Your timing ROCKS. Was at Verizon asking for a 4G world phone yesterday... im about to order a droid 3 for myself. its global ready but only has 3g. 4g IMO if you don't live in/near a large city it won't be worth it.. I think I had 4g maybe 20% of the time on ATT/Sprint. Plus you have to pay extra for something you probably won't get. 4g on Verizon is MUCH more widespread and faster. I get speeds that are double my home connection speeds consistently. 4G LTE and a Dual core phone have made web browsing pleasurable on my Galaxy Nexus. I had to shut off 4G on my phone a long time ago because just sitting there the battery would wipe out fast. I have a much larger battery on order to correct the problem. That is very true, but I refuse to walk around with a hump back phone. In my area I get a strong 4g signal so it doesn't pull as much power searching. They are working on 2nd gen LTE radios, which I'm sure crApple will be one of the first to use and they will be the best for ending the battery life crisis of LTE I am in the original beta 4G test area, and I am 2 desks down from the telcom department and I can hear all about towers going up and what not. They basically said to wait on 4G phones for at least another generation. The distance between towers has to be smaller, so to fill out the tower network, it is going to take quite a while. LTE = Long Term Evolution.