BiggA Premium Member join:2005-11-23 Central CT ·Frontier FiberOp.. Asus RT-AC68
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Re: more so What do you call this? |
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djdanskaRudie32 Premium Member join:2001-04-21 San Diego, CA |
djdanska
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2012-Feb-21 3:19 pm
Wow. That's what, 28Mb/s slower than my phone! That's what people mean by not calling HSPA+ not 4g. It's not the same, but it isn't 3g either, considering evdo 3g is max 3Mb usually. And not all HSPA+ is the same either. |
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ptrowskiGot Helix? Premium Member join:2005-03-14 Woodstock, CT |
to BiggA
That would explain why I had a co-worker come to me on Friday and ask why his 4S said 3G instead of 4G.... |
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koolman2 Premium Member join:2002-10-01 Anchorage, AK |
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I stand corrected. |
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BiggA Premium Member join:2005-11-23 Central CT |
BiggA
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2012-Feb-22 3:30 pm
Fair enough. I don't agree with the way they are marking it, I think 3.5G or 3.9G or enhanced 3G or turbo 3G would be a much better marketing term.
WiMAX should be 4G even though it's slow, but the real 4G is LTE. |
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djdanskaRudie32 Premium Member join:2001-04-21 San Diego, CA |
djdanska
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2012-Feb-22 3:35 pm
Technically the current Lte used now was not originally considered 4g either so your point fails. It was approved as 4g with HSPA+. |
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BiggA
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2012-Feb-22 4:57 pm
Yes, I know, but it a whole new architecture, so it should be given a new "G". HSPA+ is just an evolution of UMTS. |
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djdanskaRudie32 Premium Member join:2001-04-21 San Diego, CA |
djdanska
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2012-Feb-22 5:01 pm
What would they use? They can't use 3.5G considering it was used for devices with speeds of 3-7.2Mb/s. » www.phonegg.com/HP/iPAQ- ··· 10c.html» www.gsmarena.com/hp_ipaq ··· 2095.php |
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BiggA Premium Member join:2005-11-23 Central CT ·Frontier FiberOp.. Asus RT-AC68
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BiggA
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2012-Feb-22 9:15 pm
3.9G, 3.75G, Turbo 3G, Super 3G, Enhanced 3G, Boosted 3G, 3G Plus, I could keep going on and on...
Or just keep advertising that AT&T's 3G is much faster than the others' 3G. Would make them look better than having crappy 4G. It's sad how AT&T's HSPA+ network gets bashed because it's awful for 4G, but if you look at it correctly, as the 3G that it is, it's really a great network (in most places). |
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