Using the Samsung Galaxy S Epic 4G in Vancouver

[Generic User #2]

i was just wondering if the epic 4g would work on 3g in vancouver. also, are any carriers in vancouver going to use wimax networks?

[thorn]

I may be wrong but I don't believe there are any carriers in Canada doing 4G, I think they are going to do LTE instead as I hear sprint's 4G is slower than the 3.5G here.

The Epic 4G runs on 800/1900. Rogers/Bell/Telus are 850/1900 so you would lose 2G if I am not mistaken. Wind Mobile and Mobilicity are 1700/2100 along with Videotron and T-Mo in the US they are the only ones to use the AWS frequencies.

All that to say, depending on your carrier you will potentially have 3G but no 2G, so depending on the 3G coverage you might lose signal altogether.

[Generic User #2]

thanks for the reply. sorry, i'm a total idiot when it comes to cell tech.

i currently have an iphone 4 and i honestly dont know if it ever actually uses EDGE. how can i tell when it is using edge? I've seen screenshots where the '3g' is replaced with 'EDGE', but this has never happened with my iphone before(including in areas where i've lost 3g reception).

[geokilla]

I think you'll have better luck if you ask on Howard Forums and XDA Developers.

[rapmaster]

it's cdma without a sim slot. So you can only use it on Sprint.

[thorn]

Originally Posted by rapmaster

it's cdma without a sim slot. So you can only use it on Sprint.

I had a feeling that was the case because I had looked at getting one since the 4G was the cheapest galaxy s on ebay, but couldn't remember why I didn't go for it.

[Generic User #2]

lol....damn, that would be a problem.

haha, i thought everything would have been fine since my cell moves over to the srint network when i get to seattle :(