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iOS 5.1 Adds '4G' Indicator to iPhone 4S Status Bar for AT&T HSPA+ Coverage
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The problem is that you've only got three bars, which really isn't that strong of a signal. Where I live, my AT&T signal needs at least four bars to be reliable. This isn't just a problem I have with AT&T. I think Verizon is the only carrier that doesn't have spotty coverage at my house and even they aren't rock solid.
That said, I don't appear to be seeing any real improvement in my signal or speed. It might have gotten a bump up, but it's hard to say with how spotty things are at my house. I'll have to go someplace where there's reliable coverage before I make up my mind.
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I would go with this. (using standard Apple symbols)
o = GPRS
E = EDGE
3G = UMTS, HSPA
3G+ or H+ = HSPA+ or LTE
4G = LTE Advanced
I have two smart phones, one personal and one work. My personal phone is a 4S on AT&T and my work phone is a Verizon 4G smartphone.
I upgraded to 5.1 yesterday and have seen some nice speed increases. Before the upgrade, I was seeing download speeds around 1.0 Mbps and after the update, I am seeing speeds from 5 to 8 Mbps.
My Verizon phone has had a high download speed of 47.72 Mbps and have several tests above 20 Mbps.
That being said while AT&T's HSPA+ is not a true 4G network, the speed is faster for most of what I would need. I would like to see AT&T use something like 3G+ or HPSA+ instead of 4G...
I upgraded to 5.1 yesterday and have seen some nice speed increases. Before the upgrade, I was seeing download speeds around 1.0 Mbps and after the update, I am seeing speeds from 5 to 8 Mbps.
My Verizon phone has had a high download speed of 47.72 Mbps and have several tests above 20 Mbps.
That being said while AT&T's HSPA+ is not a true 4G network, the speed is faster for most of what I would need. I would like to see AT&T use something like 3G+ or HPSA+ instead of 4G...
Excellent question... I'm wondering if they've added a 4G symbol or just replaced 3G with 4G.
I've got a 3G MicroCell at home. While I don't use it for data, I'm 90% sure it does not support HSPA+. With WiFi turned off, my updated iPhone 4S now shows M-Cell 4G.
4G, 3G+, H+, whatever.. It'd be one thing to call it 4G when it detects HSPA+ vs HSPA. But to simply replace the 3G symbol with a 4G symbol, no matter what network you're on? That's pretty low...
I live in a location that AT&T's coverage map confirms is not HSPA+ and still get the 4G logo. That combined with the same effect on my macrocell, and it appears they just just changed the .png file for the 3G indicator.
I think so as they all have HSPA+ networks.
The CRTC dumbed down the speeds required to consider a network 4G so technically (at least in Canada), HSPA+ is now legitimately considered 4G.
What I want to know is, now that we are 4G, does that mean we will be upped to 5GB before they start to throttle us? If they don't, I think this could be a problem for them.
Fastest I've pulled on "4G" is 10.01 mbps with 2+mbps. I can usually pull 4-6mbps were ever I go.
No, since the throttling terms they laid out state that 3G and 4G are 3 gigs, while 4G LTE is 5 gigs. They made the distinction in order to cover themselves when this change went into effect.