j_lukes

Completely unrelated to the post you quoted. However, there will be a marginal increase in voice/3G range with initial Network Vision deployment. And then there will be pretty strong range improvements in voice and 1x data with the 800MHz deployment, which happens between 6 months and 1 year later in most markets.

 

LTE on 800 will improve LTE range even further when it starts being deployed in Late 2013.

 

Robert

My mistake, I meant to quote the post which you stated

"There are no devices on the market that are compatible with the future LTE 800 network. And likely will not until next year.

The confusion lies in that the EVO LTE supports CDMA 800, which is voice and 1x Data.

Robert "

So 3g is not included in the CDMA 800 spectrum.

Yes, a single chip is part of the solution. However, with LTE they use MIMO. At least 2x1 MIMO. Two receive and and one transmit antenna. And some LTE bands can double antennas, some cannot.

 

So, in a device, like the EVO LTE that only has LTE on one band, it needs three LTE antennas. If you try to cram more LTE bands, you may need six or nine LTE antennas. That's a lot of real estate for antennas in a little smartphone.

 

So regardless of how many LTE bands the chip set can support, the biggest factor in determining how many LTE bands a device can support now, is how many antennas will be needed for the bands that carrier needs and whether the device can support that many.

 

Don't get me wrong. Your point is good news.

 

Robert via CM9 Kindle Fire using Forum Runner

Does this mean we won't see any increase in voice/3G range and indoor signal as Network vision rolls out?