Faster Forward: 4G Phones

Personal Tech columnist Rob Pegoraro gives the rundown on some of today's fastest phones. Includes reviews on Sprint Evo Shift and AT&T HTC Infuse.

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[TheRRODFixer]

Great vid !!

[nicododd]

This is well edited. Who did this?

[acidangel111]

By far beating out everyone else , sprint wimax is 2.4 megabits down and 320 kpbs up . sure 2.4 megabits beats out evdo REV a (verizon *snicker* ) but it is nothing to write home about for sure. I have these stats saved from different locations , using different phones tethered on different laptops / desktops with all different environments . With the same outcome EVERYTIME. You sound like a verizon nub point blank . I have a crackberry on verizon...... it sucks . drops calls . horrible signal

[acidangel111]

now the verizon 4g is faster than cdma 3g on verizon , don't even start on that EVDO rev A that their 3g network uses is 768kpbs max consistant down and 384kpbs up. However to say it is "the fastest" is definately NOT the truth , AT&T bought tmobile (is in the process of this ) why ???? big benefit ..... here it comes.... "4g" network , wait thats right , tmobile has a VERY well established 4g network and in several parts of the country it rivals fast cable modem access .

[acidangel111]

i agree all but on the speed. Obviously you dont' have a "4g" tmobile hspa+ area . tmobile is indeed the FASTEST OF ANY ONE OF THE carriers , I have verizon 4g as well and tmobile , speed when downloading from usenet . consistantly .... 12.1 megabits ( 1.1 megabytes / second tmobile , vs 401kb / second verizon 4g . thats right 3 times faster in concurrent and consistant downloading , not from just one source , i have multiple sources for usenet material ( different providers)

[210482fmj]

not very exciting. 

[riceburn405]

In my opinion, battery life is most important. What's the point of a fast device that can't work because the battery died?

Also, I don't understand how we can send a robot to mars, but we can't create a battery that holds a charge for long periods of time.

[1499Erick]

i want to see how verizon's network holds up as more users use it, i remember i used to constantly get 10+ mbps on my evo 4g, and now i get 6-7 mbps, verizon's network is fairley new and does not have nearly as many 4g users as sprint, also sprint offers unlimited 4g for a cheaper price while verizon charges more for less( at&t guy: makes sense if you don't think about it)lol