HSPA+ now LTE later?

[RippThaJacker]

Do you think the phone will support the LTE network once it comes out or is the not hardware compatible. Can anyone with knowledge explain if a firmware update can make the phone LTE compatible. It would suck to get the phone then not be able to use LTE until next contract runs out.

 

[blopez24]

According to AT&T it can support up to 14.4mb download unless im mistaken. I dont think it will be able to support LTE sinc it will be a different radio signal.

 

[dtboos]

It wont be "LTE" compatible, but I wouldn't worry too much about that. True LTE wont be implemented much for at least a year, and HPSA+ is pretty fast as is. I'm going to grab an Atrix and upgrade to an LTE phone when the time is right.

 

[oldemu]

I like what i hear

 

[textiaac]

no lte, sorry.

 

[perfectseoul]

If it's still on AT&T's over-loaded network, does it matter if it can support HSPA+? I'm just skeptical about the download speeds we'll see in real life. I have an iPhone through work and although the theoretical download speed is 7.2 MBps, I never see anything above 3 MBps unless it's the middle of the night. I doubt that the Atrix will really be able to take advantage of it's HSPA+ abilities on AT&T though, which is disappointing. I really wish it were LTE.

 

[blopez24]

If it's still on AT&T's over-loaded network, does it matter if it can support HSPA+? I'm just skeptical about the download speeds we'll see in real life. I have an iPhone through work and although the theoretical download speed is 7.2 MBps, I never see anything above 3 MBps unless it's the middle of the night. I doubt that the Atrix will really be able to take advantage of it's HSPA+ abilities on AT&T though, which is disappointing. I really wish it were LTE.

Yeah but i know of at least 20 people. Me personally who knows people will be leaving AT&T for the verizon iphone. Now im sure alot more will leave AT&T and i think the congestion will be less.

 

[Blanco720]

Good, I hope every iPhone user leaves ATT and goes to verizon to bog down their network. ATT can clean their act up and continue to provide what I have experienced as a quality service on a lesser stressed network. win win.

 

[aggie]

If it's still on AT&T's over-loaded network, does it matter if it can support HSPA+? I'm just skeptical about the download speeds we'll see in real life. I have an iPhone through work and although the theoretical download speed is 7.2 MBps, I never see anything above 3 MBps unless it's the middle of the night. I doubt that the Atrix will really be able to take advantage of it's HSPA+ abilities on AT&T though, which is disappointing. I really wish it were LTE.

it's all about location with any network. Just outside of dallas I regularly hit 5.5 Mbps on my iPhone 4. I'm looking forward to seeing how the Atrix will fly. I'm kind of worried about that 2 GB data cap though. I think I'll fly through that in a week, which is really making me consider reactivating my DX and going back to VZW and waiting for the Bionic.

 

[quetzalcoatl]

it's all about location with any network. Just outside of dallas I regularly hit 5.5 Mbps on my iPhone 4. I'm looking forward to seeing how the Atrix will fly. I'm kind of worried about that 2 GB data cap though. I think I'll fly through that in a week, which is really making me consider reactivating my DX and going back to VZW and waiting for the Bionic.

Yep almost every person that was not upset about the cap being introduced was not looking foward. There are some that it does not matter eitehr way but with speeds increasing as well as the fact that phones can do more means lots more data. I know I said at the time it would not affect many people but going foward it was and is a money grab. They know how much data in increasing.

 

[shashankmittal]

Yep almost every person that was not upset about the cap being introduced was not looking foward. There are some that it does not matter eitehr way but with speeds increasing as well as the fact that phones can do more means lots more data. I know I said at the time it would not affect many people but going foward it was and is a money grab. They know how much data in increasing.

Thats one thing I hate about data caps. Smartphones these days are not just smartphones, they are more like portable computers. I use Google Maps navigation regularly and it eats up lots of data. In addition to it, Pandora and other online data services require good amounts of data. Thankfully I have unlimited data plan from Sprint. I dunno how I'll manage with 2GB/month cap!

 

[uberspeed]

I don't believe the Atrix will be LTE compatible but LTE won't have wide adoption/rollout by ATT for another year I'd estimate. ATT seems to be claiming mid 2011 here AT&T breaks silence on LTE, launching by mid-2011 | BGR something else to consider is they'll be using 700MHz spectrum which is supposedly superior from a physics perspective as bandwidth goes.
In my area ATT 3G works quite well and I love simultaneous voice and data, it's a must for me actually. I'm quite happy to be grandfathered in to unlimited data, or 5GB soft cap really. Hopefully now that VZW has the iphone and they still have unlimited data plans perhaps ATT will consider adding it again as a data plan option.

 

[Mobutu]

I'm thinking this may be my carryover device to LTE. By the time my contract runs out, there LTE should be very widespread and I should have lots of options for new equipment.