Verizon's LTE network launching November 15 with two data cards and over 30 markets?
By Chris Ziegler 
posted July 20th 2010 5:35PM
posted July 20th 2010 5:35PM
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@NuklearPanda
but does it have the wifies?
Exclusive what? Second place, that's what: bandwidth and latency that's slower than T-Mobile's $20-per-month-cheaper HSPA+ data stick. Only going to be more so when T-Mo goes from 21Mbps to 42Mbps next year. Sprint and Clear need to tell us what their long term plans are because right now it looks bad--real bad.
@Jason D Clinton
I use tmobile in NYC.
go anywhere else and it blows hard core.
you hush now.
@Jason D Clinton tmobile is doing really good especially after taking soo long to deploy 3G but now they have 3G speeds faster then current 4G speeds.
@NuklearPanda *in my best Lil' John voice* YYYYEEAH!....MMWWAAHT!?...Y'OKAAAY!
@NuklearPanda
who cares? verizon has CRAP phones. what are you gonna use, your pos plastic droid phone with a no-name ti processor and the ugliest OS on the planet? zomg look at my star maps in 4g!!!!
@InspectorEngadget http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NefM2gVo9mw&feature=related
@Jason D Clinton wimax 2 next year. Google that.
@MicrosoftOwns You're right. Microsoft produces stellar phones. Like the Kin. Derp.
@strawe
I need teh wifi's and GBs.
@InspectorEngadget
no like windows phone 7. its ok you can continue ignoring that exists though.
meanwhile, android phones need HTC to add sense because the default UI is so ugly noone would buy it, needs lipstick on a pig
@MicrosoftOwns
*tells engadget to slam down the banhammer*
seriously?i have a evo running sense and i would rather use stock froyo any day.
which reminds me....whats the dangers to rooting?
@MicrosoftOwns Are you seriously criticizing VZW for not carrying a phone OS that hasn't been released yet? Get back under your bridge, troll.
@The Truth Hurts
dont try it on a motorola phone, they come with efuses. lmao stupid android
@Jason D Clinton
T-Mobile has more bandwidth than wimax and. Sprint. Wtf are smoking. Sprint has more than 40% more bandwidth than the closest conpetitior you dumbass. Good luck getting coverage with your T-Mobile
@MicrosoftOwns
The real reason Sense was originally created was to cover up Windows Mobile 6.x. Android needed it a lot less quite frankly.
@ashwinkn
BURNNNNED MicrosoftOwns!
@MicrosoftOwns
EVO is HTC not Motorola
shit for brains...
@NuklearPanda
Show em what a rollout is supposed to comprise of VZW. Cheers.
Though, I eagerly await my phone's Wimax network continuous spreading. (And yes I do have Wimax in my city) Pretty sure Sprint is going to do both though (one a little more than the other). They have the spectrum to do it.
@NuklearPanda Over 30 markets?? They already caught up with sprint and they have not even deployed it lol
It's funny how everyone speculates so much about devices that will be in conjunction with this LTE/4G launch at VZW. The fact is, there have been NO reports, leaks or confirmation of ANY 4G capable smartphones being launched on VZW (and no, you can't hold the Bloomberg iPhone's water). Also, since it's being launched in Nov. (only less than 5 months away) - the slough of Android phones being launched with only 3G capabilities doesn't seem like a good indication that ANY smartphones will be launched with the 4G. But then again, you never know.
@MicrosoftOwns I think you need to come out of the closet and show the world you're really an iSlave in disguise. I think Jobs got outbid by Ballmer in the last slave auction so you have to retain your loyalty with innuendo.
@The Truth Hurts
None. At least on the moto droid it is next to impossible to brick your phone.. I've been rooted since it came out and now enjoying froyo and 1.2 ghz on my old Droid
@H2B
two bad Sprint is still gonna be cheaper...
I knew Engadget was supplying Verizon.....
The plot thickens...
