Comments on: Sprint 4G Phone Coming By Summer, Android-Based HTC Supersonic?

By: TDB53

TDB53 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:37:35 +0000

Everyone thinks their service is the best. Different people like different things and it is true that not all carriers are equal in all areas. I have been a Sprint customer for many years, have had good experiences with both service and customer service,so I can’t complain. As to why would people buy a 4G phone? I will for the same reason I upgraded to a 4G mobile broadband card, so I will be ready when WiMax is in my area (Southern Calif.)Meanwhile, I am getting incrementally more reliable 3G connectivity than I was with my 3G card.

By: Taras

Taras — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:51:51 +0000

Whoever comes out first with a touch phone with a built in LED projector and camera would own the market for the next year or so.

By: Eitan

Eitan — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:47:51 +0000

I travel to Portland, OR and Salem OR, they already have Sprint 4G service. I own a cradlepoint router that is 4G enabled and hopefully my rural location will get 4G in the future. There is no DSL or Cable Internet here in the woods and my 3G service already is faster than satellite broadband. I want a 4G phone to tether my laptop while I am in areas that get the ultra fast service. My friend has a Sprint 4G card in Portland and I tested it, it is amazing! My 3G card in the Portland metro area gets 2 Mbps. At my home it usually gets 1.5 to 1.7 Mbps. The 4G card I used was doing 6 to 6.5 Mbps consistently. I tried AT&T and Verizon, both suck big time. Sprint has been very good to me, other carriers treated me very poorly. But it’s just my opinion and as they taught me in the military opinions are like butt holes. Most people have them and some smell worse than others.

By: jetli

jetli — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:38:20 +0000

Tiny B,

Sprint will never get 100 million customers even with the supersonic cause their customer service sucks. Why do u think so many people get unlocked I Phones. Secdondly its not Clearwire anymore its just Clear and their coverage sucks. Why won’t it work in LA.

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:47:19 +0000

Hmm, well I don’t have enough knowledge about LTE/4G stuff to comment on whether Sprint is moving too fast or not, but I do get the general feeling that they’re desperate to make good on their claim of having the first 4G network, so it wouldn’t surprise me if they are rushing things. Seems like everything Sprint does is half-baked these days. That said, I do think it’s awesome that the first 4G handset is an Android phone. If Sprint’s 4G service goes take off, that should give Android another boost in awareness and sales, and it shows how quickly it’s adaptable to new technologies. I haven’t seen any mention at all of 4G support from RIM, Microsoft, Palm, or Apple as of yet. Of course, that doesn’t mean they aren’t working on it, but you’d think there would be some “me too!” action by now, seeing as that we already have a confirmed Android 4G handset.

By: genguz

genguz — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:19:52 +0000

Sprint is now denying the initial Forbes report

By: G1 user

G1 user — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:48:56 +0000

@Hank To think that was MATURE 3g technology! It used to drain my K800i in 24 hours, but with 3g off I got 3-4 days of battery life. Hopefully, the lesson has been learned and 4g will be better.

This, or another 4g phone, may actually arrive before the technology lands. It’s a bit like the age old question: which came first…

By: garet

garet — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:33:44 +0000

@Turbo I have 3g in my house also where I work a aluminum Plant most people dont have 3g including at&t iphone users plus I dont get the dropped calls they always get.I guess its where you are gonna use your phone at and for me T-mobile is the best coverage in my area which is chicagoland area.

By: Turbo

Turbo — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:38:04 +0000

T-Mobile 3g is a joke. Step inside a house or building and your 3g is gone. My Nexus One is going back to Google and I’m going back to my iPhone, but I do plan on getting the SuperSonic on Sprint when it releases. Here’s a map comparison http://www.cellularmaps.com/3g_compare.shtml

By: Z-Liberator

Z-Liberator — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:18:01 +0000

@Hank that is so true.

By: Hank

Hank — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:03:45 +0000

I wonder what the effects of WiMax 4G will be on the battery. Remember when the G1 launched, and people were recommending turning off 3G to make the battery last longer?

Maybe it doesn’t matter anymore, since we’ve been trained to charge our phones every day now, instead of the 3-4 days we could get with our old phones.

By: anon

anon — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:12:28 +0000

Thanks garet, I appreciate that.

tinyB, I hope you get better.

By: Covert

Covert — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:03:28 +0000

i’d buy the supersonic now knowing that eventually i will have 4g… it still connects to 3g just fine so it’s like buying a phone for the future, which is fine with me (consumer) and technically good for sprint too, since people will buy a more expensive 4g phone and not really use the data yet but i see what your saying

By: garet

garet — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:34:56 +0000

here is T-mobiles upgraded system tested with their new web-connect rocket and also a nexus one tested on it.
http://jkontherun.com/2010/02/16/t-mobile-webconnect-rocket-review-21mbps/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+jkOnTheRun+%28jkOnTheRun%29

By: tinyB

tinyB — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:24:17 +0000

oh and why hasn’t sprint released the phone today…because its a 4G phone…Sprint wants to have 100 million people covered by 4G prior to releasing a 4G phone (supersonic). Yes they want to actually do well by the customer unlike the other carriers who will release a phone the minute they have 4G in ONE market. The sick thing is the the lemmings (yes you) will probably fall for it.