I hate to call it 4G, but if Sprint's 4G Wi-crap is a mediocre 3Mb/s on average, then it's not a bad market technique, especially since AT&T's HSPA+ is pretty fast.
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AT&T has started marketing iPhone 4s as 4g device
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Don't tell me what I should and shouldn't be writing. AT&T is not saying iPhone 4s is lte but they are saying its 4g. It's just really confusing, that's all. Apparently I'm not the only one who is confused.
AT&T is calling a 3G (3.5G specifically) technology the wrong name, in this case 4G.
Yes, I agree HSPA+ is faster than 3G, but its not fast enough nor was it classified as such.
Ok that gets rid of the technical side of things. Now, unto the iPhone being 4G.
Under AT&T's new definition, yes the new iPhone can be thought of 4G. The average Joe consumer will buy it and will notice faster speeds where ever the network supports. Hence they will believe the '4G' moniker.
Now, Verizon can't do that simply because its either EV-DO Rev A or LTE. But there is no middle bridge like what AT&T has from HSPA to LTE (in this case the middle bridge being HSPA+). Sneaky marketing skills, but well within their power.
Is it a good move? So long as AT&T can provide the fast speeds many users here are seeing (7+ Mb/s) it will be. But having the 4G moniker and getting slower than usual and you've got yourself a problem.
Yes, I agree HSPA+ is faster than 3G, but its not fast enough nor was it classified as such.
Ok that gets rid of the technical side of things. Now, unto the iPhone being 4G.
Under AT&T's new definition, yes the new iPhone can be thought of 4G. The average Joe consumer will buy it and will notice faster speeds where ever the network supports. Hence they will believe the '4G' moniker.
Now, Verizon can't do that simply because its either EV-DO Rev A or LTE. But there is no middle bridge like what AT&T has from HSPA to LTE (in this case the middle bridge being HSPA+). Sneaky marketing skills, but well within their power.
Is it a good move? So long as AT&T can provide the fast speeds many users here are seeing (7+ Mb/s) it will be. But having the 4G moniker and getting slower than usual and you've got yourself a problem.
I don't much wanna get into the semantics of 4G, but the 4G cellular data speed IS much improved over the 4.
I have my 4S and 3 4's in my house hold and if I place them all on my kitchen table and run a speedtest.net app speedtest on it, the 4S always comes out 75-100% faster
If I run each of the tests one after another, same results. All have 5 bars.
I have my 4S and 3 4's in my house hold and if I place them all on my kitchen table and run a speedtest.net app speedtest on it, the 4S always comes out 75-100% faster
If I run each of the tests one after another, same results. All have 5 bars.