Re: Sprint forcing premium data on ALL SMARTPHONES
 

The HD2 is absolutely compatible with HSPA. And HSPA+ is backwards compatible with HSPA. Somebody doesn't know what he's talking about...

but that's my point. The specs say one thing, performance says otherwise :). And besides, the evo is allegedly the 1st 4g phone....yet the same speced phone (hd7) out performs it....

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Re: Sprint forcing premium data on ALL SMARTPHONES
 

regardless, docs speedtests are not real. sorry, there is nothing you guys can say to convice me? hey doc, do you get an "h" in your task bar on your hd2?

Yes....let me guess, you want proof :D

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Austin, post your epic speeds :D.

Re: Sprint forcing premium data on ALL SMARTPHONES
 

only when your running android right? i fail to believe that the hd2 would get 4g speeds. i fail to believe the hd7 speeds arent effected by a proxy or something. and yall fail to convice me that tmo rocks my socks off. i have to go to a bday party. good bye.
ps, ill be home later. i think i can fake speeds like that too using skyfire. ill let you know.

Re: Sprint forcing premium data on ALL SMARTPHONES
 

Any carrier who advertises "unlimited" data and then caps or throttles it needs to be sued. That's just false advertising at its best. Mabe the throttling is still considered unlimited, bit capping is definitely not unlimited. Hopefully carriers will honor their claims and stop the capping/throttling bs. That really ticks me off to even suspect my 3G is being throttled! I live in an area with weak data signal so Im not toohappy with my data speeds right now.

Back on topic folks.... the Sprint $10 premium data fee rememmber?

you're making yourself look bad bro! Show me your 4g speed....because every phone except yours is wrong :D.

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Re: Sprint forcing premium data on ALL SMARTPHONES
 

Man, the HD2 DOES support HSPA. I have never seen anyone claim otherwise, and have no idea why you are attempting to deny this FACT. It has an HSPA radio (as pretty much all HTC GSM phones have included ever since HSPA was first being rolled out several years ago).

This is where you are just flat out wrong. The HD2 (and HD7) both have HSPA radios.

HSPA+ is the upgrade path from HSPA. It is backwards compatible. Any HSPA device will see an increase in speed when in an HSPA+ area. It might not (and probably won't) get the theoretical maximum HSPA+ speeds, but it will certainly see a faster speed than if it was only in an HSPA area.

This is not 2 completely different technologies that requires seperate radios like EVDO and Wimax. This is the official upgrade path for HSPA and was made to be backwards compatible with HSPA. And any GSM device that supports 3G made in the last several years will almost certainly have an HSPA radio, as it has been the 3G standard for quite some time for GSM.

That is the main reason people were saying HSPA+ isn't really 4G. Because HSPA is 3G, and HSPA+ is a backwards compatible upgrade to it and not something totally replacing it.

Re: Sprint forcing premium data on ALL SMARTPHONES
 

I'll post my speedtest results shortly. I'm about to go grab lunch.