[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nhfi:
YES!! to LTE

I just had a chat with sprint support and this was the response:

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Simply click the white Yes button below now.

You: I own 4 epic touch 4g phones and have been hearing a number of different things so i am now going to ask the source and hopefully get a correct answer.. 1st question is will the et4g work on lte 2nd what is the story with end of life ?

Austin F.: Thanks for moving the chat window.

Austin F.: Neil, all the phones will work on the advance LTE network.

Austin F.: So, all your phones will work on the LTE.

Austin F.: Further, Nextel services will be decommisioning and is getting replaced with the CDMA network.

You: but will the phones be using lte or wimax?

Austin F.: I will check that.

You: technically i was told that the et4g can not support lte because of the hardware

Austin F.: May I know your zip code?

You: 07066

Austin F.: Actually in few regions LTE will work while in the rest of the regions Wimax will be working.

Austin F.: Let me check for your region.

You: im not talking about coverage areas im talking about the ability of the phone to get lte and use it instead of wimax

You: if i am in an lte covered area will my et4g use lte radio signal or wimax signal

Austin F.: One moment.

You: also are you saying that as LTE goes live in an area that wimax will go dead?

Austin F.: Thank you for waiting.

You: np

Austin F.: LTE compatible phones will pick the LTE network and those who are not LTE compatible phones will receive Wimax signal automatically.

You: ok and what is the case with the et4g?

You: will it be lte compatible?

Austin F.: Let me see.

Austin F.: Yes, this phone is compatible with the LTE.

You: do u have anything you can direct me to that states that?

You: so what you are stating is that when LTE goes live in my area or if i go to an area that has LTE..my samsung galaxy S2 epic touch 4g will switch to LTE ?

Austin F.: We have a list of phones that are compatible with the LTE.

Austin F.: Yes, you are right. It will automatically switch to LTE.

Austin F.: LTE will be arriving soon.

You: can you direct me to that list please?

Austin F.: Sure, I will provide you the list phones.

Austin F.: Please stay connected.

You: thank you

Austin F.: You're welcome.

Austin F.: Here is the list of phones :

Austin F.: Samsung Galaxy S III - 32GB

Austin F.: Samsung Galaxy 16 GB S3

Austin F.: Samsung Restore pre-owned

Austin F.: Kyocera Dura XT

Austin F.: Sierra Wireless 4G LTE tri-fi

Austin F.: LG Rumor Touch pre-owned

Austin F.: HTC EVO 4G LTE

Austin F.: LG Optimus Elite

Austin F.: Galaxy Nexus

Austin F.: Kyocera Dura Plus

Austin F.: LG rumor Reflex

Austin F.: ZTE Fury

Austin F.: ZTE Optik

Austin F.: M370 by Samsung

Austin F.: Express Mobile Hot spot from Sprint

Austin F.: Blackberry Curve 3G

Austin F.: LG Viper 4G LTE

Austin F.: Samsung Transform Ultra

Austin F.: HTC EVO Design 4G

Austin F.: Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch

Austin F.: Kyocera Milano

Austin F.: Kyocera Brio

Austin F.: Express from Sprint

Austin F.: Blackberry Curve 9350

Austin F.: Motorola Photon 4G

Austin F.: Lg Remarq

Austin F.: HTC EVO View 4G

Austin F.: HTC EVO 3D

Austin F.: etc

You: so all those phones will actually use the LTE network and run on LTE signal and bandwith even tho the dont say anything in the specs?

Austin F.: Yes, correct.

You: and last it has been rumored that the epic touch 4g was going to be end of life very soon due to the S3 release is this true?

Austin F.: As of now we do not have any such update. So, it is hard to comment. If any update will release you will get to know on the sprint.com