Heres the difference, at least where I live. Im in Va Beach, Va
Where in Virginia Beach are you getting LTE on AT&T? When did you first get it? I live in Virginia Beach but closer to Chesapeake and I have yet to see LTE in the area.
Heres the difference, at least where I live. Im in Va Beach, Va
Microcells don't hurt battery life. They only can help by giving your phone a signal to lock on to. A phone drains the battery more when there is no signal because it is constantly searching for one.
Microcells eat your battery
Microcells don't hurt battery life.
There are pages and pages of arguments about the 3G Microcell and battery life over on the AT&T Forums.
Nobody agrees about anything, but there is some anecdotal evidence that some 3G Microcells will consume more battery.
I have no issues with mine, except of course I'd love to be able to tether on LTE that's boosted by a Microcell signal.
Heres the difference, at least where I live. Im in Va Beach, Va
I've thought about it too but in order for a microcell to work you need to have wifi, so no real point in tethering
I've thought about it too but in order for a microcell to work you need to have wifi, so no real point in tethering
I stepped outside in my driveway to get 5 bars of LTE. When i go in the house LTE switches back to 4G
I just got their new 4.0 microcell which replaced my 2.0 microcell. They no longer call it a 3G microcell because it broadcasts LTE, 4G, and 3G signals. When you're on a VoIP call, it uses LTE. When you're on a normal call, it uses 3G. The ping is improved a lot from 200 to 30.
There is no reason to be on LTE when you have 15 Mbps wifi...
I've found that they make my battery life better, as my phone gets 5 bars and doesn't have to work as hard as when it has a weak signal. I've only ever used them with WiFi for the data.
Microcells don't hurt battery life. They only can help by giving your phone a signal to lock on to. A phone drains the battery more when there is no signal because it is constantly searching for one.
Has there been any change to AT&T Microcell technology since these posts, or does it work exactly the same, just with a different physical design?
Perusing the AT&T pages, I am thinking that only the design of the housing has changed.
(PS: Isn't HD Voice great!)
I've found that they make my battery life better, as my phone gets 5 bars and doesn't have to work as hard as when it has a weak signal.
Have any of you been able to switch to WiFi calling and dump your microcell?
I assume it does. But my concern is that the phone will struggle to use to really weak LTE signal inside my house instead of switching to wifi. With the microcell it's seamless and the phone always switches due to the much stronger signal. @George Knighton suggested switching to airplane mode above, but that would be a pain to remember every time I go in or out of the house.