Difference between older WiMax and newer LTE phones?

[pmcleo01]

With sprint changing from WiMax to LTE does that mean older 4g phones won't be compatible with the new LTE network, and will the new LTE phones be able to connect to the older WiMax? network during the LTE rollout?

 

[MarkHirt]

Yes and of course there will be

WiMax and LTE need different radios no current WiMax phone has a LTE radio in it.

Sprint has done some silly things over the years but I'm pretty sure there will be some new LTE phones released around roll out time. note they will not be LTE/WiMax they will be LTE

Galaxy Nexus coming to Sprint

Sprint is currently testing LTE in Kankakee Illinois

 

[moosc]

And if it doesn't change you'll need a sim card since lte is a GSM band.

 

[Mellimel22]

Yes the new lte phones out will support WIMAX and lte just like att got duel 4g sprints gonna do the same

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[MidtownHD]

I don't know about LTE supporting wimax, maybe cdma

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[Mikey47]

Yes the new lte phones out will support WIMAX and lte just like att got duel 4g sprints gonna do the same

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What so you have to provide proof of this? I have not seen this mentioned anywhere other than is speculative posts like yours.

 

[SERO wireless]

Actually, Sprint made another u-turn on Wi-Max support. Originally, they claimed that they would be releasing devices that supported Wi-Max through 2012 which implied that the new devices would support Wi-Max and LTE but they changed their mind yesterday and there will be no more Wi-Max devices. Sprint will support Wi-Max through 2015 but with all the re-jiggering going on with the network and Clearwire's continued slide towards only existing as the answer to a question in a trivia game it's unlikely that Wi-Max will have the same coverage and connection speeds that it has today.

If you live in an area that doesn't have Wi-Max already, you'll never see it. If you don't have Wi-Max and aren't on the first two tiers of Sprints Network Vision rollout schedule - welcome to the 3G Ghetto! You'll be here until 2014, along with all the residents of America's FIFTH LARGEST CITY!

 

[SERO wireless]

Answering the OP's questions:

1. No phone you can buy today will work on the LTE network.
2. New LTE phones won't work on Wi-Max.

 

[Mellimel22]

What so you have to provide proof of this? I have not seen this mentioned anywhere other than is speculative posts like yours.

The proof is online lol the chips they putting in the new phones will support both lte and WIMAX how is this so impossible doesn't att use duel 4g (hspa+ late)

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[Mellimel22]

Lte

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[Mellimel22]

And if they changed they minds sprint stupid cuz lte isn't places lte is smh

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[SERO wireless]

Drugs are bad.

 

[Mellimel22]

Crack is whack lol but green is good prime example my grandmothers att android drops calls and data in places my sprint doesn't

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[dchawk81]

Crack is whack lol but green is good prime example my grandmothers att android drops calls and data in places my sprint doesn't

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And Sprint will drop in places AT&T doesn't, Verizon will drop in places T-Mobile doesn't, one device will drop in places another doesn't, and so on.

Statements like yours are silly.

 

[Mellimel22]

How is that and u just proved my point as well as made yours smh lol opinions are like belly buttons also all well fellow sprint user lol

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[michikade#AC]

So far as I've read, the only 3G/WiMAX/LTE device will be a hot spot device. LTE and WiMAX are two different antennas, they are not cross compatible.

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[Mellimel22]

So how does att does it ??????

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[Mellimel22]

As far as duel 4g I know sprint can do it if they chose att got hspa+ and lte

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[LazrRocketArm]

Sprint begins its big split from Clearwire’s WiMax network

No new wimax devices period. Per Sprint

 

[LazrRocketArm]

Sprint COULD have devices supporting both, but they are choosing not to do so. Since ATT is still supporting the full range of 4g(hspa+,LTE), they choose to have device manufacturers engineer devices to support that range.