WiMAX Vs LTE 4G

T-Mobile's first HSPA+ handset has turned out to be one of the most leaked smartphone in recent months. Here are a few of the new information (confirmed and unconfirmed) on the T-Mobile G2 HSPA+ smartphone.

T-Mobile appears to be determined to become competitive against other high-speed networks with its HSPA+ network. The 4th largest US carrier has announced 9 cities to be added to its growing HSPA+ network with "4G speeds."

Well, it appears that the LTE VS WiMAX will start sooner than we expected. According to the folks at Wall Street Journal, a Samsung executive revealed that MetroPCS plans to launch its Long Term Evolution network in September. The regional carrier's first LTE 4G handset, the Samsung Craft, is also expected to be launched in the same month.

New information on Verizon's upcoming LTE 4G network have emerged. A few of members of the Verizon 30-city LTE 4G launch have been identified. Rumors have revealed that Philadelphia and San Francisco will be included in the initial roll out later this year.

The first LTE 4G smartphone to be launched by MetroPCS has already visited the FCC and was given the name Craft. This time several leaked images of the device have surfaced. Check out the alleged first pictures of the Samsung Craft LTE 4G smartphone for MetroPCS after the break:

T-Mobile promises that its first HSPA+ smartphone is "designed to run at 4G speeds." This means that it will take-on Sprint's formidable WiMAX 4G smartphones, the Epic 4G and the EVO 4G. Will it really be able to keep up with these powerful Android smartphones?

T-Mobile promised to launch its first HSPA+ smartphone this summer. Well, we now have a name for this upcoming Android phone, the T-Mobile G2.

The LTE Vs WiMAX rivalry in the US is expected to formally begin when LTE commercially rolls out in November. So far, it appears that LTE 4G is the favorite over WiMAX in the impending 4G clash. However, the WiMax 2 standard is up and ready to go and raise the competition to another level by the start of 2012.

It appears that Clear's upcoming LTE 4G trials have caused some alarm among Sprin'ts WiMAX subscribers. Matt Carter, president of 4G at Sprint Nextel, assured subscribers that Sprint is still focused on use of WiMax for 4G wireless networks.

Carter said, "Our position is that we are singularly focused around WiMax and there's no waivering on that view from us. Does the amount of wireless spectrum [Sprint has available] give us the opportunity in some time to to convert to LTE or run LTE alongside WiMax? Yes. We built the 4G network in a manner to give us that flexibility. But we don't want to confuse the market and our ecosystem of suppliers and customers. We are deploying WiMax."

The first LTE 4G smartphone has already graced the halls of the FCC and the details are starting to trickle in. This time, MetroPCS CEO Roger Linquist has announced the name of the upcoming handset in an analyst conference call. Linquist identified the carrier's first LTE phone as the Samsung Craft.