4G?

[Powdah]

if I understand it right, being able to get 4G is a hardware issue and has nothing to do with software. Is this right?

Therefore if I move up to a 9850, I would be stuck at 3G speeds for the next two years. Is this correct?

[howarmat]

yes that is correct.

[stackberry369]

4G doesn't exist.more like r.5

[CanuckSoldier]

Depends what you are calling 4G, if you mean LTE, no BB currently has the hardware to do that. But 4G is a over used marketing term than can be applied to HSPA+ which BB do support. So in reality HSPA+ is faster than the original 3G spec but not as fast as true 4G/LTE, so it's more like 3.5G. Which in reality is more than fast enough for most of us.

CS