Edvo Vs G3

[ERADICATE]

Ok I am a noob with these things. I have a sprint mogul and it has that EDVO connection. Sprint is now advertising the G3 network phones and was wondering which is faster and is EDVO being phased out?

[jimmiekain]

no man thats not a noob question. thats something anyone can be confused by. just remember that evdo is 3g its called 3g technology... at&t's is actually called hsdpa sprint and verizons is called evdo they are all 3g.

[PDAPhoneJunkie]

Yep. Verizon and Sprint have started really putting the "3G" out there since the iPhone 3G came out people are thing 3G is the best network when in reality EVDO is just as fast as not faster. I used my friends iPhone and his 3G on AT&T was wack compared to Verizon's EVDO...

[schettj]

LOL yeah I was wondering how long it would take for this to pop out.

3G = third generation - for sprint that is...

1G == Analog - pre 2000
2G == Digital 1x - 2000 or so
3G = EVDO - 2004/5
3.1G = EVDO rev A 2006/7

[jimmiekain]

HSDPA: High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
EVDO: Evolution-Data Optimized
Both fall under the umbrella of 3G

[blue4shizzle]

actually, when you want to be specific.. rev A is a good deal faster than 3g.. to put it into contex.. 3g peaks at about 1.7 mbps for downloading a second and about .7 mbps for uploads.. while rev A downloads at 3.2 mbps and up loads at 1.9 mbps.. so yeah.. that so called 3G isnt as fast as the world thinks it is compared to sprint aka the fastest and largest mobile broadband network

[ccuser]

there is tendency of data connection dropping frequently on at&t 3G. Atleast iin north chicago and dallas....

[brooose11]

AT&T's 3.1G is HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access). It is the EVDO Rev A equivalent. Both HSUPA and Rev A give faster uploading speeds with small improvements in downloading speeds over HSDPA or Rev 0, respectively. The iphone 3G, AFAIK, is HSDPA, which gives nice downloading speeds but molasses-like uploads.