Helio can't help it. They're running on the Sprint network, which limits them to CDMA phones. All the cool phones run on the GSM network, which is more prevalent worldwide. Guess they couldn't get access to AT&T or T-Mobile.
Actually, there are phones that are cooler still on CDMA in Korea. Problem is that they're on 800MHz/1700MHz, while Sprint is 1900MHz only. I imagine after Sprint migrates everything to 800MHz (so I've heard) Helio will be able to directly bring in phones from Korea and just add Helio firmware rather than using the American-market phones.
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Helio can't help it. They're running on the Sprint network, which limits them to CDMA phones. All the cool phones run on the GSM network, which is more prevalent worldwide. Guess they couldn't get access to AT&T or T-Mobile.
Actually, there are phones that are cooler still on CDMA in Korea. Problem is that they're on 800MHz/1700MHz, while Sprint is 1900MHz only. I imagine after Sprint migrates everything to 800MHz (so I've heard) Helio will be able to directly bring in phones from Korea and just add Helio firmware rather than using the American-market phones.