HTC A9292 'Supersonic' shows up in another inventory listing

It's anyone's guess whether we'll see this mythical Supersonic from HTC show up at CTIA next week (wouldn't that be awesome?), but a phone identified as the HTC A9292 has recently made an appearance in yet another internal system which can't be a bad sign. As a refresher, the A9292 is popularly believed to be the Supersonic, a 4.3-inch Android-powered beast for Sprint that could become one of the carrier's very first WiMAX-enabled phones. This time around, the phone's turned up in a warehouse portal used by indirect third-party dealers, which would seem like a sign that they're getting ready to distribute these bad boys; hopefully we'll know all in just a few days' time out in Vegas. Stay tuned.

[Thanks, Onyoursix]

[skyblaze Posted Mar 18th 2010 2:48PM]

...does it have blast processing?

[beckhams777 Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:19PM]

@skyblaze

YESSSS!

[HerbieDerb Posted Mar 18th 2010 11:57PM]

HEY SPRINT!....

PLEASE TURN ON THE FREAKIN' WiMax IN NYC!
(and everywhere else)

[clos1084 Posted Mar 18th 2010 2:51PM]

Is that brightpoint system?

[deck82 Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:45PM]

@clos1084 No looks like FDT to me. DM 13 would mean it will be in Brightpoint inventory but the screen shot is not from any system I've seen.

[TheGM Posted Mar 18th 2010 2:57PM]

4.3"
Android 2.1
WiMax
SnapDragon

Wow.

[CaptainPlanet Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:03PM]

@TheGM The only thing that's gonna get me is the pricepoint :( If the N1 is cheaper, then i'll get that lol

[Yibrushn Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:16PM]

@CaptainPlanet I would pay extra for .6" more screen! :)

[ViperVin Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:38PM]

@TheGM
Want!

[reallynotnick Posted Mar 18th 2010 4:17PM]

@CaptainPlanet
Depends how much cheaper, when you are paying $70+ a month for a phone I would be willing to pay a little more for better technology. While I hope it is only $200 on contract, I know WiMax and the bigger screen make it worth at least $50 more then the N1.

[MegaJapan Posted Mar 18th 2010 9:39PM]

@TheGM
*AMOLED 4.3" ;)

[airbag888 Posted Mar 19th 2010 12:16AM]

@TheGM
I've been waiting for it for ages.
OMG *gets plane ticket, Prepares Warehouse assault*

[steel Posted Mar 19th 2010 9:03AM]

@TheGM

..on Sprint.

/sound of wind leaving sails.....

[PlayFlashArcadecom Posted Mar 18th 2010 2:58PM]

Hopefully it is released no later than April. If not, I'll be buying the Nexus One assuming it comes out earlier than SS.

[krische Posted Mar 18th 2010 2:59PM]

Makes sense they will demo it at CTIA since Las Vegas has WiMAX coverage. Hopefully we will be seeing a hands-on!

[mappo Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:01PM]

I'll literally shit myself if they release this phone next week!

[Esat Dedezade Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:04PM]

Clean up on aisle 5!

[pauldovi Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:03PM]

How does Sprint's WiMax coverage compare to ATT's 3G? Perhaps a Sprint 4G phone is a viable alternative for ATT customers. Just like ATT the coverage would be spotty (for 4G instead of 3G) but then you have Sprint's reasonable 3G network to fall back on where ATT falls back on a 2G network.

[CaptainPlanet Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:04PM]

@pauldovi ...no

[thesafecigarette Posted Mar 18th 2010 4:13PM]

@CaptainPlanet
No what? You honestly don't believe that it will not have a EVDO radio? I think @pauldovi was asking if it would switch from 4G to 3G

[googleworldblog Posted Mar 18th 2010 8:22PM]

@thesafecigarette I'm sorry, but you just failed.

[drksilenc Posted Mar 19th 2010 8:12AM]

@pauldovi still not there yet but its in most major markets alrdy and there expanding to like 200+ this year alone

[CaptainPlanet Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:05PM]

What are all those other HTC devices?

[southern78 Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:08PM]

@CaptainPlanet I concur...that is a ton of devices it seems. Good investigating EG.

[deck82 Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:58PM]

@southern78 Most of them are differnet item codes for the Hero, Snap, and TP2. The others are old phones like the HTC Falcon (PPC5050 from 2003) and the HTCX9000 is a CDMA Shift. Nto sure what the PPCCENSUS is but with PPC being part of the item code it looks old as well.

[Hussain Rahim Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:07PM]

Hi HD2,

I'll be stealing your thunder now.

