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Originally Posted by masetas
While back i asked Gten on another thread about this which he made clear to me but now im starting to see more post on how Sprint is gonna leave wimax and go with LTE others say Sprint is going to stick with Wimax that maybe in a couple years they will go with LTE
SO is sprint gonna stop using Wimax
1. Yes, NO?
2. If so when?
3. Why?
4.Whats gonna happen with the phones we have now that work on wimax?
They have phones that havent been released yet that are going to be released with Wimax i.e. Samsung Nexus S, Samsung Galaxy S2, Evo 3d etc...
Im planning on getting the Galaxy S2 but if sprint is going to change to LTE i dont want to purchase a brand new phone then 2 months later the network it runs on be turned off
TIA
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Since Sprint hasn't officially announced anything yet, everything you'll see on this topic is purely speculation.
If your looking for Speculation, I would like to think that whatever Sprint will be selling you today they will be supporting it for the very least the length of your existing contract with them. So if you bought an EVO 3D from them in June 2011, WiMax will be left on till June 2013. Now Sprint can always allow for early upgrades if you have a WiMax phone and they really want to terminate WiMax technology sooner.
It was my understanding though that WiMax and LTE can be on simultaneously, so Sprint could pick a date say June 1, 2015 when it will stop supporting WiMax and only support LTE. You also could use iDEN as an example, to get a feel what Sprint could wind up doing with WiMax--IF they choose to kill that network and move on.
Again all these thoughts are purely speculation which is probably why no one else wants to touch this topic, I'm just too stupid to leave well enough alone!