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t_newt

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  1. "If support of future bands is the most important thing to you, then you will need to wait." I agree with this and I think that I will wait. For many users, they can get an LTE phone now and it will work fine for them. The particular features that are important to me are Clearwire LTE (which transmits near my house and work) and 800MHz LTE (which will presumably work within buildings--I've only had luck with WiMax outside in most cases). Both of these are supposedly coming out next year, so for me, at least, it makes sense to wait, rather than doing frequent upgrades, which I can't afford. As you say, there will be more changes in the future, such as VoLTE. If I can cover what's coming up in the next year, I'll be satisfied.
  2. "if HTC said that it will support these LTE bands after they are turned on, that would be another matter" And yet China Mobile, which uses TD-LTE, has announced support of the HTC One phone (and the Galaxy S III). If the HTC One can support TD-LTE on China Mobile, why can't it on Sprint? Is this a diffrerently tuned phone? Or will the phone support Clearwire's LTE but they just haven't announced this support yet? I like Sprint's Network Vision future. I'd like to follow that future. But it would be easier if they actually sold a phone that would work with it, or at least tell us which phones that are coming up that will work with it.
  3. I got the HTC EVO 4G late, then they announced they were switching from WiMax to LTE. This time I already know that Clearwire will have LTE (they are already building it out and will accelerate next year), and that 800MHz LTE, which penetrates buildings much better than their other LTE, wll come out next year. It sounds like if I buy this phone, and keep it for two years (and I actually like to keep my phones even longer--$200 isn't pocket change to me) then I would be buying a phone that is essentially obsolete for at least half the time I'll own it. Whether or not Sprint should have passed on it, I don't know. I certainly am, and it is a shame because it otherwise looks like a nice phone. edit: Also, Softbank, which wants to take over Sprint, is all about TD-LTE. They want Sprint because of Clearwire's LTE, which is compatible with Softbank in Japan, and with China. So, again, if I get this phone, I'm getting a phone that doesn't support Softbank's network of the future. It is like buying an analog television one year before the country switches over to digital--not smart. Now if the television were 'digital ready', or if HTC said that it will support these LTE bands after they are turned on, that would be another matter. But neither they nor Sprint is saying this.
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