Back in the day, it was only Verizon and AT&T who had LTE coverage in US shores. Verizon as we all know is league-leading with its coverage while AT&T is still at the second spot. Sprint on the other hand just recently launched its LTE network but is expected to eventually overtake AT&T and take the second spot if it continues with its rapid expansion.
Looking back, Sprint already has a handset base of LTE-capable devices even if its LTE network was still waiting to get the green light to go online. It already offered its version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus as early as a couple of months back and this is also the case with the addition of the HTC EVO 4G LTE to the lineup of the carrier back in April. With these devices, Sprint subscribers already have access to LTE-supporting handsets that they can use once the LTE coverage of the wireless provider reaches their neck of the woods.
The HTC Evo 4G LTE is available starting at $129 at select retailers.
In the case of the HTC EVO 4G LTE, the handset was initially planned to get launched back in May 21 but sad to say, the smartphone got delayed in US Customs. An injunction slapped on the handset was the cause of the delay because Apple claimed that the HTC EVO 4G LTE infringed on some of its patents. With this claim backed up by the injunction, the International Trade Commission subjected the handset to a thorough review and investigation. The HTC EVO 4G LTE only got the green light to continue on its journey to the shelves of Sprint after HTC made changes on its firmware and removed the said infringing code.
The HTC EVO 4G LTE finally made it to the shelves of Sprint but its woes continued even after it was already made available for public consumption. There was a case in the past that the Google Wallet functionality of the handset became accessible. Google was able to take care of this though and the feature was finally restored on the handset.
Despite all the bad luck that befell the handset, the HTC EVO 4G LTE is still one of the more capable devices in the lineup of Sprint. Should you happen to rock the handset and live in an area covered by Sprint’s nascent LTE network, you can user your HTC EVO 4G LTE to take full advantage of the blazing-fast mobile internet speeds brought about by the LTE network of carrier.
As for the HTC EVO 4G LTE, the handset already runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for its operating system and this is powered by a QualComm MSM8960 SnapDragon chipset. The computing power of the handset is delivered by a combination of a dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait processor and 1GB of RAM while the storage of the handset is rated at 16GB. This is still expandable though using the microSD card slot of the HTC EVO 4G LTE. Display-wise, the HTC EVO 4G LTE sports a 4.7-inch Super IPS LCd2 panel with a 720 x 1280 resolution while its dual-shooter configuration is composed of a rear 8MP shooter and a front-facing 1.3MP video call and self-portrait camera. Buy the HTC Evo 4G LTE starting at $129.
August 1, 2012 at 11:29 pm
The so called 4G LTE is only availabe in less than a mile radius from the upgraded sprint towers. I in the middle of the dfw metroplex ( coppell) and travel to work (irving). I don’t register 4g lte any where along route on the evo 4g lte. Only time I saw it was when I parked infront of the leviswille sprint store ( the store guy showed the big tower right accross the street by Raceway gas station) . My house is less than a mile from there, no lte here. Can sprint provide realistic maps of where this LTE exist and prove it??????