For Russia with Love: HTC Max 4G - the first GSM WiMax phone - goes on sale in Russia
November 13, 2008 [Pocket PC phone] | By Edward J. R.
Updated: photos from the launch of this phone! see the end of this item!
WiMax is like WiFi but has much bigger range, higher speed rates and requires license to operate.
The most sophisticated phone from HTC - equipped with both WiMax and GSM - goes on sale in Russia, where in Moscow (12 million people) and St. Petersburg (5 million people) WiMax networks are running. Now this WiMax phone has already final name - HTC Max 4G, specficiations, price and official website:
- the product page of this phone is not available at HTC's htc.com website, but it has home page at an operator that is branding it, ordered it from HTC and is selling it:
http://www.yota.ru/ru/htc_max_4g/main/
- display resolution: 800x480 pixels
- display size: 3.8 inch
- cellular bands:
GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 900/1800/1900
(note: it was a lie in previous leaks - probably guessed from the thin air - that this device supports HSDPA)
- microSD card slot
- Bluetooth, WiFi (802.11b/g), Mobile WiMax (802.16e standard)
- battery size: 1500 mAh
- availability: by the end of November 2008
- price: 28 900 Russian rubles (= 1046 US dollars = 840 Euros = 702 British pounds)
See also: photos from the launch event of HTC Max 4G in Russia.

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