well all these phones kinda suck cause
LTE aka 4g is right around the corner and so are the phones that will 4g compatible:dunno:
so except for the EVO all the phone are all ready obsolete

 

I hopped into the smartphone ring when I did because the phone had what I wanted. as for LTE isn't not going to be rolled out till around the begining of the new year, and there isn't going to be a ton of nation wide coverage. by the time I'm ready for a new phone after my 2 years are up the 4g coverage will be pretty decent by then and it will be worth it to get a 4g phone. In the meantime 3g isn't that shabby. I don't need to do anything super quick like I do on my home connection.

 

LTE is going to be a data service only, still uses the existing network to place calls.

Verizon is launching 25 LTE networks by November and then will roll it out to other places after that. For devices they will start with air cards and then maybe will have phones at some point. I'd say at least a year until then. So no, buying a non-LTE phone for use on Verizon now will not make it obsolete.

Plenty of folks here in Madison bought an Evo even though we're not scheduled to get Sprint 4G coverage any time soon. They use it on the 3G network just fine.

Also another android phone that will be out on all the carriers is the Samsung Galaxy S, which for some reason needs a different name on each carrier. AT&T Captivate, Verizon Fascinate, T-Mobile Vibrant and the Sprint Epic 4G (which gains a side-sliding QWERTY and 4G).

http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s-event

 

So for people that are signing two year contracts( which is almost everybody)
that makes it a year before you can upgrade to a new 4g phone.
So the point I was trying to make was,within a year some of the phones coming out now will obsolete.
I expect 3g/4g phones to hit the market in the 2nd quarter next year.

 

Why the F did you not text me and advise you were looking to switch to Verzion you d*k!!!


go vzw. We can be 'in'

yesss <3

 

Verizon is pretty much the only major carrier that will have CDMA/LTE devices. Outside the US, there is less urgency to roll out LTE because current HSPA networks can be upgraded to HSPA+ 21 Mbps by just changing out the data modules at cell sites. Very simple work that can be done over a large scale cheaply and easily. So, with Verizon being the only major customer for CDMA/LTE phones, there's less incentive for the phone makers to rush on to the bandwagon.

Sprint has had 4G service launched in Baltimore (its first market) since October '08 and they only started selling a compatible phone in June '10. That's 20 months of nothing but air cards & mifis. VZW might not take that long but I don't think they'll be much quicker. Even if they do get phones out in Q2 2011 (which isn't that likely IMHO) there'll still only be ~25 markets where you could actually get service.

No access to 4G service = 3G phone ain't obsolete

 

pay double for same thing, why not

 

saw an evo today. do. want.

 

you get it to work on your phone?

 

Yes o: thanks