Monday, January 16, 2012

No More WiMAX Phones for Sprint, LTE is the Focus

No More WiMAX Phones for Sprint, LTE is the Focus

At CES 2012 Sprint revealed their first 4G LTE smartphones, the LG Viper 4G and Samsung Galaxy Nexus. At the same event, Senior VP David Owens revealed that Sprint has no plans to release further WiMAX devices. Sprint was the first to market with a 4G smartphone when it introduced the HTC EVO 4G back in the spring of 2010, but their gamble to choose WiMAX as their preferred next-gen network technology didn’t pan out as LTE has quickly become the standard.

Android Phone, No More WiMAX Phones for Sprint, LTE is the Focus

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