Posted by BobaFett
"Sweden-based telecommunications firm Ericsson has unveiled one of the world’s first high-speed 4G mobile devices, working using LTE (Long Term Evolution) connectivity.
The prototype device, dubbed ‘Berta’, was unveiled as part of Ericsson’s LTE demonstration at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It can apparently achieve download speeds of up to 300Mbps, though in real-time tests was shown to achieve 25Mbps upload and download speeds.
Evolutionary release
It is rumoured Ericsson will also release a LTE / 4G device later this year, though the company declined to comment when contacted by TechRadar.
LTE technology is competing with WiMAX to deliver high speed mobile networks, and both have high profile supporters worldwide.
The LTE project was designed to evolve the current 3G technology used today, and Erissson’s prototype shows clearly which camp the company is in.
The unit may be bulky now, but it adequately shows what the technology is capable of, and would allow high-end fixed line broadband speeds on a mobile platform in the near future.
Ericsson also showed new mobile base stations, 25 per cent smaller and capable of hi-speed 3G, and the new LTE platform."
http://www.techradar.com/news[....]son-first-off-4g-blocks-358135
Posted by tranced
i see you with a big grind
what i see at the bottom of the phone is a fastport and 2 usb ports?
Posted by BobaFett
yeah, looks so.. hope there will be more updates soon
Posted by Mige
4g phone? wow
Posted by ronkx
wow, 4g phones, look..so bulky! and why are there 2 joysticks in there. remind me of my AC remote
Posted by Supa_Fly
Not a phone per sey, but a test bed for an upcoming platform. Ericsson always does this, btw this thing is almost 1yr old. Ericsson has been testing 4G or LTE since January 2007
always rules!
Posted by ronkx
wow really? ericsson rocks..bigtime haha...
Posted by Dogmann
Hi all
Oh please let it be true and Ericsson return to making handsets even if it is only a few high end devices that would make me and lots of others very very happy.
If anyone thinks that is big they obviously don't remember how huge the first GSM handsets were, but even 25mbps is pretty incredible IMO.
As it means you could download a whole Movie in High quality in under 30 seconds. Which would make Movies on the move a reality who would need a DVD then as you could use it on various devices or stream to a large screen via your computer or even use the TV out functionality and just plug your device in. Add this to what was announced recently about Dolby Digital finding it's way to our devices and the possibilities are incredible. Not of course forgetting the projected growth of the size of memory cards and it all looks good IMO.
I love the future and what it will hopefully deliver.
Marc
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Posted by ash_90
I don't like the design too much either.
After all it looks more like a brick for me..
Hehe no offense though
Posted by carkitter
On 2008-05-08 04:56:58, BobaFett wrote:
It can apparently achieve download speeds of up to 300Mbps, though in real-time tests was shown to achieve 25Mbps upload and download speeds.
Err... what does this actually mean? If 300Mbps is unattainable, why mention it? My HSDPA phone downloads at 1/4 theoretical maximum but this gadget downloads at 1/12 theoretical maximum. Is this a backwards step?
Australia and NZ are heading towards 42.Mbps LTE rollout in 2010, I can't wait!
Posted by Dups!
I really hope and wish Ericsson could decide to make mobile phones again. I would definitely wait for as long as it takes for their first model(s) to be released.
Posted by >500
@carkitter
well Telstra was one of the first networks in the world to support 7.2mbps hsdpa.
Ericsson build their networks actually, probably why their network is so far ahead of the rest
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Posted by kimot01
wow...ericsson defeats nokia! i though nokia will be the first one to release LTE/phones., BTW nokia's speed is only 100mbps
Posted by plankgatan
what i allways have love about
Ericsson is their awesome build-quality and simple design.
hope we can see some nice work from
in the future
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Posted by QVGA
On 2008-05-08 13:28:00, kimot01 wrote:
only 100mbps
'only'?
Posted by catalinux
@ ronkx: the upper left "thingy" doesn't look like a joystick, it has a different design and color. I don't know what it might be, though. Looks like a button, but also, being "buried" suggests it's something with adjustable orientation.
@ Dogmann: those 25 mbps (megabits per second) are translated into 3,125 MB/s (megabytes per second). So for a 700 MB movie you will need around 224 seconds (less than 4 minutes), which is pretty decent anyway.
Posted by ronkx
On 2008-05-08 13:36:16, QVGA wrote:
On 2008-05-08 13:28:00, kimot01 wrote:
only 100mbps
'only'?
its "whopping"
Posted by Mige
really?
Posted by BobaFett
On 2008-05-08 10:44:15, ash_90 wrote:
I don't like the design too much either.
After all it looks more like a brick for me..
Hehe no offense though
its a proto... nobody said, that 4g fones will look like this
Posted by skblakee
Bertha? Hmmm.... aren't cell phones supposed to be able to fit into ones pockets or even the glove compartment?
Posted by BobaFett
and again... its a proto design... they have to test it first, then comes the final design
Posted by ronkx
yeah, didnt you notice? when there is a technological breakthrough it starts as a bulky thing. example like the 1st cellphones, theyre bulky right? but then again as time passes they make it smaller and more compact
Posted by Mige
you're right
Posted by lolcito
OMFG !!! a 4g phone