I still don't understand what the hype is regarding lte. I'm super happy with my 3.5G speeds. Nothing lags and I get solid download speeds.
HE YouTube works great and maps loads fine. I just see lte as a battery drain. On Sep 26, 2012 3:35 AM, "Greg Sevart" <[email protected]> wrote: > Fair points - but from someone that's used LTE for a while now (on Verizon > (tablet), Sprint (personal phone), and soon AT&T (work phone)), all I can > say is that it's worth it. The latency improvement alone is worth the mess > that defines current in-use frequency bands. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian > Weeden > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 6:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Five Reasons iPhone 5 Disappoints > > The biggest issue I have is with the LTE "standard" itself. There are > somewhere around 15 different frequency bands being used for LTE, with each > mobile operator implementing a network around the one or two bands they > have > licenses for. And since the technology generally only allows for a phone > to > support 4-5 bands, it's basically impossible right now to buy an LTE phone > that works internationally. > > Here's how screwed up this is going to be. AT&T used to be the choice for > international travelers like me because they had GSM phones which worked > just about everywhere (except Japan and Korea) whereas Verizon's CDMA > phones > only worked in the US. However, AT&T's iPhone 5 only supports two LTE > bands > that are basically only used in North America: > > http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/09/want-global-lte-roaming-on-iphone-5-don > t-buy-it-from-att/ > > But Verizon's iPhone 5 supports 5 LTE bands that are used across many > countries and is carrier unlocked out of the box so you can pop in a GSM > SIM > to avoid roaming charges: > > http://gigaom.com/apple/why-the-verizon-iphone-5-is-a-globetrotters-best-fri > end/ > > That plus the crappy Apple Maps with no transit directions is making me > wait > to see what happens. > > ------- > Brian Weeden > Secure World Foundation > +1 202 683-8534 > > >
