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T-Mobile to Launch HSPA+ Handset from HTC in September

It might be the HTC Vanguard or the HTC Vision

Jul 8, 2010 11:11 GMT  ·  By
T-Mobile expected to release HTC phone with HSPA+ capabilities in September
   T-Mobile expected to release HTC phone with HSPA+ capabilities in September

T-Mobile's customers should soon be able to enjoy enhanced connectivity options on their carrier's airwaves, courtesy of a HSPA+-capable device set to make an appearance on the wireless operator's lineup sometime in September. This would be the first mobile phone at T-Mobile to truly include HSPA+ capabilities and to offer to users the possibility to enjoy the enhanced speeds available on the carrier's network, although existing phones come with support for the technology.

Theoretically, T-Mobile's HSPA+ network is capable of delivering speeds of up to 21Mbps, but the solution cannot be enjoyed on available devices, except for the WebConnect Rocket data cards. No handset includes support for these advanced speeds at the moment, but it seems that September might come with a series of changes in this area.

A spokesman at Deutsche Telekom AG has recently confirmed that T-Mobile USA is set to launch a HSPA+-capable mobile phone in September, a recent article on Light reading states. According to the news site, the upcoming device would be manufactured by HTC Corporation and should run under Google's Android operating system. Moreover, it seems that another such handset should land at T-Mobile later during the ongoing year.

Interestingly enough, a recently leaked T-Mobile roadmap did show that the wireless carrier is expected to release a HTC device in September, dubbed the HTC Vanguard, and chances are that this would be the same mobile phone Deutsche Telekom confirmed. Little is known about this smartphone, but Engadget suggests that it might be the same QWERTY-enabled HTC Vision we've spotted a few days ago. For what it's worth, it might be one and the same device in the end.

All in all, this comes as good news for T-Mobile's customers. When announcing the commercial roll-out of its HSPA+ network, the wireless carrier did say that we should expect it to launch new mobile phones that would fully support the technology, and it seems that things are closer to being made official, though we'd still have to wait for that to happen.