HTC MAX 4G: First WiMax Phone

Remember how XOHM, Sprint’s lightning fast WiMax branded 4G network, was launched in Baltimore only a month ago? Well in other countires - like Russia - the WiMax network has a little more reach and maturity. And so it is these lucky folks who will get the first ever WiMax phone… the HTC MAX 4G.

As if we’re not jealous enough that they get a 4G WiMax device, they have to go and get HTC to manufacture it. The company is on a tremendous roll, churning out sexy and high powered handsets month after month after month.

Like the Touch HD, HTC doesn’t think that manufacturing this phone is worth the effort in the United States for now. It looks like we’ll have to wait some time before somethign as beautiful and powerful as this reach our shores. And since XOHM/WiMax is the only domestic 4G network at the moment… it looks like we’ll be waiting for Sprint… which could take forever.

Check the specs Americans will be missing out on:

• Processor: Qualcomm® ESM7206A™ 528 MHz
• Platform: Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional
• Memory: ROM: 256MB / RAM: 288MB / Flash: 8 GB
• Dimensions: 113.5mm X 63.1mm X 13.9mm
• Weight: 151 grams (with battery)
• Display: 3.8-inch LCD, w/ 480 x 800 WVGA resolution
• Network: Tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:900/1800/1900 MHz Yota Mobile WiMAX 2,5-2.7 GHz
• TouchFlo 3D UI
• GPS: Internal GPS
• Connections: VoIP, Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth® 2.0 with EDR, HTC ExtUSB™
• Cameras: “High-Resolution” main camera, VGA secondary camera
• Additional: Motion G-sensor (automatically rotating picture), Proximity sensor (saving energy while talking due to the switching the display off), FM-radio
• Audio: Ring tone formats:AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, 40 polyphonic and standard MIDI format 0 and 1 (SMF)/SP MIDI
• Battery: Li-Pol, 1500 mAh
• Talk time: GSM: up to 420 minutes, VoIP: up to 230 minutes
• Standby time: GSM: up to 350 hours, VoIP: up to 50 hours
• AC Adapter: Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz, DC output: 5V and 1A

[Via MobileCrunch]

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