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This is why I'm waiting for an LTE iPhone. :)
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Not quite. You bought a $30 plan for 3G data. Now this LTE connection is 4G, which means a whole new plan.
I highly doubt AT&T will allow current unlimited data grandfathered users into 4G just like that.
I have the $30 unlimited data plan, and I do wish I could get unlimited 4G, but I don't kid myself. It is not going to be that way.
I'd some what doubt it myself with the same price, but I am positive they will allow unlimited plans to carry over. I'm guessing it will have a price jump just like when unlimited 2G users wen't to 3G. $20 for Edge, $30 for 3G and probably $40-$50 for unlimited LTE.
Yea but they did that when the current unlimited plan was available. Face it, you won't have unlimited LTE data on AT&T. Maybe you should have jumped over to Verizon before they went to all tiered plans. They on the other hand will allow 3G users to keep their unlimited plans when moving to a 4G phone.
Which is exactly why I believe AT&T will do the same. Worst case scenario I would just stick to my guns with my 3G service. 2.85Mbps-4.25Mbps is a fine speed to keep if it means staying with my unlimited. I could also just go with an HSPA+ phone as that is technically 3.75G and not 4G service. Just enhanced backhaul.
Apple decided to skip on 3G on the first iPhone despite 3G being a relative standard even back then. I am not sure how long you will be waiting for an LTE iphone.
Not necessarily. Just because a phone has 50Mbps download speeds doesn't mean it's going to be using a ton of data, it just means that it's going to be able to retrieve that data quicker than say a phone that has a 1Mbps download speed. Also, it's not that people need speeds that fast, but when I had my Thunderbolt, it was friggin' amazing (yes battery life sucked, so I switched to an iPhone). I was in the browser and going from website to website was extremely fast, not to mention the refresh speeds, picture load times, etc. in the Facebook and Twitter apps. It literally makes the phone feel faster.
For example, when I had my Thunderbolt and was planning on switching to the iPhone, I'd browse this forum A TON and literally when I clicked the different forum sections, pages, threads, etc., they'd all load pretty much instantly just because the speeds on Verizon's LTE network were so fast and when I got my iPhone I instantly noticed the difference in website load times and the like. And don't even get me started on how good the building penetration is compared to 3G.
But in the end, battery life sucked, so I had to switch to the amazing iPhone.
But as the OP said, when the iPhone 6 is out, I'm hoping LTE chipsets use A LOT less battery so that the iPhone 6 will be LTE-capable.
Long live the iPhone.
Interesting... I currently have Sprint's 3G/4G device - the Overdrive. They do meter me on 3G up to 5GB's but 4G right now is unlimited since it's like wifi. I wonder if this will continue after they get the iPhone.
Unless you have some magic everlasting contract, you're on the same 2 year contract as most of us.
Whenever your current contract is up, they can change it. They could simply say that they no longer offer what was in your original contract and offer new ones to choose from in its place.
They 'could'. But that would be a very bad business move on AT&Ts part as once I'm out of contract I could just leave them if I wanted/needed to. I've still got another year and three months of guaranteed unlimited thanks to the iPhone 4. By Q4 of 2012 I will probably be one of the few left who would still have unlimited so I doubt they would care at that point. 3G would be like today's Edge considering LTE would be available in dozens of markets.
I had the thunderbolt before today (now have a iPhone 4). I can say 4g was nothing but trouble. The battery died in 5 hours on 4G and half the time 4g drops in and out. And unless you actually download movies in your car (computers, wifi everywhere) you won't miss anything using 3G..
The only WiFi hotspot in my area is at Mcdonalds and that is a very basic DSL speed. Other then that it's all cellular and my own home WiFi. As I said too, my house would receive four bars of LTE on the AT&T network.
It'd also be a bad business move to force all customers into an unlimited text plan, but that's not stopping them.
considering how well shock and awe has worked on Iraq and Afghanistan from 2002 until today, I'd settle for dazzle from apple.
When switching from the edge to 3G plan, we were forced to pay a higher price because it was a new contract for a new service. 4g will be considered a new service too. If you get a lte capable phone, at&t will move you to a tiered 4g plan.
considering how well shock and awe has worked on Iraq and Afghanistan from 2002 until today, I'd settle for dazzle from apple.
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oh, i almost forgot...
Well...
Your contract, witch is signed by you, lasts two years...so if you signed unlimited plan they have to provide that service to you for two years. After that they don't have to. They can cut your service completely, witch they off course won't because you pay them money every month. But something that can increase their profit like 4g....you can bet that they will increase cost of that service...and since it is so fast they will cut their unlimited plans. Heck...they are doing it right now with 3g.
You as a costumer won't be happy so you will say: Fine! I will go to some other provider...but they all will do the same (prices will be similar) So you will sign a new contract with the same provider because of a new phone.
I will tell you what T-com is doing to us in Croatia. They give you unlimited plan, but they cut your speed after 1 gb of 3g usage. That is ridiculous!!!
I will buy ip5...the best mobile phone in the world...super fast and all...and after 1gb i will be on edge. Now that is a good service
Your contract, witch is signed by you, lasts two years...so if you signed unlimited plan they have to provide that service to you for two years. After that they don't have to. They can cut your service completely, witch they off course won't because you pay them money every month. But something that can increase their profit like 4g....you can bet that they will increase cost of that service...and since it is so fast they will cut their unlimited plans. Heck...they are doing it right now with 3g.
You as a costumer won't be happy so you will say: Fine! I will go to some other provider...but they all will do the same (prices will be similar) So you will sign a new contract with the same provider because of a new phone.
I will tell you what T-com is doing to us in Croatia. They give you unlimited plan, but they cut your speed after 1 gb of 3g usage. That is ridiculous!!!
I will buy ip5...the best mobile phone in the world...super fast and all...and after 1gb i will be on edge. Now that is a good service
This post gets the "Do You Walk To School Or Carry Your Lunch Award". What does how fast you receive data have to do with how much data you receive?
EDIT: Given the posts I quoted I thought I'd better supply the answer. Answer: There is no connection. If you don't change how you use data, you won't use more, you'll just receive it faster.
considering how well shock and awe has worked on Iraq and Afghanistan from 2002 until today, I'd settle for dazzle from apple.
Save this for the Huffington Post where it passes for insightful political commentary. Everywhere else it's seen for what it really is, uninformed drivel.
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Is this LTE really of that much improvement for mobile browsing? I can see the benefit for tablets or even tethering but on a mobile?
Is this LTE really of that much improvement for mobile browsing? I can see the benefit for tablets or even tethering but on a mobile?
I don't see why tablet and mobile phone would have a different answer to this question.
The reason it's possible that AT&T won't offer unltd LTE data is because VZW doesn't. It's not like you can say I'm switching to VZW.
Verizon does offer unlimited LTE. If you had unlimited 3G for $30 they allowed all customers to migrate over to unlimited LTE for the same $30.
GSM and LTE are two entirely different standards and as such there is NO compatibility between them, forwards or backwards - or any other direction.
Really? You honestly believe that LTE is BETTER for your battery than 3G? You're off your rocker.
The actual network IS better for your device. The hardware just isn't there quiet yet which is why I'm holding out another year for the iP6.