Phone and phone carriers

[phillyman36]

Hey I'm wondering if anyone has switched from and iphone to an Android or vice versa and noticed a change in your download speeds using 4g? Reason I ask is im looking at this forum

http://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/110519?start=555&tstart=0

Not a lot of happy people with sprint 4g in philly. However my aunts coworkers swear by Sprint and don't have any problem with Sprint service. There are 2 people i know in the building i work who have sprint. One says she doesn't get a signal on the 21st floor the other say she doesn't have any problems.

Just wondering if anyone has noticed a difference in speeds based on the type of phone they have? Right now I'm trying to decide on who to get the iphone 5s from(either Tmoblie or Sprint). Looking at the sensorly.com map coverage it seems there is good enough coverage for both carriers(zip 19107)

 

[Oyeve]

I switched from Sprint to T-Mobile years ago because Sprint is horrible in NYC. I know not one person on Sprint except my phone vendor and I can never reach him.

 

[phillyman36]

Philly is supposed to be one of the city with their new 4g. Just going by the complaints I wonder if the type of phone you have affects your reception.

 

[dguy6789]

Different phones do have different reception performance. It can vary by a huge amount. Reviewers used to cover it but nowadays call quality and reception are often left out.