Sprint to Launch First 4G WiMAX Phone by Mid-Year
Posted in: Android, Google, HTC, Sprint, Today's Chili, WiMAX
Sprint on Thursday said it would launch its first 4G WiMAX handset before the second half of 2010, according to Forbes. Not much it known about the phone itself, but online reports suggested it may be a new Google Android device designed by HTC.
Sprint’s WiMAX wireless network is currently available in Philadelphia, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas, Atlanta, and many Texas and North Carolina cities. The service supposedly can obtain an average of 3-6 megabits/sec speeds, with peaks up to 10 megabits/sec. PCMag analyst Sascha Segan was unable to get speeds this fast during testing, but he did see speeds that were twice the normal 3G speeds.
For more about WiMAX and its rival high-speed wireless network HSPA+, check out PCMag’s full story on testing the two networks.
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