Can you imagine the whining that would ensue if they put lte in the iPhone? The battery would likely implode...
Lol, sad part is, theres a lawsuit about the iPhone 4S battery life right now...
At&t deploy first LTE phones this weekend! exciting!
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Lol, sad part is, theres a lawsuit about the iPhone 4S battery life right now...
No AT&T's LTE is completely different than Verizon/Sprint. AT&T's LTE will also dramatically faster than Verizon and Sprints "LTE".
Rodimus Prime
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sources please
Check out the infographic on AT&T's LTE. It shows their steps of Edge->3G->3G+(4G)->LTE.
http://www.att.com/Common/about_us/images/att_news/infographics/4g_evolution_infographic.jpg
Whereas the other providers only go from EV-DO (little faster than edge speeds) to LTE (4G type speeds). REAL 4G is actual LTE, not this 3G+ stuff that everyone is throwing around.
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http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/15/verizon-no-our-4g-lte-phones-wont-work-with-atts-lte-network/
Basically, until both networks catch up and provide voice fall back through data they can't work together. It'll be a few years until they both have that capability, but when they do they should be able to use each other's towers. Not saying they'll let each other, but they would be able to.
http://www.att.com/Common/about_us/images/att_news/infographics/4g_evolution_infographic.jpg
Whereas the other providers only go from EV-DO (little faster than edge speeds) to LTE (4G type speeds). REAL 4G is actual LTE, not this 3G+ stuff that everyone is throwing around.
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http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/15/verizon-no-our-4g-lte-phones-wont-work-with-atts-lte-network/
Basically, until both networks catch up and provide voice fall back through data they can't work together. It'll be a few years until they both have that capability, but when they do they should be able to use each other's towers. Not saying they'll let each other, but they would be able to.
goosnarrggh
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That graphic doesn't do anything whatsoever to confirm (or deny) the assertion that the LTE network being deployed by Verzion would be any different or incompatible from the LTE network being deployed by AT&T.
The ONLY thing that graphic accomplishes, is to point out the fact that AT&T went through more incremental (3.xG) steps to go from its UMTS (baseline 3G GSM) implementation through HSDPA, HSPA, and HSPA+ (each of them 3.xG services) to its ultimate LTE (4G) implementation, than the competitors went through to go from their EV-DO (baseline 3G CDMA) implementation to their LTE (4G) implementation
-- And, consequently, it establishes the premise (probably true) that during the interim period before each prespective carrier's LTE rollout is complete, AT&T's legacy 3.xG services will remain online to give outlying customers better performance than Verizon's outlying customers.
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Tested about a month ago.
http://www.dailytech.com/ATT+LTE+Beats+Verizon+LTE+in+Speed+Tests/article22787.htm
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Check the 2nd link I added, it explains why they aren't compatible right now.
Wow nice!
20+ mbps download.
If ATT can get their new LTE phones to more cities and expand LTE coverage, that would be great!
20+ mbps download.
If ATT can get their new LTE phones to more cities and expand LTE coverage, that would be great!
trouble747
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Right now on AT&T's 3G I'm registering a download speed of 0.00 Mbps in Austin, Texas. Hopefully their 4G will be faster!
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Rodimus Prime
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Your source does not back up your first claim. It does not show that they are very different networks. Different frequencies does not mean different technology. Nor does your source show that AT&T LTE will be a lot faster than Verizon.