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TELUS’ first LTE device will be the LG Optimus LTE

By on February 7, 2012 at 7:14pm in Mobile News, Telus Mobility News


If you think the first device to rock TELUS’ LTE network will be the Galaxy Note, think again. The Note will be coming out on the 14th of February, but it’s the LG Optimus LTE that will claim to be the carriers first LTE-enabled smartphone. We’re hearing mixed pricing and launch dates, but dummy devices have already started arriving at TELUS locations across Canada. In addition to the Note, Optimus LTE and the Galaxy Tab 8.9, TELUS will also be releasing the Ovation MC679 4G LTE Mobile Internet Key.

In a previous post we let you know that TELUS’ LTE data plans will be the same as their current data plans. The internal doc stated that “TELUS customers on TELUS’ 4G or 4G LTE networks will continue to use existing TELUS data rate plans. TELUS is not introducing a premium 4G LTE-only rate plan. We believe our customers want a simple data rate plan solution that does not charge them more just because they are in a 4G LTE zone or differentiate between types of devices”.

We’ll have more info soon…
(Thanks tipster!)

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Discussion

16 comments for “TELUS’ first LTE device will be the LG Optimus LTE”

  1. Now only if Rogers stops charging a premium for their LTE data. Greed beyond imagination.

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    Posted by lukeiphone | February 7, 2012, 7:19 pm
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    • Uhh, they stopped doing this a while ago.
      All their current data plans are eligible for the LTE variant, no change in pricing.

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      Posted by Eluder | February 7, 2012, 10:51 pm

  2. The rogers $30-6gig plan is pretty decent! I had a Rocketstick that used to cost about $35 for ONE lousy gig!! I’ve seen ads for, Verizon, I think that were something like $35 for 4gig…It’s the OTHER stuff that rogers goes to town on!

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    Posted by shaggyskunk | February 7, 2012, 7:30 pm
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  3. Ummm?? What about the galaxy nexus?

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    Posted by Cole | February 7, 2012, 7:39 pm
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    • I don’t think that the Galaxy Nexus is out in a HSPA + LTE version. The LTE one on Verizon has CDMA + LTE which is no good.

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      Posted by Matt Polkiewicz | February 7, 2012, 7:46 pm

  4. I can never live without LTE for my phone. It took me 1 min to download a HD youtube video. With LTE, it only took 58 secs. It changed my life!

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    Posted by jon_d0e1 | February 7, 2012, 8:51 pm
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  5. I hope we get LTE in St. John’s NL!

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    Posted by Jason | February 7, 2012, 9:10 pm
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  6. To Telus: How about you keep the LTE and give us teo year contracts max?

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    Posted by Spinners | February 7, 2012, 9:16 pm
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  7. Used to be $ 100 for 25MB years ago. Stop whining.

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    Posted by Superfly | February 7, 2012, 9:18 pm
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  8. Why TELUS? NO MORE LG!!! Please listen to us front line people.. Apple and Samsung are making the products people want..our customers… the people who pay the bills…my salary and yours. Please tell me the Samsung Galaxy Note is coming soon..

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    Posted by shamu | February 7, 2012, 9:46 pm
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    • It’s coming on the 14th… just like it said in the article.. and the many other articles that have given the release date of the Note.

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      Posted by Curtis | February 8, 2012, 12:13 pm

  9. Telus… Y u no get less shitty phone???

    Good thing when feb 15th comes around they plan to start unlocking phones for a fee of $50 …So in other words people can buy any phone they want outright from another carrier and get telus to unlock it and put it on there plan. Hello razr maxx!

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    Posted by Blah blah blah | February 7, 2012, 10:03 pm
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  10. A High-End phone with 2GB??

    Pretty funny, LG.

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    Posted by wewewi | February 7, 2012, 10:11 pm
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  11. LG Optimus LTE????? It sounds like the guys at telus is sippin on that Corn Liquor again, give ur ppl what they want… More Samsung more Motorola and i guess a lil HTC…. juss a lil.

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    Posted by Android.yyz | February 8, 2012, 12:33 am
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  12. LTE is just code for AWS! and Wind will not let them have that frequency!! Tony said today that he will block them and not let them be the big bully that they are! Tony said he will start buying land and make it his personal mission to build towers bigger than all the rest! That way we will have more megga hurts than any of the big 3!

    A noise about that lack of gag reflex.

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    Posted by T1MB1T | February 8, 2012, 9:51 am
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