exitprogram
Well-Known Member
I love my Samsung Epic 4G Touch and I would LOVE to benefit from the new upgrades Sprint's doing by upgrading from 4G WiMax to 4G LTE.
Here's where i get confused. I was told by the salesman who sold me the E4GT that this phone is compatible with both 4G WiMax and 4G LTE. It sounded odd to me so i had him elaborate and this is what he said:
"The phone has the hardware necessary already built in in order to it to use both types of 4G (LTE+WiMax). You will most likely have to do an OTA update or something like that, then, in the update message it should say something like "come in the store so we can perform a hardware upgrade" or something like that .... Sounds odd to me, have u guys ever taken a phone in to do something like this??
He also stated:
"When major changes like this occur, it's a little easier to get early upgrades and discounts on phones because people miss out on certain features. To work it a little bit, You could say "Oh, my 4G WiMax is getting affected by the new LTE updates you guys did" and they'd eventually get you a newer, 4G capable phone sent to you.
SOOOOO.....
What do you guys think? Do you think the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch has the hardware needed to use 4G LTE? I've done my research and i don't even know what to look for so, here i am asking.
Also, Do you think that customer service will be more willing to provide people early upgrade options if they bought a phone fairly recently that is not compatible to be used with the 4G LTE?
What would you guys do in this situation?
ANY input as to how and get 4G LTE on this phone (or by getting an early upgrade/cheap new Nexus2) is greatly appreciated.
Here's where i get confused. I was told by the salesman who sold me the E4GT that this phone is compatible with both 4G WiMax and 4G LTE. It sounded odd to me so i had him elaborate and this is what he said:
"The phone has the hardware necessary already built in in order to it to use both types of 4G (LTE+WiMax). You will most likely have to do an OTA update or something like that, then, in the update message it should say something like "come in the store so we can perform a hardware upgrade" or something like that .... Sounds odd to me, have u guys ever taken a phone in to do something like this??
He also stated:
"When major changes like this occur, it's a little easier to get early upgrades and discounts on phones because people miss out on certain features. To work it a little bit, You could say "Oh, my 4G WiMax is getting affected by the new LTE updates you guys did" and they'd eventually get you a newer, 4G capable phone sent to you.
SOOOOO.....
What do you guys think? Do you think the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch has the hardware needed to use 4G LTE? I've done my research and i don't even know what to look for so, here i am asking.
Also, Do you think that customer service will be more willing to provide people early upgrade options if they bought a phone fairly recently that is not compatible to be used with the 4G LTE?
What would you guys do in this situation?
ANY input as to how and get 4G LTE on this phone (or by getting an early upgrade/cheap new Nexus2) is greatly appreciated.
I just talked with a local CSR... He said that it will absolutelly not matter that Sprint is going with LTE 4G, that we'll still be able to use WiMax... Which is still a shitty proposition since LTE is a better 4G network configuration...But at least I don't have to throw my phone in the garbage..
