Well, this is a nice way to spend Wednesday morning. A friendly tipster has sent us the marketing materials for Telstra’s first 4G handset. Let’s take a closer look.
Named the HTC Velocity 4G, the handset has a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, 4.5-inch qHD screen (960×540), 8MP camera with 1080p recording at 60fps, 16GB on-board storage with a microSD card slot for an extra 32GB, removable 1620mAh lithium-ion battery.
That all sounds pretty sweet. The catch — and there’s always a catch — is that it’s only running Gingerbread, and there’s no indication of how far away an ICS update might be.
Obviously there’s no pricing information on offer yet either — or a release date for that matter — but if the marketing materials are ready, then those details can’t be too far away. UPDATE: Asher Moses over at the SMH is reporting a launch later this month.
So… Who’s getting one?
Aureus
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 9:18 AMthat and the 4g galaxy s2 will be out within 6 weeks
dan
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 7:46 PMsource?
Aaron Wilson
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 9:30 AMY’know if Sony diddle around and not release the new Xperia’s this could be a decent upgrade to my Desire S
Legen Dary
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 9:33 AMIt’s due for release on the 24th for $0 on the $79 Freedom Connect plan.
Cameron
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 9:38 AMIt’ll depends on a lot more than just the phone specs. I think once the plans come along that’s when we’ll see some light as the their value.
Kris
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 9:41 AMLooks like the Vivid?
Alex
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10:05 AMI really want one! Legendary, how do you know it is coming out on the 24th?
Legen Dary
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10:21 AMPrefer not to say, but it is the same reason I posted the name of the phone last week when Giz first announced a 4G Telstra phone.
psup
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 4:02 PMLegen Dary- Im hoping telstra does release 4g in january. I bought a vivid from the states but realised it uses different radio spectrum for LTE (700mhz as opposed to 1800mhz)
Spwein….
Legen Dary
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10:22 AMhttp://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/01/telstra-teases-us-with-promise-of-a-htc-4g-phone-soon/#comments
Legen Dary
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10:24 AMhttp://www.gsmarena.com/htc_raider_4g-3958.php
This is the phone, though interestingly it only says a 1.2 ghz processor
Brandon W
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10:31 AMLet’s wait for Nokia’s Lumia 900 to hit Telstra then we’ll see.
Kaze
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 1:39 PM+1
Sicarius123
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 3:09 PM+2, it has the right LTE bands, however I’m getting tired of no gen2 WP7 devices being announced, and Aus being left off Nokia’s roadmap site.
Dmag
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 7:22 PM+ 3
Nat
Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 11:16 PM+4 for Lumia 900 LTE with 1800Mhz and 700Mhz (for the future)
Richard
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:08 PM+5
Alex
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10:44 AMWhirlpool says the HTC Velocity will be the renamed version of the HTC Vivid.
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_vivid-4302.php
Gibbo McCool
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10:56 AMWhy release a new android phone without ICS? I want be buying another HTC until they have a 2 year warranty or a warranty that covers the life of the contract.
Greg
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 12:29 PMGet your wallet ready then, because Telstra already provides a 2 yr warranty on phones (except the iphone). Have done for months.
Douglas
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 4:21 PMI thought all carriers were required to provide a warranty that lasted the length of the contract unless it was an iPhone?
And why are iPhones exempt from this restriction anyway?
Aaron Wilson
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 12:20 PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2011/11/09/htc-vivid-review/
Hopefully they’ll improve it a wee bit
Dano
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 12:21 PMSo keen, since that Australia has the fastest wireless network in the world.
Kroo
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 1:51 PMNot really. South Korea has had the best network speeds both up and down for some time. They don’t throttle speeds like they do here. Telstra might say their networks are are such and such, but I’d like to see the actual speeds.
Vytautas
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 2:56 PMAnd there are several countries in Europe that have had 4G for months (if not years) and some of them could be considered 3rd world countries as their average wages are less than $400AU a month yet they still manage to get far superior internet and mobile networks than the rich Australia
attila
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 3:59 PMThese countries are roughly the same size as Australia I assume?
C
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 9:09 AMabsolute rubbish. Which supposed countries are these?
There is no deliberate “throttling of speed” on any Australian mobile network I know of.
Richard
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 7:38 PMFrom VERY reliable source, HTC Velocity 4G throttled down to 42mb/sec on TELSTRA network.
Richard
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 7:39 PMTypical speeds 30-40 mb/sec
Tony
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 1:29 PMI am hanging out and waiting for the Samsung Galaxy Note – with ICS! Please hurry up Telstra!
boris
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 2:26 PMqHD = fail
design/looks = fail
battery size for an LTE phone = fail
will keep waiting..
Sicarius123
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 3:07 PMNo Nokia 900 = no new contract with Telstra.
Dmag
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 7:29 PMI must agree. After two years with iOS, and two years with Android, I think it’s time for some WP love. The Titan 2 sounds incredible, but there’s no better looking phone on the market (or soon to be), than the Lumia 800/900
Chris
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 5:31 PMIf this is the actual HTC marketing poster, please tell them to fix their American spelling. Favorite? Puh-lease.
sm
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 6:13 PMModel not confirmed, but looks like a HTC 4G is definitely coming soon:
https://www.telstra.com.au/eoi/keep-informed/index.cfm?formID=HTC4G
stephen taylor
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 7:50 PMYou don’t know what your talking about by claiming Europe has had 4g networks for one or more years. South Korea also doesn’t have unlimited data/mobile plans even if provider’s state it on a plan they will be constrained hy the limitations of current mobile network capacity. I can sell you a corolla and tell you its got an unlimited speed plan:) perhaps people that don’t understand just how impressive this 4g deployment is should do some research or keep posting amusingly daft statements.
Steve
Monday, January 16, 2012 at 1:11 PMhttp://www.dwidigitalcameras.com.au/store/product.asp?idProduct=4029
Samsung Galaxy Nexus I9250 is also LTE specked. Check it out on the link.
Richard
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 3:03 PMNokia Lumia 900………..when will we get it?
Mark
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 5:59 PMGoddamit. Add a Lumia for me too please.
Richard
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 7:44 PMNokia Lumia 800 in Australia?
http://www.mobicity.com.au/nokia-lumia-800.html