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Thursday, August 14, 2014

T-Mobile To Roll out 20x20MHz 4G LTE in All major Metro Areas

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T-Mobile has been on a roll in the past year or so. Going from not having an LTE network at all, to being almost completely rolled out. Which is why they are working on Wideband LTE. Some of you may not know what this is, but basically it means more bandwidth. Typically we have 5x5MHz for LTE, but with Wideband LTE we have 10×10 or 15x15MHz, which equals double or triple the bandwidth. Which is why we have faster speeds now, in areas that have Wideband LTE. I saw a bit of a bump here in Detroit. But nothing too crazy. Went from around 30mbps to about 45mbps.

According to T-Mobile’s CFO, Braxton Carter, it looks like T-Mobile will be upgrading their major metro area towers to 20x20MHz at some point. He didn’t give any type of info as to when, but it probably won’t be soon, as they are working to get 10x10MHz or 15x15MHz available in all their markets. They are also planning on expanding past 20x20MHz and going to 30×30 and 40×40 which would bring in a ton of bandwidth for everyone in those areas, which will keep T-Mobile’s speeds up to par with where they are now, as they add more and more customers to their network.

“That speed translates into significant 4G data capacity that we can put over the network,” Carter stated. “The faster it’s going through the pipe, the more we can carry over the pipe.” The carrier’s long-term goal is to have at least 20×20 MHz LTE configurations “in all of our major metropolitan areas,” he said.

Currently, T-Mobile has 15x15MHz Wideband LTE in 17 markets, and plan to have it in 26 markets by the end of the year. Their LTE network currently covers 239 million POPs and plan to have 250 million POPs covered by the end of 2014.

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Retailer leaks Galaxy Note 4 specs: 4GB of RAM, Snapdragon 805, 4K video and more

While it won’t be terribly long before Samsung lets us in on their little Samsung Galaxy Note 4 secret, we’re eager to find out what’s in store for their second half flagship ahead of its August 3rd revelation. One reputable Indonesian retailer — Erafone — may have jumped the gun a bit and posted all the juicy details before Samsung could even get a chance to get the teasers rolling.

According to them, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 will be boasting the following list of specs once it finally emerges from the shadows:

2.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 or octa-core Exynos with four Cortex-A57 cores and four Cortex-A53 cores (depending on model and region, we imagine)

5.7-inch 2560 x 1440 display

4GB of RAm

16/32/64GB of internal storage w/ microSD up to 128GB

16 megapixel camera with 4K video recording, optical image stabilization and dual-LED flash

microUSB 3.0 with MHL 2.0 video out

Dual-band WiFi ac, Bluetooth 4.0

Android 4.4.3 KitKat

Unfortunately the listing doesn’t go into massive detail about any extra bells and whistles or software features, but it’s nice to get a good idea of the framework of this device before Samsung’s ready to let it be known for themselves. Speaking of framework, an earlier leak gave us a potential first look at the device itself.

It appears to be using a bit of metal in its chassis, though there’s a strong possibility that the device we saw is an early prototype and there’s a chance it may look different. Funny, that, as it technically wouldn’t be the first device in Samsung’s new metal-filled design strategy for their Galaxy lineup — the Samsung Galaxy Alpha snuck in for that honor just yesterday.

There’s always a chance these specs could be false, of course, but it’s not out of the ordinary for a retailer to have such early access to device information (considering they have to prepare to sell it to us, and all). Still, approach this with a grain of salt until we can get Samsung to fork over the details themselves. Let us know how you feel about these specs — a worthy upgrade over the Note 3 or is Samsung’s magic beginning to wear out?

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