International business times were comparing the galaxy nexus and photon in every catagory and said about connectivity
"Connectivity: Galaxy Nexus has HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps and 4G LTE support. The Photon 4G has Rev.A up to 3.1 Mbps, HSDPA, HSUPA, along with 4G LTE support."
I just find it weird how people dont differ wimax from LTE . Link for the rest of the comparison on the bottom if interested
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/272109/20111223/samsung-galaxy-nexus-vs-motorola-photon-4g.htm
Hahaha that's awesome, and you cant even really compare speeds because of different network ranges at different locations etc... im sure uve heard the huge rumors debating that this phone does have a dual wimax-lte chip but only has wimax drivers(till sprint updates their network and this phone)
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Hahaha that's awesome, and you cant even really compare speeds because of different network ranges at different locations etc... im sure uve heard the huge rumors debating that this phone does have a dual wimax-lte chip but only has wimax drivers(till sprint updates their network and this phone)
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Yea i have hella wishful thinking it would b awsome though if it did
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I think that we should all wait and see if somehow we get an LTE surprise update on our Photons, you never know... please just wait and see...
deedscreen said:
I think that we should all wait and see if somehow we get an LTE surprise update on our Photons, you never know... please just wait and see...
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I will idk bout anybody else i just feel like the photon has a big box of secrets we dont know about
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You guys do know the Photon has an LTE chip... right? Not just WiMax?
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You guys do know the Photon has an LTE chip... right? Not just WiMax?
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yeah I've known since before I got the phone but I've never seen solid evidence of it ... do you have proof of it? cause I'd love to have it too! haha
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Ok, totally nervous and anxious noob here. I had a question about the capabilities of the modem in this phone. My coworker has a captivate, and he told me all about the stuff you do here, and how he upgraded his modem to 4g. Is the vzw variant capable of the same? I've been reading the threads for a few weeks now, trying to figure out what to get, and now I'm just confused with the whole process, but that's a topic for another day.
Thanks.
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No.
The captivate can do HSPA which is all of the sudden be marketed as 4G (as HSPA+) but only up to the device limit of 7M.
That is one of ATT/TMO's ways of saying 4G.
VZN is using LTE which is different from their current CDMA#K which means phones can not take advantage of it.
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Yeah, no. The "4G" he is talking about is not really 4G. It's a fake 4G.
http://www.technobuffalo.com/comparisons/htc-inspire-4g-vs-htc-thunderbolt-4g-speed-test/
but wait......i thought if you put 4g icons in your theme....then it unlocked that super secret lte radio that came with the fascinate!?!?!
Thanks for the info.
Brownie points for Big Red...NOT.
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aaronDroid80 said:
Thanks for the info.
Brownie points for Big Red...NOT.
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So now you are discrediting VZW because they use a different technology than AT&T and bought a phone that is working as advertised?
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Thanks for the info.
Brownie points for Big Red...NOT.
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Its not really 4G, the phone works fine and as intended. If you want 4g, then go get a 4g phone from verizon(who has the best 4g network at the moment, forget ATT's crap)
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So now you are discrediting VZW because they use a different technology than AT&T and bought a phone that is working as advertised?
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Hahahah, this. +1
HSPA and LTE are different tech, just like CDMA#k and HSPA. HSPA has the same speed capability as LTE but the drasticly different delivery mechanism makes it a loser for these kind of tests.
LTE is the true future tech even though it doesn't meet 4G guidelines. Future HSPA evolutions are just going to be like new and improved satellite TDMA systems.... larger pipe for more terminals... but dont ldt ths customer know how many terminals there are.
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So now you are discrediting VZW because they use a different technology than AT&T and bought a phone that is working as advertised?
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If I had my choice, I would've gone with AT&T for numerous reasons, but given my circumstance, VZW was my only option. Big Red has a track record of making things difficult for the end user (like upgrading phones). I love this phone, and the service is good, but it's a bit discouraging that I'll have to wait 2 years to get a faster phone when this one has capable hardware being held back by them.
Sorry for the rant. Basically, I'm anxiously awaiting the day when I can cut the bloat and let this thing fly. Keep up the awesome work, and I'll keep reading until I get all the pieces together.
