We're not sure what the LG M13 is, exactly, but we can tell you one very important thing about the mysterious device: it's awesome. We know this because the FCC has revealed some limited documentation about the recent approval, which is where we find out that it's a "Cellular / PCS CDMA / EvDO and 700MHz LTE Device." Translated, that means it'll be able to play both on CDMA networks -- take Verizon's, for example -- and also on LTE spectrum deployed in the 700MHz band, which Big Red just so happens to have recently purchased a whole lot of. This
wouldn't be the first time LTE-compatible stuff from LG has garnered FCC love, but it would be the first time we've seen a device that supports both LTE and CDMA -- and considering that Verizon will have both networks operational for years (if not decades) to come, that's a pretty important feature. Any creative guesses as to what this might be, then? A modem, perhaps?
posted Jun 23rd 2009 5:17PM
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This is why we can't have nice things!!
Sweet
A mid-size hadron collider?
I'll bet VZ rolls out combo CDMA/LTE devices for a year or 2 while they work on getting the LTE network up and runnning, then cut the cord and go to all LTE/GSM devices once they can guarantee coverage. They'll keep the CDMA network active for at least 5 years probably for legacy support, but eventually axe it at some point in the future.
Hopefully, FINALLY, we'll get some real competition between carriers since phones can be moved from one carrier to another.
*cough* GSM
It's going to be a data-only device. That's where LTE will start, just live EvDO did. After a few data devices have been out for a while, then the phones will start rolling in.
iPhone LiTE
xD
From LG of course...
I was thinking the same thing... Has to have something to do with the iPhone... If it's cool that is.......
Its a laptop.
Look at the diagram. Yes they're just diagrams, not accurate portrayals of the product but thats feet, a fan, and additional spaces for all the other certification labels that computers have.
Whats the LG's M series? In HK at least its laptops:
http://hk.lge.com/proddivergent.do?actType=search&categoryId=050407&modelCategoryId=&parentId=05
Its going to be a EV-DO/LTE laptop.
I thought exactly the same thing. it looks like a laptop seen from the bottom. evdo+lte= awesome! data+verizon=expen$$$$$$ive =(
Nah, it's an air hockey table. The connectivity is so you can watch Netflix while playing air hockey.
If you want to know what this is read the first link from the FCC ...It's a PCS Transmitter. in other words a CDMA\ LTE base station. VZ will be buying lots of these!
No, in other words its just not a phone (which is PCE PCS transmitter held to ear). These things are very useful if they're not transmitting as well as receiving.
further reading makes me not so sure what this is....It's a Printed Circuit Board that much that say. and it's only the CDMA part of something that will do both 80Mhz/1900 Mhz CDMA and 700Mhz LTE. But were it goes is not clear.... Given the picture I still think it may be from a Base station Transceiver.
Its not a printed circuit board either.
PCB is just a PCS device not held to the ear. Thats going to be, well anything not held to your ear that falls under their broadband PCS definition.
http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=service_home&id=broadband_pcs
http://ts.nist.gov/Standards/Conformity/mra/upload/Tannahill-2-final-presentation.pdf
Look at page 14 for an explanation of the abbreviation we're talking about.
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo me like me like, I don't know what the f it is, but I'll take one. Are there any regions where Verizon has CDMA licenses but no 700mhz licenses?
There's the slight problem of the fact that LTE itself isn't officially standardized yet.
the BEJ is the prefix used for all LG phones from Bell Mobility. BEJLX260, for example, is the original Bell LG Rumour (with a u)
Thats not the model number though. You might be on to something if it was the model number of the device but the model number is M13.
Should we be expecting this to be a Verizon-bound "dumb" or "feature" phone?
ObCrack: if it's Verizon-bound, it's dumb.