[berkshire_rider]

No discussions about the HTC EVO yet?

Sprint will be first to the market by a long shot with a 4G phone AND a functioning network to use it on in (some) cities. As Sprint and Verizon roam on each others networks, it would still make this one of the best overall, and surely the best Android 3G phone on the market.

And here's is a huge plus with Sprint - they don't cripple phone functionality like Verizon and At&t.

Even if Sprint has problems with WiMAX, and LTE becomes the better 4G way to go, innovation like this phone from HTC should = a win for us.



http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/htc-evo-4g-is-sprints-android-powered-knight-in-superphone-armo/



*BTW: I've used Sprint, Verizon and AT&T networks. They all suck in at least one way the others don't.

 

[jonKranked]

its still sprint though.

Besides. Verizon isn't far behind.

25 to 30 networks (markets) this year, covering one third of America by the end of 2010." Beyond that, we're looking at a footprint twice that size "15 months" after the initial rollout, and by the end of 2013, the company's 4G coverage map will be the same size, "if not larger," than its existing 3G map

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/verizon-to-blanket-one-third-of-america-with-lte-this-year-do/

 

[berkshire_rider]

I've been using Sprint for 4 years now, and it's pretty solid. (Granted, most of my use is in the metro Boston area where any carrier should be solid). There's areas when I get coverage and my buddies don't with Verizon/AT&T and areas where they do and I don't.

It all goes back to what network works best in the area the individual primarily uses it in.

From what I've read - Verizon is more than a year out to get a phone on their network that would take advantage of LTE - even if the network has been built.

 

[IH8Rice]

the Evo 4G is on the top of my list for new phones. damn sexy looking phone w/ top notch hardware to boot. if it only had a keyboard

 

[syadasti]

Even if Sprint has problems with WiMAX

WiMAX has already been declared a nonstarter by some experts and its not exactly new either - its been in use in some places in the world for about 6 years.

 

[binary visions]

I support a lot of network engineers who do a lot of travelling... and every single one of them hates Sprint. At least 6, that I know of, carry Verizon personal phones and Sprint business phones and they all drop lots of Sprint calls or get no reception, and then call me back on their Verizon phones.

Most of the phones are blackberries of various models and there doesn't seem to be a correlation of level of service to phone model.

So, I'm not sure what the deal is there but "roaming on Verizon's network" clearly is not the same as actually being on Verizon's network.