T-Mobile USA confirms Nokia Lumia 810 NOT upgradable to LTE

Posted March 30th, 2013, 11:03:00 . 0 Comments . Tags: , , , , Via: WMPoweruser

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Contrary to rumours, it appears that the T-Mobile USA Nokia Lumia 810 will not in fact receive an upgrade to LTE support on the carrier.

A hint to this may have been when the handset was left out of T-Mobile’s un-carrier announcement, and the news has now been confirmed by was Randy Meyerson, Senior Director, Product Marketing at T-Mobile, who noted:

“I’m following up as per my note last night.  Unfortunately, the Nokia Lumia 810 is not upgradable to LTE.  While it is true that it has a chipset that is LTE-capable in certain circumstances, the variant that was used in this device can’t be enabled for LTE.”

The news will come as a disappointment to NL 810 owners, and demonstrates a lack of forward planning at T-Mobile, who could certainly have specified such support when they ordered the handset, but it serves as a warning to buyers never to purchase a handset for future features, even when supposedly confirmed, but rather for what it already present.

Via WPC.



Nokia Lumia 810 the only Windows Phone on T-Mobile to get LTE

Posted March 24th, 2013, 12:03:00 . 0 Comments . Tags: , , , , , Via: WMPoweruser

LTE is coming to T-Mobile USA in selected markets, and January T-Mobile told Engadget the Nokia Lumia 810 will be getting an firmware upgrade to support the technology at some point.

While the Nokia Lumia 810 is a nice enough handset, it is not the best specified Windows Phone on T-Mobile USA.  That honour goes to the HTC 8X, but is seems buyers of that device will be left out of the LTE party.

WPDaily enquired from T-Mobile and received the following reply:

The Lumia 810 is the only other LTE-capable device on T-Mobile aside from the Note II, and we will share timing of that LTE MR at a later time. Please stay tuned.

The reason is likely related to Nokia’s radio expertise, which allows them to support a wide variety of frequencies with one chipset.

As WPDaily notes, the news is a nice boost for existing owners of the NL 810, but of course does leave new buyers in a bind -  Buy an HTC 8X for its nice design, thin profile and very good HD screen, or buy a lower specced and frankly less attractively designed Nokia Lumia 810 for the coming high speed network support.

Which one would our readers chose? Let us know below.


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