeds it will tend to kill the battery as the phone is trying to hold on to and search for LTE signals in areas where HSPA coverage is good but LTE isn't. That's a pretty universal issue with most LTE networks these days. I was checking a Verizon thread talking about their LTE coverage and battery issues and it's the same thing or even worse down there since the difference in speeds is so great between their CDMA network and LTE.

There is an app you can download called 4G toggle that will take you directly to the mobile network screen of your settings. You can put that onto your launcher for faster access to the screen where you switch network modes. I'm not sure why but I seem to need to turn off packet data before switching networks and then turn it back on after otherwise I have trouble getting a signal again without restarting the phone.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...gforrazr&hl=en

**risestar** · 07-08-2012, 02:41 AM

Originally Posted by mblod

Was noticing my battery draining VERY fast on my S3. Also, in Downtown Vancouver I noticed I kept losing the network (didn't have this problem in Surrey, BC).

To try and solve the network issue I changed my Network Mode from GSM/HSPA/LTE to GSM/HSPA (as was suggested in another thread about the S3).

That completely fixed losing the network. It also made a night and day difference for my battery life. I'm now at 75% full after roughly 6 hours of moderate use. At the same time yesterday I was below 50% with near identical usage.

Lte is a well known battery pig and battery technology has not kept up to wireless technology

You can get double size batteries on eBay but best option is invest in an app that auto disables Lte/4g until you access an app requiring an outgoing connection. Lte is not required in standby anyway

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**jigsatics** · 07-08-2012, 06:31 AM

Originally Posted by risestar

Lte is a well known battery pig and battery technology has not kept up to wireless technology

You can get double size batteries on eBay but best option is invest in an app that auto disables Lte/4g until you access an app requiring an outgoing connection. Lte is not required in standby anyway

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Which app do you recommend?

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**mihaelb** · 07-08-2012, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by jigsatics

Which app do you recommend?

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Can't you just disable LTE from Settings>More Settings>Mobile Networks>Network Mode ?

**mihaelb** · 07-08-2012, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by intlbizman

Originally Posted by mblod
Was noticing my battery draining VERY fast on my S3. Also, in Downtown Vancouver I noticed I kept losing the network (didn't have this problem in Surrey, BC).

To try and solve the network issue I changed my Network Mode from GSM/HSPA/LTE to GSM/HSPA (as was suggested in another thread about the S3).

That completely fixed losing the network. It also made a night and day difference for my battery life. I'm now at 75% full after roughly 6 hours of moderate use. At the same time yesterday I was below 50% with near identical usage.

does this not sort of defeat the purpose of getting an LTE phone?

Bell has that issue too, and with the Galaxy Note as well. Not sure if it's a Samsung issue, or a Telus/Bell (I think they share their 3G and LTE infrastructure).
Does anyone have this issue with an LG LTE phone or anything?

**jigsatics** · 07-08-2012, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by mihaelb

Can't you just disable LTE from Settings>More Settings>Mobile Networks>Network Mode ?

The app the poster mentioned auto disables/enables LTE if the app you're using requires it.

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**risestar** · 07-08-2012, 03:52 PM

There's a couple of them but I expect there to be more soon as there's not a lot of lte capable phones out yet

Another option is an lte quick toggle

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**jigsatics** · 07-08-2012, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by risestar

There's a couple of them but I expect there to be more soon as there's not a lot of lte capable phones out yet

Another option is an lte quick toggle

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What happens if you turn wifi on? It automatically switches to lte if no wifi is available. Will that increase battery life?

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**risestar** · 07-09-2012, 11:46 AM

No

There's an app called juice defender that's works fairly well but the lte disable function is still in beta so there might be bugs. You won't be able to use the data disable when screen is off which is the main power savings feature since Telus has no 2G service so make sure you disable that or your phone will be completely disabled when in standby and you'll not receive calls

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**tasha_c** · 07-16-2012, 03:49 PM

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Not sure if this is the right place to post this as no one on androidcentral was able to assist.

When down in the States & roaming on either T-Mobile or AT&T, I noticed the "home" clock is 2 hours ahead of the "roaming" clock even though I've stayed within the pacific time zone. Is this a telus thing or a samsung thing? Either way, it's just an annoyance that I'd like to get figured out.