Telstra’s 4G comes to your phone – HTC Velocity

Telstra’s 4G network has been around for a little while now, but only available as a ‘Dongle’ for your laptop or PC.  Super fast speeds though, so well worth the investment for mobile broadband.

Well today, Telstra took that one step further – launching the first 4G handset in Australia – the HTC Velocity.

This is a great phone, a little bulky and on the heavy side, but stylish and well made as we’ve come to expect from HTC.

It’s what’s inside that sets it apart.  4G.  Wow.  That’s all I can say!

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Granted, the 4G network isn’t exactly at capacity, in fact as someone said to me today – most of the traffic on the network is probably going to and from SpeedTest where people check their speed.  That said, there is something about ‘hearing’ a phone can do ‘up to 40Mbps downloads’ and actually seeing it.

I work in Artarmon, not right in the city that’s for sure.  So I wasn’t confident about getting great speeds.

At my desk, 18Mbps downloads, outside hitting 25Mbps.  Drive a little down the Pacific Highway near Greenwich or there abouts and bingo! Almost 40 down and almost 12 up.

The more you try the more you realise this is a cracking network. Regular 30+ speeds, and this morning – around Camperdown – 40.77Mbps download and 20.07Mbps upload.  WOW.

At $0 on the $79 plan the Velocity is well within the reach of those who love their gadgets.

Tether to your PC and you’ve got great speed for your surfing too…

Well worth a look if it’s time to upgrade.