MetroPCS picking up an Android LTE phone in early 2011
December 7, 2010/
MetroPCS launcehd the Samsung Craft for its LTE network, I had one question. Why no Android? Samsung has a number of high-end Android devices, and the Android OS is much more functional than the native Craft OS. Apparently, Metro is just waiting for the right time. Yesterday the company said that it will launch an Android LTE device in the first quarter of 2011. That should coincide with MetroPCS expanding its LTE network to 38 markets. The handset will also include MetroPCS’s voice over LTE client, meaning it will not make voice calls on the CDMA network. ]]>
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First LTE Android will be the Samsung Forte. Samsung made Metro’s first LTE phone, the “feature phone” Craft. Makes sense they will also supply the first LTE Android phone.
A video of an unknown LTE Android was on Metro’s YouTube channel briefly, to demonstrate a mobile banking feature. But the phone was attracting more notice than the banking demonstration — so the video was abruptly pulled. Metro wants customers to buy phones in their inventory right now, not wait for some future phone that has not been officially announced yet. Insiders said it was an upcoming phone called the Samsung Forte.