The first complete 4G WiMAX enabled phone to hit the market, since the prototype by Nokia, is going to be by none other than HTC. This company amazes me to the core and I think they are the ones who will give very tough competition to both Apple and Nokia in terms of phone hardware.
Wall Street Journal reports that Sprint is likely to announce the first WiMAX enabled mobile phone next week. During CTIA Wireless Trade Show Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said
It’s now or never. They won’t have an exclusive on the 4G marketing message indefinitely.”Avi GreengartAnalyst at Current Analysis
Sprint had selected Clearwire as their network provider for deployment and expansion of its WiMAX network, ahead of the closest rivals Verizon and AT&T. Sprint will sell HTC Supersonic with or without a contract after March, 2010 hopefully.
The speculated specifications of HTC Supersonic are:
• 4.3” AMOLED
• 1 GB ROM
• 512 RAM
• 5 MP Camera with Dual LED; Auto focus, Digital zoom
• Kickstand
• 3.5mm Head Jack
• WiMax
• Bluetooth
• GPS
• FM Radio
• 1GHZ Snapdragon
• MicroUSB and MicroSD
Via: WSJ & Android Community