Samsung once again demonstrated its lead in cellphone technology when it unveiled at CES the fastest HSDPA cellphone to date. Reaching a blazing speed of 3.6Mbps, it is twice as fast as past demonstrations of speeds up to a mere 1.8Mbps.
Exactly how fast is 3.6Mbps? 3.6Mbps = 0.45 megabytes per seconds. In other words, in an ideal situation, a 4.5MB MP3 can be downloaded in 10 seconds.
“The first over-the-air 3.6 Mbps calls on an HSDPA handset by Samsung mark an exceptionally important milestone in driving the commercialization and deployment of this technology worldwide,” said Dr. Sanjay K. Jha, president of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies.
Right now, details are scarce. Even the unit shown above is a Samsung’s in-house developed unit. But at the rate that Samsung is dishing out new cellphones by the week, it won’t take long. Well, at least for Korea.
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