I've read up a litte online and what I seen is that 4G LTE is 10x faster than 3G. I'm used to 3G speeds and have never used a phone with 4G. Will I notice THAT much of a difference?
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How much different is 4G LTE vs 3G?
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carjakester
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richwoodrocket
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LTE can be faster than wifi sometimes. LTE is so much better than 3G. You could easily see 10x the speed of 3G. I know I have.
At my apartment (which ill only be here a few more weeks THANK YOU LORD) I either have 1x or 2 bars of 3G. When I'm on 2 bars of 3G it still feels slow but I cry and curse my phone off when I'm on Safari when the white circle appears. I just sit there for 3 minutes to wait for a page to load! Forget about Facebook! lol
eyoungren
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Are you sure? 😀
1x on Sprint is pretty bad.
Roaming on Sprint is an improvement. At least you're not on the Sprint network then.
Too many variables.
Wcdma "3G" hspa plus (fake 4g) can run just as fast (15-20 Mbps) as LTE under some circumstances.
CDMA (Verizon and sprint) 3G too out around 2.5 mpbs so much slower than hspa 3G fake 4g.
Wcdma "3G" hspa plus (fake 4g) can run just as fast (15-20 Mbps) as LTE under some circumstances.
CDMA (Verizon and sprint) 3G too out around 2.5 mpbs so much slower than hspa 3G fake 4g.
This.
It depends on network type and area.
In my area ATT 3G HSPA+ ("4G") is faster then Verizon's LTE. That's comparing a GSM network to CDMA.
CDMA like Verizon's 3G is very very slow IMO so switch to their LTE network is a noticeable difference.
kdarling
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Except sometimes EDGE on AT&T, which has twice the latency as 1x.
Both are old 2G technologies.
OP: yes, LTE is very fast.