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Cutting Through the 4G Hype

Posted by kdawson on from the sitting-out-a-generation dept.

crimeandpunishment writes "Cell phone companies are about to bombard us with advertising for the next big thing — 4G access. The first 4G phone, Sprint Nextel's EVO, comes out this week. But just how big a deal is 4G? Is it fast enough to warrant the hype, or are consumers better off waiting a while? AP technology writer Peter Svensson looks at the differences between 4G and 3G technologies."

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  1. Oh c'mon by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You guys are just posting this story because...Apple doesn't have a 4G and you're jealous.

    Sorry.

    Had to be said.

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  2. Marketing 101 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    4 > 3. 'nuff said.

  3. Wasn't the same thing said of Dial-Up by Darkness404 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Other than that, it's difficult to point to completely new uses for 4G phones -- things they can do that 3G phones can't.

    Couldn't you say the same thing about Dial-Up? After all, its difficult to point to completely new uses for broadband, things they can do that dial-up connected computers can't. The point of 4G isn't to be "revolutionary", it wasn't claimed to be. It is simply trying to be faster. The same thing could have been said about EDGE to 3G.

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  4. Re:On paper it looks like a good phone. by karnal · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No need to worry about HTC (who, with your worry about speed, will probably only ever update your device once. Or twice) - just jump on the XDA-Developers bandwagon!

    http://forum.xda-developers.com/

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  5. Video is a new use for broadband by tepples · · Score: 4, Insightful

    After all, its difficult to point to completely new uses for broadband, things they can do that dial-up connected computers can't

    YouTube. Now was that so hard?