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mckinneycm · 02-02-2009, 01:28 PM

Sprint is advertizing the 8330 as a 3G device. Is that true??

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Godzilla07 · 02-02-2009, 01:43 PM

The Curve 8330 has EV-DO Rev. 0 which is 3G, therefore the 8330 is a 3G device.

mckinneycm · 02-02-2009, 01:44 PM

Are you sure that's 3G? I thought EVDO Rev A was 3G ???

Godzilla07 · 02-02-2009, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by mckinneycm

Are you sure that's 3G? I thought EVDO Rev A was 3G ???

Rev. 0 and Rev A are both 3G. Rev A is just a faster version of EV-DO, like HSDPA is a faster version of UMTS (original 3G, 384 kbps max).

dc/dc · 02-02-2009, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Godzilla07

Rev. 0 and Rev A are both 3G. Rev A is just a faster version of EV-DO, like HSDPA is a faster version of UMTS (original 3G, 384 kbps max).

Rev. A would be more accurately called 3.5G or 3G+ like HSPA is.

copout221 · 02-02-2009, 09:05 PM

Definitely 3G and kicks the cr*& out of my 8350I's speed.

chrisbridges1992 · 02-03-2009, 12:37 AM

Wirelessly posted

Even if its not 3G its still way fast

canalwater05 · 02-03-2009, 12:42 AM

anyone know if the blackberry will ever have rev.A? i just switched over from an htc mogul and it had rev a....man that thing was blazin' fast.

montanaxvi · 02-03-2009, 11:25 AM

I believe that the new Niagara rumored to be coming to Sprint this Q will be Rev. A

JackG058 · 02-03-2009, 01:14 PM

It is EVDO, which is 3G. When I'm in my home area, my device signal says 1XEV. When the EV displays, that means I'm connected via EVDO, or 3G. When I move out of the 3G area, it will change to 1X without the EV.

Evolution-Data Optimized - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The chart at the bottom shows that 3G is EVDO Rev. 0, while 3.5G is the technical listing for EVDO Rev. A. Still, Rev. 0 and Rev. A are both part of the 3G standard, so Sprint is telling it like it is.

Defiance · 02-03-2009, 10:23 PM

I'd figure by now they would upgrade the curve to rev A. It's been out a long time.

Godzilla07 · 02-03-2009, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Defiance

I'd figure by now they would upgrade the curve to rev A. It's been out a long time.

I don't believe the Curve 8330's hardware supports Rev. A. So it isn't possible for the Curve 8330 to be upgradeable to Rev. A.

rachamphetamine · 02-03-2009, 10:45 PM

And they're not going to upgrade the Curve itself, either - that's what the 89xx series is for.

amar0315 · 02-04-2009, 11:23 AM

yeah sprint will becoming out with the bold very shortly....which will have rev A.....and nothing against mckinnycm.....but i hate how ATT made this big thing about 3G.....because we got everyone from the left side on the country asking if we have 3G....I am like yes sir for about 5 to 6 years now.....anyways im just ranting.....to keep on point there is a way to make the 8330 rev a...just gotta ask my tech how to do it again....i really didnt care for the rev a compared to the rev 0....to me when i had my mogul....and changed it from rev 0 to rev a...didnt see a difference...but maybe that was just me

JackG058 · 02-05-2009, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by amar0315

yeah sprint will becoming out with the bold very shortly....which will have rev A.....and nothing against mckinnycm.....but i hate how ATT made this big thing about 3G.....because we got everyone from the left side on the country asking if we have 3G....I am like yes sir for about 5 to 6 years now.....anyways im just ranting.....to keep on point there is a way to make the 8330 rev a...just gotta ask my tech how to do it again....i really didnt care for the rev a compared to the rev 0....to me when i had my mogul....and changed it from rev 0 to rev a...didnt see a difference...but maybe that was just me

Most of the noticeable difference between Rev A and Rev 0 is going to be in the upload speed increase, which we as users typically don't notice, and if you are doing downloads of large files. For general browsing, Rev 0 is still very fast.