The HTC Velocity 4G is Australia'sfirst 4G smart phone and will be available to buy from Tuesday 24January. The Velocity 4G is the first phone to work with theTelstra's LTE alter of its Next G network, which moves with the LTE1800MHz network band.


Sold like the HTC despoiler 4G in theUS and South Korea, the HTC Velocity 4G has a big 4.5in q HDtouchscreen with a result of 540 x 960, a 1.5 GHz dual coreprocessor, 1GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal memory and an 8 - megapixelcamera with dual - LED flash. The phone is coated in a gloss blackend with the front and has a silver battery cover on the back. Itwill ship with the 2.3 "Gingerbread" version of Google'sAndroid OS, while Telstra hasn't brought out if it will finally beupdated to the most recent 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich"version.


In a brief hands-on with the phone at aprivate Telstra media briefing previous year, we can even bring outthat the rear of the HTC Velocity 4G tapers inwards towards the edgeof the phone, producing it comfortable to keep.


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Telstra commercially launched its novelbranded "4G" Long Term Evolution (LTE) network lastSeptember. Its best described like an LTE alter of the Next Gnetwork. While the 4G network will deliver faster up link and downlink speeds and higher latency , it will even cut down the strainwith Telstra's Next G network.


Telstra claims applying the HTCVelocity 4G in a 4G coverage area will result in mobile Internetspeeds up to five times faster as compared to it's regular Next Gnetwork. The 4G network, which applies the LTE 1800 MHz band, willabout double download speeds and triple upload speeds compared to theNext G network. The company is citing typical download speeds ofamong 2 megabits per second (Mbps) and 40Mbps and typical uploadspeeds of among 1Mbps and 10Mbps.


Telstra customers can pre-order the HTCVelocity online and have it delivered from 24 January. The phone willalso be available for buy at choiced Telstra stores from 24 January.The HTC Velocity 4G is available for $0 upfront on Telstra's $79Freedom Connect plan, which have $800 worth of calls and MMS,limitless SMS and 2GB of data per month. month. The Velocity 4G iseven available with a number of business plans