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Will my iPhone 4S automatically connect to 4G after network upgrade?
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Your iphone 4S will not notice or connect to 4G LTE service at all cause it doesnt have the hardware inside for it.
In Canada they do have LTE available but 3G is still far more available.
3G to 4 G
thanks but I am still confused here will it automatic go to 4 g when they get it or they prob wont for a long while I got this cause it was unlocked and I deal with Easyhome as well. Had for 3-4 weeks now I got sick of reg cell phones lol
thanks but I am still confused here will it automatic go to 4 g when they get it or they prob wont for a long while I got this cause it was unlocked and I deal with Easyhome as well. Had for 3-4 weeks now I got sick of reg cell phones lol
No, it will NEVER go to 4G.
You need to buy an iphone 5 to get 4G LTE service.
Your iphone 4S wont EVER EVER get 4G service in Canada.
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OK thanks man anyhow I am happy with what I got I was offered a 3S but was not to sure to go with or stay with the one I got now
OK thanks man anyhow I am happy with what I got I was offered a 3S but was not to sure to go with or stay with the one I got now
You mean iphone 3GS?
I wouldnt downgrade from an iphone 4S to a 3GS.
That's 2 years older hardware than the 4S you have now.
That's not 100% true. On AT&T they consider HSPA+ 4G, which will display on the 4S.
Just because they call it 4G doesn't make it 4G. If it's not LTE it's not 4G, end of story.
LTE didn't meet the same criteria HPSA+ didn't. Both are inaccurately referred to as 4G.
If the 4S connects to HPSA+ it will display "4G" which is nothing more then a marketing term anymore. Which the 4S is capable of, provided the right network.
I'm not sure what's been "rewritten" but it used to take an LTE Advanced network to pull off true 4G.
Not saying that at all. But standards were rewritten to call HPSA+ 4G. So if that's what 4G is then that's what it is. My point was LTE is no more 4G then HPSA+ even though it is a lot faster. Keep in mind the 4G indicator was added to the 4S in a software update (5.1 I believe) the data speeds didn't change just the indicator did.
In my opinion 4G had become nothing more then a marketing term. Devices should just display what network they are on 3G, HPSA+, LTE. I believe some (not all) Android devices do 3G, H+ and LTE.
He's in Canada.
They don't play that marketing scam there calling 3G+ to 4G like AT&T does here.
to make a long story short, you are getting basically a super charged 3G haha. It is the "fake" 4G aka hspa+
3G in the USA is speeds up to around 5-7 mbps (highest I have seen)
HSPA+ is basically double that with speeds up to 14.4 mbps (expect around 5-7)
LTE is apparently up to 100mbps but you will probably never get more than 65mbps, I have personally never seen past 63 on any of these speed test threads
HSPA+ is basically double that with speeds up to 14.4 mbps (expect around 5-7)
LTE is apparently up to 100mbps but you will probably never get more than 65mbps, I have personally never seen past 63 on any of these speed test threads