@OCJP Right. Verizon has already said that they don't expect any LTE phones until first half 2011. But hey, don't take our word for it....
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/verizon-to-offer-up-to-five-lte-handsets-by-next-may-android/
@DefPoet
This is how it stands right now: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575339032914588628.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
tmobile has the fastest speeds by a pretty big margin right now. Now it's time for the others to catch up which can only be good for us customers.
@MicrosoftOwns
We ignore Windows Phone 7 because...wait for it... it DOESN'T EXIST yet. Not yet launched means does not exist in my book. That stuff is still vaporware as far as I am concerned.
@NuklearPanda
Woo..... So happy to hear about Philly getting it right away. I would love to get a Verizon LTE android phone by the holidays.
@vansmack Yep, and what phones are these going to be? No one knows. All speculation. Perhaps I shouldn't have said "NO reports," but there certainly isn't anything even remotely conclusive or arbitrary for that matter. We can only use our imagination now.
@afrovballpride
how is it vaporware idiot, theres developer units out right now
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/19/windows-phone-7-in-depth-preview/
@MicrosoftOwns Let me say this like I'm speaking to a 6 year old. There are no Windows 7 phones currently available to consumers. Got it. For all intents and purposes it doesn't exist yet as there has been no real-world use. It may be a great phone(maybe), but until we can buy it you sound like a fucking moron.
@MicrosoftOwns And that's about all the use its gonna see. It will break Kins record for least sold.
@MicrosoftOwns
Is there anyone that gets DIO'd any faster?
@MicrosoftOwns Just face it microsoft would suck its own thing for money they can't make a product a consumer would want to buy because no consumer in their right mind would want to buy a piece of microsofts sh!t
@Gardner
right. thats why 9 times out of 10, people choose to buy a windows pc. idiot
@MicrosoftOwns
And that relates to phones how?
Besides, I estimate at least 50% of Microsoft's 90% market share (which is likely less than 90% as Linux isn't ever counted right, and is closer to 2.5% than 1% as it is typically shown as) is made up of people who barely know what Windows is, think the web is a blue "E" with a sparkly gold sash, and thought Macs are found primarily in a kitchen until the "I'm a Mac" campaign came on.
Besides, Engadget has already done their first impressions and they came out less than favorably for your favorite OS.
And, to destroy your point, all that really needs to happen for Linux to start gobbling Microsoft's precious market share is an ad-campaign for Ubuntu, Mint, or maybe OpenSuSe (on the second thought, let's just stick with Ubuntu. They'll never figure out YaST). So don't think you're so safe there, Mr. MicrosoftOwns. Ubuntu looms far more than its price value would lead you to believe.
Oh boy :) Can't wait for LTE. . . make my phone go faster than my car.
But why are they showing a SIM card?
@ElCapitan u must drive a hundai huh?
**looks at iPhone 4**
**cries**
**uses wifi**
**rejoices**
@rmbrown09 D D D D Downrank'd
@NuklearPanda
Well, he wasn't wrong. The fool got downranked to hell.
This is probably why there's more validity to the rumors regarding iPhones for Verizon. Maybe Apple's exclusivity is network-technology related? Ok..done shooting BS out of my ass!
@y3n0 I feel like you would have 3 million angry AT&T customers.
@rmbrown09 Who cares...The exclusivity is going to end. Apple will release on another carrier. It will be up to AT&T at that point to keep customers.
T-Mobile already has 45 markets,on HSPA+ will have 100 before year's end, will be faster than VZNs first iteration of LTE, AND will have HSPA+ Smartphones in addittion to the existing data sticks.
I wouldn't say Sprint had any sort of exclusive advantage.
@GeneralThade
...they were just effective at making you think they had exclusive 4G through their marketing dollars. Realistically, it was (is) pretty slow and had (has) a very limited national footprint.
@GeneralThade 47 cities and counting isn't exactly a small footprint. There's like 15 cities about to be officially lit up in a couple months too. Wimax 2 next year.