by Andrew J. Shepherd

Sprint 4G Rollout Updates

Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 9:15 AM MDT

But wait, there's more! Obtained from the same internal Sprint sources that allowed S4GRU to break the news earlier this weekend of the April 15th launches for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and LG Viper, is intriguing info about a third LTE handset, the HTC codenamed Jet, set to land at a Sprint Store near you on June 10th. This happens to be nearly two years to the date that the HTC EVO launched as Sprint's first 4G WiMAX capable handset.

S4GRU has connected the dots and projects the HTC Jet to be the Sprint version of the LTE capable HTC One high end handset introduced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month and a version of which is also soon headed to AT&T. The One X is the only announced HTC handset to utilize the recently debuted and benchmarked Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 chipset and to include Near Field Communication (NFC) capability. The Jet matches both of those specs, suggesting that the Jet will be a CDMA1X/EV-DO/LTE entry in the One X lineup.

Below are some of the One X and/or MSM8960 specs likely or known to carry over to the Jet:

1.5 GHz dual core "Krait" (28 nm) CPU



1 GB RAM



CDMA1X, EV-DO Rev 0/A/B, LTE (UE category 3)



LTE band class 25 (PCS A-G blocks)



Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n



Bluetooth 4.0



4.7' S-LCD 1280x720 screen



Corning Gorilla Glass 2



Solid polycarbonate body



What remains to be seen about the Jet, unlike the Galaxy Nexus and Viper, is its actual name. HTC has instituted a plan to simplify its handset lineup both in number and in name. Going forward, HTC intends to brand all of its handsets under some variation of the One name (e.g. One X, One S). However, many have expressed that the EVO name is an important brand associated with Sprint that should carry on.

So, could the Jet launch as the HTC One EVO? Will it simply be called the HTC One X for Sprint? Or might HTC Jet actually be more than just a codename? Regardless of the name, the release date and the specs indicate that this high end, very large screen LTE capable handset is the true successor to the WiMAX capable EVOs that came before it.

Photo courtesy of Androidandme.com

Sources: Sprint, HTC, Phone Arena, AnandTech