Will the Droid Charge have eHRPD and SVDO support?

[akhi216]

Will the Droid Charge have eHRPD and SVDO support?

 

[Raptor007]

SVDO has not been mentioned, and so far the only phone that is known to have it is the ThunderBolt. eHRPD, that is a good question, since it helps with the handover from 3G to LTE once would think ALL 4G LTE phones would have it but so far nothing has been commented on and the specs the mfg's post are for kiddies to read, not those who actually pay attention and notice what's missing.

 

[Droid800]

SVDO has not been mentioned, and so far the only phone that is known to have it is the ThunderBolt. eHRPD, that is a good question, since it helps with the handover from 3G to LTE once would think ALL 4G LTE phones would have it but so far nothing has been commented on and the specs the mfg's post are for kiddies to read, not those who actually pay attention and notice what's missing.

You're talking about two very different things. SVDO is a function of the radio chips. The Samsung radios do not have that capability.

eHRPD is something completely different that has to do with the NETWORK, not the phones. Basically, its the transition/compatibility layer between CDMA-based EVDO, and GSM-based LTE. Its a function of the NETWORK, to allow an LTE phone to function on an EVDO network and transition between the two. So, yes, the Charge will be an eHRPD phone.

 

[Raptor007]

Actually the OP was asking about two different things and so my reply was to his questions, plural. As for SVDO I do understand what it is and that it is part of the radio chip so I didn't miss that.

As for eHRPD, I missed that one so thank you for clarifying on it. I had done a quick read up since I was not as familiar with it.

 

[Droid800]

Sorry that wasn't directed at you specifically, more to the questions in general.

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[akhi216]

You're talking about two very different things. SVDO is a function of the radio chips. The Samsung radios do not have that capability.

eHRPD is something completely different that has to do with the NETWORK, not the phones. Basically, its the transition/compatibility layer between CDMA-based EVDO, and GSM-based LTE. Its a function of the NETWORK, to allow an LTE phone to function on an EVDO network and transition between the two. So, yes, the Charge will be an eHRPD phone.

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OK, does eHRPD necessarily allow an LTE-capable phone to have faster than normal 3G speeds sans an active LTE connection while transitioning to the LTE connection?

 

[Raptor007]

Sorry that wasn't directed at you specifically, more to the questions in general.

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No biggie, sorry if I jumped on ya.

 

[Droid800]

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OK, does eHRPD necessarily allow an LTE-capable phone to have faster than normal 3G speeds sans an active LTE connection while transitioning to the LTE connection?

Not really. eHRPD doesn't really have anything to do with the speeds, because you're still using Verizon's EVDO network. All eHRPD is is something that allows the device to switch easily back and forth between LTE and EVDO, because they're two completely different technologies. It was the path Verizon chose to allow dual-mode compatibility for high-speed data, since LTE and EVDO are so different.