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Beta 3: 'LTE' to '4G' change
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Just to confuse matters more
Here in the uk three mobile call their DC-HSDPA 3.9G which I guess is technically accurate.
I achieve speeds over 20Mbit over 3G
I hadn't realised an authority has allowed dc-hsdpa to be called 4g - even hsdpa+ which gives a lower max of 14Mbit - that's cheating surely?
Anyway my network launches true 4g later this year. Looking forward to it. Especially with my unlimited tethered data - £15 p/m
Here in the uk three mobile call their DC-HSDPA 3.9G which I guess is technically accurate.
I achieve speeds over 20Mbit over 3G
I hadn't realised an authority has allowed dc-hsdpa to be called 4g - even hsdpa+ which gives a lower max of 14Mbit - that's cheating surely?
Anyway my network launches true 4g later this year. Looking forward to it. Especially with my unlimited tethered data - £15 p/m
Of course it is. Apple decided to make a change in naming on regional basis. In Australia no one uses the term LTE and all telcos utilise the 4G term instead, but it is one the the same thing.
My iPad 4th generation running under iOS 6.13 and iPhone 5 was displaying LTE until the upgrade to iOS beta 3.
I don't understand what is all that fuss about constituting to 3 pages of mostly misleading and contradicting posts.
It is just a name change and nothing else...
Trying to explain it here is like talking to brick wall... Are you from Australia?
Btw; It is official, give Telstra a call and they will explain it to you, because obviously anything I say will fall on deaf ears anyway...
Just to confuse matters more
Here in the uk three mobile call their DC-HSDPA 3.9G which I guess is technically accurate.
I achieve speeds over 20Mbit over 3G
I hadn't realised an authority has allowed dc-hsdpa to be called 4g - even hsdpa+ which gives a lower max of 14Mbit - that's cheating surely?
Anyway my network launches true 4g later this year. Looking forward to it. Especially with my unlimited tethered data - £15 p/m
What network is that? I'm on Three and I have to pay £25 a month for the tethering plan. £15 gets me unlimited data but no tethering.
As far as i have searched, dont thin kanyone has mentioned this yet.
When 4G connection asvailble. the LTE is not displayed anymore, rather 4G is displayed.
As far as i know, this has never been the case, with any iOS Release.
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Sorry if this has been covered before, but i thought its worth a new thread post just incase
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Mine said "LTE".
Didn't realise that California is in Australia
Did you even bother to look at the image?! The carrier is Telstra.
...and here is something from Apple AU website:
"LTE stands for Long-Term Evolution and is a broad, still evolving standard under which 4G-type technologies are grouped. It operates on a different segment of the wireless spectrum and it is incompatible with 2G/3G and 3G+ technology. It has essentially become more of a marketing term instead of a definitive standard."
For more info type "LTE" in Wikipedia before posting again...
Didn't realise that California is in Australia
Did you even bother to look at the image?! The carrier is Telstra.
...and here is something from Apple AU website:
"LTE stands for Long-Term Evolution and is a broad, still evolving standard under which 4G-type technologies are grouped. It operates on a different segment of the wireless spectrum and it is incompatible with 2G/3G and 3G+ technology. It has essentially become more of a marketing term instead of a definitive standard."
For more info type "LTE" in Wikipedia before posting again...
Dude it's not that serious.
I agree, but it seems strange to change something that ain't broke. Customers have been exposed to LTE for over a year now, and I can almost assure you that some will not realise that 4G = LTE.
this happens in my country too, the carrier changed from LTE to 4G on this seed.
Perhaps the thread title should have been more clear or should be updated to reflect at least some of this instead of some sort of generic statement that clearly doesn't quite apply to quite a few (if not a large majority)?Didn't realise that California is in Australia
Did you even bother to look at the image?! The carrier is Telstra.
...and here is something from Apple AU website:
"LTE stands for Long-Term Evolution and is a broad, still evolving standard under which 4G-type technologies are grouped. It operates on a different segment of the wireless spectrum and it is incompatible with 2G/3G and 3G+ technology. It has essentially become more of a marketing term instead of a definitive standard."
For more info type "LTE" in Wikipedia before posting again...
I was in Australia for 5 months, three weeks worth on iOS 7 and it displayed 4G, but when I came back to the US, it showed LTE. So I'm assuming it just depends on the carrier
Three just discounted their one plan
12 month sim only
Unlimited data + tethering
2000 mins
5000 texts
4g access coming in novemeber
£15 p/m
If you want £58 cash back go through quidco but you will need to PAC your number to giffgaff and PAC it back to your new plan if you want to keep your number.
Or else just swap contracts but no quidco. With quidco its effectively £10 per month for first year. But some people have managed to get a £15 credit for "loyalty"
http://store.three.co.uk/view/searchTariff?deviceType=SIM_ONLY&priceplan=PAY_MONTHLY
In the UK, you can pay for the normal unlimited plan of £15, then purchase that "tethering add-on" which allows you 1GB data tethering for £5 extra a month (if I remember it right)
I live in Central London and I couldn't stand Three UK's crappy connection anymore so I moved to EE. Not outrageously fast but more consistent around 10-20MB/s.
I can vouch for everyone here that no networks outside NA would dare advertise their HSPA+ networks as 4G.
The one plan info I posted does include tethering but I'm yet to experience three in London.
I go on business every few weeks so it won't be long now. So far so good.
Oh ****, I didn't know about that!
As an existing customer will Three reduce my monthly bill? Don't really want to go through all the hassle of porting my number back and forth for cashback but they better not keep charging me £25 a month.
Considering the update of the text from LTE to 4G was done as part of beta 3, odd how it would show 4G before then.... Maybe you used an odd carrier (and there are really only 3)
Just phoned up Three and they tried to sell me the 12 month One Plan (which is only £15 - amazing value I admit) but I'm not ready for that kind of commitment
The guy changed me to the £18 1 month plan right away, said it would be effective on my next bill. They are putting the prices back up on Monday according to the guy I spoke to so ring up and do it now if you want a lower bill for nothing
Thanks bp1000 for bringing the lower prices to my attention so I could make use of this deal! Well chuffed with my cheap as chips One Plan
The guy changed me to the £18 1 month plan right away, said it would be effective on my next bill. They are putting the prices back up on Monday according to the guy I spoke to so ring up and do it now if you want a lower bill for nothing
Thanks bp1000 for bringing the lower prices to my attention so I could make use of this deal! Well chuffed with my cheap as chips One Plan
Really? I've never had a problem with Three in central London. Almost everyone I know who is on another network wish they had the speeds and coverage (at least in London) that I have on my phone.
In my experience, in the central areas of London, Three is fine and has very good data speeds compared to the competition, but outside of that the signal is very temperamental. I often struggle to get signal in London. When I'm at uni in a comparatively rural area, however, my signal is fine... unless I walk into the wrong building, then it disappears.
That is the one downside with Three. Very good prices and very fast internet but the coverage is a lot less reliable than the others.
It's LTE on my international A1429 iPhone.
Note: 4G indicates that it's on a DC-HSPA network.
LTE means it's on LTE.
4G isn't LTE but LTE is a type of 4G.
Note: 4G indicates that it's on a DC-HSPA network.
LTE means it's on LTE.
4G isn't LTE but LTE is a type of 4G.