Let's hope it's not going to work the same way as it currently does in the US, with operators announcing they're going to go GSM with LTE (meaning "We'll be running the crummy, proprietary, closed CDMA2000 standard exclusively for the next few years anyway, so expect yourself to be locked into a standard you'll have to throw the phone away for if you subscribe today."
On that note, why hasn't Sprint switched yet? They're currently trying to figure out what to do with their massive iDEN network, whose back-end is GSM with a few add-ons. Switching to the real thing should be child's play for them and should minimize their switching costs. A large number of their iDEN phones are dual-mode GSM anyway. But no, they're the only major operator considering switching their entire network to WiMAX. And they wonder why they're having problems?
why would u have to throw away ur phones. they will not be shutting down cdma even after lte launches. it will take a good 3-5 years before u see cdma get shut down
“The general size and shape certainly calls forth memories of the Centro, but while the previous version was chunky and playful, the Pixi comes off more like its distant cousin... from the year 3000.”
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Let's hope it's not going to work the same way as it currently does in the US, with operators announcing they're going to go GSM with LTE (meaning "We'll be running the crummy, proprietary, closed CDMA2000 standard exclusively for the next few years anyway, so expect yourself to be locked into a standard you'll have to throw the phone away for if you subscribe today."
On that note, why hasn't Sprint switched yet? They're currently trying to figure out what to do with their massive iDEN network, whose back-end is GSM with a few add-ons. Switching to the real thing should be child's play for them and should minimize their switching costs. A large number of their iDEN phones are dual-mode GSM anyway. But no, they're the only major operator considering switching their entire network to WiMAX. And they wonder why they're having problems?
why would u have to throw away ur phones. they will not be shutting down cdma even after lte launches. it will take a good 3-5 years before u see cdma get shut down