5ghz Wireless N?

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Does this phone support 5Ghz wireless N?

I don't think so as "a" is not listed on the wireless specs. I believe "a" is the 5ghz

So, you would have N at 2.4gz

5ghz has mixed reviews for Smartphones--

Correct, no 5GHz 802.11n available.

IEEE 802.11a is nothing new, it's an old protocol dated from 1999 but running on 5GHz.
But since they like to make everything backward compatible, as soon they have the 802.11n on 5GHz, they also include the 802.11a.
(To bug more, the next standard is 802.11ac and will be exclusively on 5GHz.)

The One S don't seem to have the 5GHz enabled, but it's a design choice by HTC as the Snapdragon S4 support the 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4/5GHz (according to Wikipedia)

htc site doesn't list the "a"

Originally Posted by rugmankc

htc site doesn't list the "a"

Wireless "a" is irrelevant to wireless "n" whether its 5Ghz or not.

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agreed a although it operates around 5gz is inferior to and different than n which operates on MIMO technology (multiple signals and antennas)

just haven't seen a phone spec list with n and 5ghz, not that there isn't one

just thought manufacturers used a to denote 5ghz whether n or not--maybe wrong

either way 1s doesn't have it

Originally Posted by rugmankc

just thought manufacturers used a to denote 5ghz whether n or not--maybe wrong

As I said, when the device run the N on the 5GHz band, they also include the A for some stupid backward compatibility that nobody cares since the A is as relevant as the B is. That's why nearly all N (5GHz) devices have A listed as well. Therefore, if A isn't there it's more likely that the device don't have the N (5GHz).

The evo 4g lte must have 5ghz then..
I wonder if we can't enable 5ghz, I know on the incredible we hacked WiFi to enable N.

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I think that WiFi-N 5GHz need a different antenna configuration =\

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