Rolling Stone ad outs AT&T’s HTC Inspire 4G… yes, 4G

By on Jan 5, 2011 at 7:16 AM
Hardware January 5, 2011

It isn’t all that often we get to report on mobile technology news broken by magazine Rolling Stone, which makes this news even more special. In a print ad touting HTC’s portfolio of 4G handsets, some of the usual suspects are depicted. Obviously, Sprint’s EVO 4G makes a cameo, T-Mobile’s G2 is depicted, and Verizon’s unannounced-but-well-documented Thunderbolt is sitting front and center. But one carrier is missing from our above list. AT&T. Slinking around the background is AT&T’s HTC Inspire 4G, which looks an awful lot like the European Desire HD — the same handset that was just spotted at the FCC with North American 3G bands. We know AT&T is working on an LTE network, but this handset appearance really is a shocker. Hopefully HTC and AT&T will show the Inspire a little love at this week’s CES conference. Any AT&T Android fanatics excited?!

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  • Rockthewins

    I would be a lot more excited if I could talk on my phone sometimes.

    • http://twitter.com/SParKlngCyaNide SparklingCyanide

      exactly! ha

  • waffle

    I’m just hoping AT&T’s “4G” isn’t the same as T-Mobile’s “4G”.

    • http://twitter.com/SParKlngCyaNide SparklingCyanide

      you’re stupid.

      • waffle

        Thanks!

    • Donny

      You can put lipstick on Tmobile but its still Tmobile.

  • 0pusX

    at&t literally just turned 3G on here in my county last week…….

    • Anonymous

      I feel your pain, when you don’t live in a prime market 4g doesn’t mean anything to you and 3g is something you’re still begging for or is only covered by 1 or 2 of the 4 major carriers.

  • Sean76

    Please at&t, seriously you are done! I’m in NYC and my phone still more then often roams to EDGE! There 3G is an absolute joke when it does work, and I drop at least 3-4 calls a day, and that’s low balling it. I’ll be getting rid of my at&t account once my contract ends in June, and just adding a line to my vzw account. One thing I must say is vzw is worth the money, I never drop calls, and the data on my Fascinate is pretty darn fast. And this is all on vzw’s 3G….scary to think how fast they’re 4G will be.

    • Donny

      I’m sure THEIR 4G will be fast, but I live in Columbus Ohio and work downtown and have a window office 8 stories up. Always have full bars of Verizon 3G…average about 205 kbps….yeah I have coverage and all but sllllllllooooooooow data which leads me to believe they certainly do no have enough towers or backhaul in the downtown area….at least in my stomping grounds.

    • Guest

      funny i am in nyc and i average 3.5mbps on my 3gs no troubles, maybe its a user error.

      • kyle

        AT&T does not give a damn about any customers who don’t carry an iPhone in their pocket and throw money at them.

        I live in seattle. I left for Sprint 6 months ago and LOVE it. Better rates, never have a problem with coverage, strong 4G signal, awesome EVO…I have never looked back.

  • Gaza

    I still wonder why people complain and complain about a network they are on, and yet continue on that network and bash them. Serious question, why not just leave? Everyone has horror stories for every carrier, I feel like people pull the “at&t network sucks/drop calls/can’t make calls” card because everyone else is doing it.

    • Anonymous

      That’s the crux of the issue; in many cases you can’t.

      -You’re stuck in a contract with no viable option of paying month-to-month.
      -You really want to use a favorite device but it won’t work on any other network.
      -Your friends/family are on the same network and you get to save a lot by staying in the same family plan/on the same network when you speak to them.
      -It’s better than the competition in your area, which may actually be performing worse.

  • slow-droid

    Android people weep. You’re just getting 4g — Ha! I’ve had my iPhone 4 for months already and it is blazing fast.

    • mpciii

      The iPhone isn’t 4g…

      • slow-droid

        The new one is. I had the 3GS too, and I agree with you it wasn’t as fast. But, join the 4g party with me and switch from Android!!!!

