The nation’s first 4G handset hit stores today. The HTC EVO will be carried by Sprint.
Currently, Sprint’s network reaches only a handful of American cities (36 to be exact, and New York isn’t among them). In a few years, though, it’s reasonable to expect 4G to cover much of the country.
Does that mean that you should jump onto the 4G bandwagon and pick up an HTC EVO? Not so fast.
First things first, all major U.S. carriers will be upgrading to 4G in the future. Yes, some of them never quite got 3G working properly (we’re looking at you, AT&T), but they are forging ahead nonetheless. There’s no reason to switch to Sprint if you want the speed that 4G will bring to your cellular device (which is reportedly up to 10 times faster than 3G).
Second, it’s probably not a good idea to grab the first 4G phone that gets released. It’s smarter to wait and buy a 4G-capable phone after they have worked out some of the kinks. Already, we are hearing reports that some HTC EVOs are not working properly (people are having trouble getting the phone to read and write to the SD memory card). Additionally, Mark Sullivan from PCWorld did a test and found out that the phone is not performing up to the speeds that it should be.
4G is going to be awesome. It will allow your phone to surf the Internet at the same speed as your PC. This will be great for gaming and many other applications. We’re not quite there yet, though. While the HTC EVO is a step in the right direction, we still have a way to go. We recommend holding on to your 3G phone and waiting for 4G to really pick up steam before you get on the bandwagon.
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