T-Mobile 4G LTE Speed Test on HTC One (VIDEO)

I got my hands on an HTC One at T-Mobile's UnCarrier event on Tuesday in New York City. Sure, I played around with the One first, but T-Mobile was touting its new 4G LTE network, now available in seven cities nationwide and set to roll out in New York soon.

I ran Ookla's SpeedTest three times on the HTC One. Here are the results.

Test 1
 Ping: 49ms
Download: 27Mbps
Upload: 11.52Mbps

Test 2
 Ping: 45ms
Download: 26.88Mbps
Upload: 10.23Mbps

Test 3
 Ping: 48ms
Download: 28.17Mbps
Upload: 16.89Mbps

Average
Ping: 47.33ms
Download: 27.35Mbps
Upload: 12.88Mbps

In general, each test was similar, except for the last upload, which was significantly faster than the previous tests.

All the pings came in under 50ms, which is should be fine for everything except high-stakes gaming. Download speeds were fast, though I'm hearing word that the download speed on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 was hitting 40Mbps. The speed of the network also varied depending on how many other people at the event were running the same speed test app (a not insignificant number).

Also keep in mind that the 4G LTE network isn't live yet in New York City, so these are the speeds with basically no one else using it. We were also situated in a converted gallery space in the back end of Chelsea.

Verdict? The speeds aren't blindingly fast, but honestly, they're a lot faster than what I get from the Time Warner monopoly at home. There's certainly nothing to complain about. As for people wondering if T-Mobile can handle a huge influx of new customers and phones, CEO John Legere assured us all it can, especially after cannibalizing the bandwidth of MetroPCS, which it picked up in a merger. Of course, that remains to be seen, but at the very least, T-Mobile is off to a good start.