Thanks,
Your younger, hotter cousin.
HTC Supersonic

[mappo Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:11PM]

@Hussain Rahim Yeah it seems more than coincidence that Sprint is "unveiling" this phone the day before the HD2's release.

[Yibrushn Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:20PM]

@mappo If sprint got the HD2 instead of this I would spring for that. Wimax isn't even close to being released im my area and I really love Sense UI on winmo :)

[boe Posted Mar 18th 2010 4:21PM]

@Yibrushn At the moment I'd prefer WM 6.5.5 over android which I'm sure will agitate some rabid android fanboys on this site. I support every phone OS for my clients and while I prefer iphone for a number of things, I'd settle for WM over android at the moment.

Yes WM is long in the tooth but it has FAR better MS Exchange integration for calendars, contacts, e-mail folders than Android. Granted, you can buy touchdown to get past some of those severe limitations of android but hopefully by android 2.5 that won't be an issue. I spend about 2 hours in the car each day so Voice Command is essential for me. I can't be scrolling through my 450 contacts to find someone when I could be paying attention to the road and just press my BT headset once and say "call mary smith at work". It is only about 95% accurate but that still beats dialing manually hands down!

[fast Posted Mar 18th 2010 6:18PM]

@Hussain Rahim Coolest part of the Supersonic is it bring an HTC HD2 Android port a lot closer.

[JW Posted Mar 18th 2010 8:32PM]

@fast
You stole the words right off my mind. People need to be enlightened on how the HD2 can run both with a port... and I love the brushed steel industrial design of the HD2 more than this weird white and red tubby looking thing.

[Hussain Rahim Posted Mar 18th 2010 10:25PM]

@fast So they run the same chip? Will the port be missing Bluetooth and other odd things? I'd grab an HD2 if I knew it'd get a seamless Android port.

[drksilenc Posted Mar 19th 2010 8:15AM]

@boe u do realize they have full exchange support in 2.1 right?

[boe Posted Mar 20th 2010 9:34AM]

@drksilenc

It is hard to say - the nexus one running 2.1 doesn't but the Droid does. - however neither of them let's you select any folder you want in your mailbox to sync and as far as I know neither one has a voice command app like Windows Mobile does.

[staticjethro Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:12PM]

Supersonic All the way! No more thinking about N1 or Supersonic.

[Rick Goodman Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:13PM]

We need more iPhone news! I do not care about android stuff, and by the way andrpid is a ripoff of mac and apple and iphone and ipods. My iPod had all androiid features because microsoft and google STOLE it! Buy an iPad and iPhone if you want a good deal for your moneyt.

[HardToBelieve Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:21PM]

@Rick Goodman

First, before you spout your ignorant lies be prepared to give examples.

Second, learn to spell, dumb troll.

[m3nphls Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:22PM]

@Rick Goodman

Too bad you don't see the future and sad that you can multitask lol

[ChazClout Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:24PM]

@Rick Goodman
Do you want Engadget to make up non existant news?

[skyblaze Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:26PM]

@Rick Goodman

welcome to oblivion... don't worry, you'll enjoy your stay... the trolls seem to love it there

[whySoSerious Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:15PM]

On a more serious note, I've heard that this will be the first phone sold without a box - it just comes wrapped in spandex and a little red cape.

[JustThatNerdyGuy Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:19PM]

Come to the UK Pleeeeeeeeease!!!

[Slvrgun Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:24PM]

This, NX1 or a WM7 phone (hopefully with WiMax and Wimax coverage) by december 10'?

[encrypt Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:26PM]

Great... but what i'm wondering, are we the peeps in europe going to be able to use the device? Will it be only Wimax or GSM and Wimax.... :S

[drksilenc Posted Mar 19th 2010 8:19AM]

@encrypt so far only cdma wimax so not likely there arnt to many 4g wimax networks but it wouldnt shock me to see verizons new phone in europe shortly after its release

[Supersonic Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:28PM]

here is a render of the final product: http://imageban.net/show/2010/03/18/bf894437730069924d5303bb1209e637/jpg

GSM 4 Europe !!!!

[LiqwidZero Posted Mar 18th 2010 3:35PM]

@Supersonic

Yeah... I'm definitely getting this, if Sprint releases it for next month, when I switch from AT&T.

[mariachi7026 Posted Mar 18th 2010 4:01PM]

@LiqwidZero

the phones will be announced next week but wont be release until june...

I CANT WAIT :)

[PlayFlashArcadecom Posted Mar 18th 2010 4:12PM]

@mariachi7026
why do you say they won't be released until june?

[mariachi7026 Posted Mar 18th 2010 4:24PM]

@PlayFlashArcadecom

htc reps are awesome people ;)