T-Mobile Unveils HSPA+ 42 Capable Hardware

Two New Smartphones and a Mobile Hotspot

by Karl Bode Monday 26-Sep-2011 tags: business · wireless · bandwidth · consumers · wireless

T-Mobile has been upgrading a significant number of markets with the latest and greatest HSPA+ technology, which theoretically can offer speeds up to 42 Mbps but in reality offers speeds closer to 8-10 Mbps. Coverage improves consistently, the company saying they now offer the HSPA+ 42 in more than 150 markets. While T-Mobile USB users can enjoy those speeds, the company has yet to offer a smartphone that can take advantage -- something that's going to change very soon. Speaking at the GigaOM Mobilize conference today, the company noted that both the HTC Amaze 4G and the Samsung Galaxy S II should go on sale on T-Mobile's website October 10. The company says they'll also be offering users a new HSPA+ 42 capable T-Mobile Sonic 4G Mobile Hotspot.

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iFail 5G join:2011-08-03	Cool For a company that has essentially stated they aren't expanding in our market anymore.
	permalink · 2011-09-26 19:36:30 · ·

aztecnology O Rly? Premium join:2003-02-12 Murrieta, CA	Re: Cool It's business as usual for everything that's in the pipeline... -- .:\|:. aztec being aztec...™
	permalink · 2011-09-26 20:15:31 · ·

Gbcue Almost P.E. Premium join:2001-09-30 Santa Rosa, CA kudos:8	SGS II Spec sheet says Quadband UMTS, so it will work on T-Mobile and AT&T's 4G networks. -- My Blog 2.2
	permalink · 2011-09-26 20:40:30 · ·

FBGuy yippee ki yay Premium join:2005-03-19	Re: SGS II it's called foreshadowing.
	permalink · 2011-09-26 22:23:41 · ·

buddahbless

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said by Gbcue:

Spec sheet says Quadband UMTS, so it will work on T-Mobile and AT&T's 4G networks.

Unfortunately no it wont there will be 2 different GSM variants of the SII one for ATT and one for TMO USA difference

ATT vs TMO
GSM band same quad band on both
UMTS ==850/900/1900/2100.....VS.......900/1700/1900/2100
screen ==4.3 inch...........vs............... 4.5 inch
processor == 1.2 GHZ dual core........vs.........1.5 GHZ dual core
HSPA+ == 21mbps..........vs...............42mbps
OS Gbread == 2.3.4 .............vs............2.3.5

and a few other small differences but you get the point, unfortunately we still wont be able to use one phone on both providers and take full advantage of both networks 3G/4G no matter where we are. I wish Samsung would just make one thats sold full retail price directly from samsung that carries UMTS 850/1700/1900/2100 and GSM quad band and they would corner the retail market by providing a phone that works full on both ATT and TMO.

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Gbcue Almost P.E. Premium join:2001-09-30 Santa Rosa, CA kudos:8 Reviews: ·AT&T U-Verse	Re: SGS II Then why does the cut sheet say QUAD BAND UMTS? »www.tmonews.com/2011/09/t-mobile···a-bands/ -- My Blog 2.2
	permalink · 2011-09-26 23:14:19 · ·

iansltx join:2007-02-19 Golden, CO kudos:2 Reviews: ·Comcast	Re: SGS II 900 + 1700 + 1900 + 2100 = 4 bands. So it'll work perfectly with Euro networks, with T-Mobile/Wind/Mobilicity/Videotron HSPA+ networks in North America...and to an extent with AT&T/Rogers/Bellus's networks. It's just missing the 850 band, which helps with coverage.
	permalink · 2011-09-26 23:37:02 · ·

dotditdot join:2009-09-23	Re: SGS II That's not quite correct. The bands are I, II, IV, and V. Those are 2100, 1900, 1700, and 850. The phone fully supports both the T-mobile and AT&T networks.
	permalink · 2011-09-27 01:18:20 · ·

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Re: SGS II

I got myself jet 2.0 (hspa+ 21) that I unlocked to make it work with both at&t and t-mobile. The specs on t-mobile wesbite stated full quad band. Yet the device could connect only to edge on at&t.

