Samsung Vibrant Plus to be T-Mobile’s first HSPA+ 21Mbps 4G phone

By Matthew Chung on 01/12/2011 00:49 PDT

We already knew that the Samsung Vibrant Plus was on the way, though details on it were pretty scarce. Now leaked information confirms that this phone is set to be T-Mobile’s first 4G phone that offers HSPA+ 21Mbps speeds. Existing 4G phones from T-Mobile such as the myTouch 4G and T-Mobile G2 are capped at 14.4Mbps. The Vibrant 4G is set to be exclusive to T-Mobile and it will offer a front-facing camera with Qik video services, not to mention Android 2.2. The use of Android 2.2 will be great news to many frustrated Galaxy S owners out there who are still waiting for the update, though we hope that Samsung won’t drag its feet on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update, though.

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HSPA+ is also known as Evolved High-Speed Packet Access. It is a mobile broadband protocol that was defined by the 3GPP standard, release 7. In Theory, the HSPA+ data rate can go up to 84 Mbps (Megabits per second) downstream (to the mobile), and 22Mbps upstream (back to the tower). These numbers are achieved by using multiple streams, so they should be considered theoretical and peak performance numbers. The HSPA+ specifications support up to 168Mbps of theoretical peak rate. Although many HSPA+ carriers call it 4G, it is very different from 4G LTE.

Samsung Samsung is a South-Korean conglomerate which counts many subsidiaries like Samsung Electronics, which you probably know very well, but also Samsung Heavy Industries which builds ships, or Samsung Life Insurance, Samsung Securities and many more. Samsung is responsible for an amazing 20% of South Korea's exports. In the consumer electronics world, Samsung has gone from being a company with a reputation for cheap products to becoming one of the most respected companies in the world.

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