Considering Android came out after the iPhone (2007 Cingular), iPhone's got this first.
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Simultaneous Voice/Data, HD Voice Now Available to Verizon iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Users
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Considering Android came out after the iPhone (2007 Cingular), iPhone's got this first.
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I went to LTE setting, clicked Voice & Data, wheel spun for about 5 mins, and bingo I got it. Can now use data and talk... Finally!!!
I went to LTE setting, clicked Voice & Data, wheel spun for about 5 mins, and bingo I got it. Can now use data and talk... Finally!!!
This person is correct it is multi session support which is built into the 3GPP standard which is what UTMS HSPDA and GSM are founded on. This is the bed rock of a non CDMA network the holy trinity so to speak of network layers. The issue with VZW is they have to dissimilar network layers the 3g CDMA and the 4G LTE and there new band of LTE which his the same spec as the first. Phones like the iPhone 4 4s 5 5s had 1 cell antenna this made it impossible for the phone to be on both networks at once and priority goes to the call network. There is a whole interrupt procedure the phone has waiting in the wings for CDMA calls it cuts the data and flips to full CMDA for the call. The flip prevents data as you esstialy leave the LTE network all together to take the call and come back to it once the call ends.
This is not the case with a full integrated 3GPP network like ATT or T-Mo as they are built on having dual sessions on the same stream so you can talk and surf etc.
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ATT has had talk and surf for almost a decade now with there first 3g roll out
VZW has been so far behind on this it is not even funny. For reason see abodes
side note it is all due to a design choice apple made two antenna for CDMA VZW and a whole different design or VZW suffers till they get it together
VoLTE is going to be a non-issue for bandwidth. It uses slightly less than 200 KB/minute, or about 11 MB/hour. Compared to just about anything else people are doing on network - looking at pictures, streaming video, browsing Facebook, etc, it's negligible.
And to this day it's still more reliable, and penetrates buildings much better.
The thing about Verizon's crusty old CDMA network is that it has coverage everywhere, and is insanely reliable. If I can get a single bar of coverage, I can be pretty much positive my call will go through and not drop. AT&T is a total crapshoot in this regard. Having great coverage is a lot more important to me than the very occasional situations in which it's nice to be able to use data while on a call.
Other than talking while surfing, VoLTE doesn't pose any advantages to Sprint right now, HD-Voice over 1X CDMA sounds fantastic using their codec right now. Just like a Skype call over Wi-Fi.
But, VoLTE will be enabled with a software update eventually for Sprint on this device when the network supports it around mid-2015. I'm content with that, considering it won't bring me any added functionality. Don't think I've ever tried to talk and surf in 10 years of cellular use, but I know my habits aren't those of the general population.
Propoganda? I don't think so. Verizon was stuck with slower 3G than AT&T, so they did a full court press directly to LTE, which today is paying off in spades. AT&T did half measures with HSPA+, which they (somewhat disingenuously) called 4G to make their map look better, and put off the LTE upgrade which put them behind the curve.
AT&T only has VoLTE in certain markets because they're far behind in LTE towers. In comparison, Verizon went live this week nationally.
Worst of all, last week AT&T's Ralph de la Vega told investors, "We don't have a burning desire or need for coverage." They should be building more towers, not planning on a WiFi Calling rollout. Sorry, but that's all I needed to jump ship for good. I've had AT&T since the 3GS was released, but my unlimited plan with "No Service" doesn't stack up against the coverage my friends get on Verizon.
Apple refused to add the additional antenna that is required. Simple as that.
I'm not arguing your claims, however having switched to Verizon after about a decade on AT&T, I've noticed a large degradation of voice quality. I remember my first Verizon iPhone call to an AT&T iPhone. The regular 'electronic' noise I heard led me to think I had something wrong with my new phone. I'm excited to hear that go away next year with 6S
Great Features BUT...
I activated the features and all is fine except it makes any ringback tones, the music you can choose for people to listen as they wait to get connected with you, inactive. Boo. So, you have to compromise either cool voice quality & VOIP or ringback tones. Boo Verizon & Apple
I activated the features and all is fine except it makes any ringback tones, the music you can choose for people to listen as they wait to get connected with you, inactive. Boo. So, you have to compromise either cool voice quality & VOIP or ringback tones. Boo Verizon & Apple
I activated the features and all is fine except it makes any ringback tones, the music you can choose for people to listen as they wait to get connected with you, inactive. Boo. So, you have to compromise either cool voice quality & VOIP or ringback tones. Boo Verizon & Apple
I'm sure the people you were inflicting ringback tones on are happy.
You are correct the real use of bandwidth is low but priority is very high so it could eat into reserve bandwidth. I know in my market we are heavy vzw so we are already suffering from low bandwidth available.
Shouldn't verizon be screaming this from the mountain tops? I had to discover myself while talking to a Verizon rep who had NO IDEA it existed. I know it's day one but really does any besides us pay any attention to this? It's a wonderful welcomed feature and also fixed the annoying call waiting issues with "multiple calls" actually letting you choose which line to go back to and see who's holding. Yes, att has had this since 2007 but you can actually makes calls and keep them connected on Verizon. I'm stoked
perhaps, this will shut you up? two verizon phones doing a speed test side by side:
T-Mobile is just garbage. that's why even while being half the price they still only have about 1/3 of the subscribers that either Verizon or ATT have.
i've been with verizon for 10 years now, and in my extensive travels all over the US i have never been in a place without service. while driving up a mountain in Vermont or through endless corn fields in Virginia or pretty much anywhere else, where my family or colleagues would lose service on their carriers, i ALWAYS had voice and data.
T mobile doesn't even have reception in two of their largest stores here in brooklyn, ny.
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Yes it is, but only GSM HD Voice, I believe. I remember taking my 5s to Australia and using a Telstra SIM. I was shocked at just how good the quality was between Telstra subscribers.
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I activated the features and all is fine except it makes any ringback tones, the music you can choose for people to listen as they wait to get connected with you, inactive. Boo. So, you have to compromise either cool voice quality & VOIP or ringback tones. Boo Verizon & Apple
I hate to break it to you, but those are incredibly annoying to anyone that isn't you.
HD audio. .... for playing music, yes
HD for voice = not very appealing, unless your wanting to talk to girls. ....
We have the best.
HD for voice = not very appealing, unless your wanting to talk to girls. ....
We have the best.