I honestly cant think of much to change on the EVO. As long as the screen stays 4.3 inches on the next ANDROID phone, I'll be happy. Mostly just updated and refinements are all that need to be done. (as Rigmaster said) The specs will take care of themselves.
Like you said...Not much to change on the Evo.
Next one should be smaller form factor. I love the look of the Nexus one. Something like that would be great; but replace the trackball.
I would want physical button to wake the device. Don't like having to hit top of the phone to turn it on.
Edit: Add Gingerbread, 4" screen, Super Amoled, No keyboard, Second Gen Snapdragon or dual core, and out before Christmas.
I would want physical button to wake the device. Don't like having to hit top of the phone to turn it on.
Edit: Add Gingerbread, 4" screen, Super Amoled, No keyboard, Second Gen Snapdragon or dual core, and out before Christmas.
How about 4.3", and New HTC Sense? Plus a DTV chip/antenna. Oh, and a dedicated camera button?
BTW, get widget locker, and use your volume keys to wake the phone instead of that damn top button.
Just want to make it clear. LTE is about 5-9 years away. The current "lte" is only hspa+. To build in a hspa+ module would be pointless, as it would not be allowed on hspa+ network. No more then any sprint phone is allowed to use it currently. Hspa+ is a good technology. But it is very limited when it comes to a lot of people. If you want a lte/wimax phone, you are going to have to wait about 5-9 years to use it. Once again, lte is still years away from deployment. I want only one thing, wimax version 2 radio.
How is Verizon be building an LTE network if they use CDMA and not GSM? Only T-Mobile is using HSPA+ for their 4G network. HSPA and HSPA+ are GSM technologies.
Because cdma and gsm are NOT hspa+. Hspa+ needs a different radio then cdma. Att, tmobile, and verizon are going to use lte, which is why pre-lte is going to use hspa+. Please understand that hspa+, lte, wimax, pre-lte, gsm, and cdma are completely different. Att is using hspa+ interface and pre-lte is using hspa+ interface. Just like sprint and verizon both currently use cdma and att and tmobile use gsm.
In order for Verizon to use HSPA+, they would need to have SIM cards in their phones. Verizon phones don't have SIM cards. Maybe they are really using EVDO Rev. B or C as their Pre-LTE?
Their current phones don't have Sim cards. I remember reading somewhere that once they go LTE their phones will have Sim cards to take advantage of LTE.
Just one problem with that. If Verizon does use GSM HSPA+ for their 4G technology, then how will the phone be able to use 3G when not in a 4G market?
In order for Verizon to use HSPA+, they would need to have SIM cards in their phones. Verizon phones don't have SIM cards. Maybe they are really using EVDO Rev. B or C as their Pre-LTE?
Just one problem with that. If Verizon does use GSM HSPA+ for their 4G technology, then how will the phone be able to use 3G when not in a 4G market?
Once again, do not confuse lte and lte-a. lte is just hspa+ for verizon. It is just 3g with a boost. But when they start to bring LTE-a, true 4g. They will have to use all the bandwidth. With means, voice, texting, evdo, gsm, hspa+, and cdma will be slowly converted over to lte-a. They have to do this because of how little bandwidth they really have. LTE-a will become the data, text, and voice.
Because it is a pass through technology, Simply but the phone will just use 3g, when no 4g is found, passing through the same tower. But it will never be 4g technology, no 3g with a boost when there is no traffic.
So if Verizon's LTE is just "3G with a boost", then it won't support voice and data sessions at the same time?
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