Unless t-mobile roams on 2g only/ or my area is 2g only, you only get EDGE signal on iwireless (tmobile affilate, they also use aws band). According to coverage map, 3g is supposed to be in my area but legends are quite ambiguous. Att has 3g here (dubuque). Even though data only plans cannot roam, it should still be able to connect on 3g at least (roaming is simply blocked, not deactivated).

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Interesting thanks for the TMO new link, the spec sheets on TMO new website has Band V (850) which the original tech spec posted about the TMO version SII 2 months ago had band VIII listed (900). So hopefully this round brings us a future proof ATT/TMO phone, However I won't hold my breath and will believe it when I see it As the same was said about the G2X all the way up until the phone was released it was slated to have quadband UMTS 850/900 or 1900/1700/2100 so it would be compatible with ATT UMTS network and this was even reported by TMO news and on TMOs own website, however upon release date we all got the big surprise! Only 1700/2100 UMTS, I still purchased mine anyway I needed a dual core workhorse for everything i do with an android phone. I didn't care if I could only use ATT 2G network with it however I would have greatly enjoyed there 3G all the same.

This leaves one to also wonder, "What Specs really will the ATT version likely have?"

I guess once again we wont know for both until release date.

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Eek2121 Lovin Verizon FIOS join:2002-10-12 Newton, NJ	Waaaah! I'm still on EDGE!!!!!!!!! In NJ NO LESS!!! You know, one of the most populated states in the US?!?!
	permalink · 2011-09-26 21:41:05 · ·

kickass69 join:2002-06-03 Lake Hopatcong, NJ	Re: Waaaah! Outside of the southern part of Sussex County getting FIOS, You realize by now Sussex/Warren Counties are more times than not always left out of major technological upgrades.
	permalink · 2011-09-26 21:48:06 · ·

michieru Premium join:2009-07-25 Miami, FL	Nothing but hobo's who don't pay the bill.
	permalink · 2011-09-26 21:48:13 · ·

chgo_man99 join:2010-01-01 Schaumburg, IL Reviews: ·AT&T U-Verse ·Mediacom ·T-Mobile US ·Clearwire ·AT&T Wireless Br.. ·Comcast ·AT&T DSL Service ·RCN CABLE	ha, stretch of i-90 between fort wayne, IN and toledo, OH is 2G only and it was on at&t that dominates coverage, especially in rural areas. Funny, thing is Bell, Telus and Rogers in Canada have full hspa+ coverage in southern Ontario along the whole stretch of 401/402 (outside highways too)
	permalink · 2011-09-27 03:38:37 · ·

cdru Go Colts Premium,MVM join:2003-05-14 Fort Wayne, IN kudos:5 Reviews: ·Frontier FiOS	Re: Waaaah! said by chgo_man99: ha, stretch of i-90 between fort wayne, IN and toledo, OH is 2G only and it was on at&t that dominates coverage, especially in rural areas. I-90 doesn't go through Fort Wayne. And many places of both I-80/I-90 as well as I-69 don't have anything better than Edge. Welcome to T-Mobile.
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Re: Waaaah!

yeah you're right, I confused it with south bend. Att does not have 3g everywhere on major highways either. And whats worse many rest stop stops don't have free wifi. Some states like Illinois have free wi-fi in most oasis plazas (rest stops). But Ohio, has att brand wi-fi connections which unlike those ones in mcdonalds, starbucks aren't three. Iphone will connect for free, but with laptop it will redirect you to a page to buy pass session. 1h or 2 hrs of session for ridiculous $5 (thats another meal almost). Oh and Ohio is very well known for having most speed traps in nation.

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FBGuy yippee ki yay Premium join:2005-03-19	t-mobile usb? thats a funny typo
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quetwo That VoIP Guy Premium join:2004-09-04 East Lansing, MI	Re: t-mobile usb? T-Mobile has a USB Stick that can provide 4G/AWS speeds. Don't think it's a typo
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