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Originally Posted by SaltyDawg
Once 4G gets rolled out, then that will definitely change things. Sprint, for example, is using WiMax, which nobody else uses. Verizon and AT&T will be using LTE. I don't think T-Mobile has a 4G strategy yet- they are still trying to get 3G rolled out.
So Sprint will likely be using a technology that nobody else uses, while AT&T and Verizon use the worldwide standard. AT&T and Verizon will therefore have plenty of devices being made for them, while Sprint only gets devices they have specially made.
Anyway, this is too far out to really say for certain, but that is what it's looking like right now.
Also, as far as Sprint rolling out 4G- my city is not even on the list of future cities yet. No telling when or if I will ever even get Sprint 4G. It's entirely possible that I get AT&T or Verizon 4G before I get Sprint 4G in my area. And even if Sprint happens to get 4G in my area first, again, there are no devices. There are a few data cards that SPrint gets especially made for them, but I'm more concerned with smartphones than data cards. With all of Europe and the rest of the world using LTE, you can bet AT&T and Verizon will be getting some awesome devices as they rollout their new networks.
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What's misleading a lot of people is statements going around about when this stuff is coming. Your information about Spring and the WiMax, needing specialty-made stuff sounds like an awful future, reminiscent of HD DVDs. Sprint looks to be the first on the 4G market next year, with plans to release in large metro areas, but Verizon expects continental roll-out in 2014-2015 and only 20-30 markets in 2010. True 4G coverage is not that close.
Which as a T-Mobile customer doesn't worry me too much. I was surprised to hear T-Mobile said they weren't in development for 4G, but they have been very hush-hush about everything. Rumors for them to buy out Sprint make such a statement understandable. Plus, I think T-Mobile is ready to "flip a switch" to turn on 3G+ in every 3G market they have. They just met their goal to cover 200 pops in 4 months.