      • Ryan Pinney

        You must be retarded. Or trollin’.

      • Themediaprophet

        No, it’s not dumbass. It’s the iPhone 4, not the 4G iPhone. The only thing I will agree with you on is it is very fast. AT&T does not have 4G service, or LTE, or whatever you want to call it.

      • slow-droid

        Just because we have different definitions of 4g and fast, doesn’t mean I’m a dumbass. My iPhone is, in my opinion, 4g, and is very, very fast. you’re a troll

      • mpciii

        4G has a definition of which the iPhone doesn’t fit. No one’s denying that it’s fast, just that it has 4G (which is a whole different level of fast). I can zip around the web at over 2 mbps on 3G on my beat up Eris but I wouldn’t say it is a 4G phone. Nor would I say it gets 4G speeds.

      • aggie99

        The iPhone 4 is not 4G by any twist of the definition. Even by T-Mobile’s lame definition of 4G. The iPhone is not HSPA + even. my iPhone 4 is fast and slick but it is far from a 4G phone. Like the others said you are obviously a troll, dumbass or both.

      • slow-droid

        I love how I can get all you Android people upset so easily because Apple came out with a 4g phone before Google. I even hear that Verizon is going to have a 4g phone from Motorola and so will Sprint (I think from HTC) before Google will

      • mpciii

        I’m thinking the guy is as advertised, slow. He must be because everyone knows the 4G Motorola and HTC phones (the Sprint one’s been out for over 6 months) he’s talking about are Android phones.

      • Anonymous

        Don’t feed the troll please (look at his name, seriously, he’s a troll). Either he’s an imbecile (very likely) or he doesn’t understand that 4G is a defined technological standard of wireless speed and not simply a colloquial buzz word thrown around to describe something in lay man’s terms.

        In case of the latter: slow-droid, 4G doesn’t mean “super fast” or simply “fourth/next-generation” (although that’s what it stands for). It means specifically “obtaining the speeds of up to X Mbps,” where X is around 100 Mbps to 1Gbps. If the network cannot attain those speeds (nothing can today), it isn’t 4G.

        Today’s LTE, WiMAX, and HSPDA+ are allowed to be called 4G, however, because theoretically they COULD indeed attain those speeds over the next few years. But your iPhone 4 will never achieve those speeds because it lacks the required LTE radio to do so – it is stuck in 3G and always will be. You’ll have to wait for a proper iPhone 4G before you can smear your propaganda all over the website.

    • Anonymous

      Obvious troll is obvious.

    • Anonymous

      I hate your trolling, but I had to like this because of how completely you pulled these people in. Well done.

  • Grumpy619

    I 2nd that opnion gaza, but it dosent matter what it is as long as something doesent go anybodys expected way of going, there will always be room for bitchin of some kind. no one never satisfied!!

  • http://infotainmentempire.blogspot.com Rob

    I’m very happy for my AT&T friends that don’t want an iPhone but want something NICE. I hope AT&T doesn’t screw this up for everyone!

    Edit:
    I wonder if it’ll be available right around the time Verizon gets its own iPhone in Q1…

  • Gus

    If it doesn’t have a front camera then I’ll pass.

    Must have features:
    dual core processory > 1GHz
    Front and rear cameras
    memory card slot
    LTE or at least HSPA+
    between 3.8 to 4.3 inch screen
    Global GSM 3G and 4G would be nice

    • Anonymous

      What is everyones fascination with ff cameras? They take shitty pictures and video chat is for 14 year old girls.

  • Anonymous

    NO QWERTY KEYBOARD = FAIL

    Touchscreens only devices are toys for children.

    • Anonymous

      Then why do I always see teenage girls with slide out kb’s or BB’s? DUMBA$$

  • Spdr-Mn

    This is pretty exciting, but all the high end phones are starting to look the same, or at least VERY similar. I really like the designs from Sony Ericsson, they’re just different.

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