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The captivate doesn't do 4g..the guy just has a theme that changed his icon to show 4g when he still has 3g. And neither phone has the hardware to run 4g.
At&t has **** for service...hence the REAL reason iPhone is with vzw now. I will never pay for at&t again.
I just read that clearwire is partnering with China Mobile to get the new technology TD-LTE which is good news for sprint but bad news for customers who have a phone that supports Wimax... We spend 10 dollars extra to get Wimax and I don't get a damn signal in San Diego... Sprint is ripping us off and then they'll switch to TD-LTE and we'll all have to pay for a new phone!!!!
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If you think you're paying $10/month for WiMax then I don't think you should be posting any sort of rants.
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Lmfao............
You can be assured Sprint will be getting an angry call from me when my new Photon's 4G becomes unsupported.
i thought the Photon has a hidden lte feature in it? i was reading in the forums something about Rev B could be activated with a update.........
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i thought the Photon has a hidden lte feature in it? i was reading in the forums something about Rev B could be activated with a update.........
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Rev B != LTE
However, I have looked through a few things on the phone and noticed tons of references to LTE. Also several references to Verizon...some people aren't very good about cleaning up behind them selves.
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Rev B != LTE
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where's your source for this statement ??
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If you think you're paying $10/month for WiMax then I don't think you should be posting any sort of rants.
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^ +1 lmao
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where's your source for this statement ??
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Don't need a source, EVDO Rev. B is just another form of CDMA 3G, that could bring us 10mb speeds on CDMA, it partners with 1Xrtt advanced which should allow us to have greater call quality and data at the same time, more like a GSM networks current capabilities . LTE is a whole nother network technology.
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I thought that lte doesn't function right with tegra 2 processors. Isn't that why the bionic was taken back to the drawing board then re-introduced with the Ti-Omap processor, if this is true the photon wouldn't be that great as a lte device. I could be wrong
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Better work with tegra or XOOM owners are screwed.
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Ain't it a new version that came out with the lte chips?
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Only difference im aware of is the radio.
And last I heard they had started upgrading test groups.
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3G - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W5kmsBXVso&sns=sms
4G - http://youtu.be/8xihFQBwqfc
This is all coming when Sprint releases their LTE network.
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holy facking hell! but when everyone starts jumping on LTE the speeds wont likely be like that no more. i'm quite happy with my wimax right now i get 13-17mbps
True but they'll still be faster than now. There's a tower right next to where I live so I'm always getting those speeds as well
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Im about to cry... D: im amazed.. Sprints done it again!! They like take a massive leap, let the rest of the carriers take a small step ahead.... Take another massive leap.. Let the other carriers catch up... And just keep pullin more crap outa there butts to flaunt in the other carriers faces! Like they were the first to offer 4g a year ahead of everyone else.. And KEEP there unlimited plan then they do this! O: the only place they lack in is a wide range of phones but theyre even catching up in that department! Nd who cares they gor the mopho!!
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How do we know these videos are legit?
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Most of us will probably never see this ever and for two reasons.
1. It's Sprint and they are absolutely full of crap. Promised people around the country 4g nearly 2 years ago and still nothing.
2. See #1
Thats just crazy...how long would ur battery last..lol
And its prob a beta tester with no load on the network
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How do we know these videos are legit?
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Its not legit until they show a picture of either the test device or hotspot. They could have just renamed it to sprintetc. If that video is real so are Pamela Andersons tits 0_o
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Thats just crazy...how long would ur battery last..lol
And its prob a beta tester with no load on the network
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Actually better signal would = better battery life on cdma networks.
Yea I can guarantee that the speeds will be much lower with more than a few people connected to the network. I'm just impressed that Sprint is capable of this is all.
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Yea I can guarantee that the speeds will be much lower with more than a few people connected to the network. I'm just impressed that Sprint is capable of this is all.
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Check out the company called light squared and search it with sprint in the same search. Sprint is paying out the ass to make it work. I'm a recruiter and I work with the company they have recently had some break through and even some test. If it works out. Sprint will be able to use the tech to transfer their LTE anywhere you can receive a GPS signal.
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Check out the company called light squared and search it with sprint in the same search. Sprint is paying out the ass to make it work. I'm a recruiter and I work with the company they have recently had some break through and even some test. If it works out. Sprint will be able to use the tech to transfer their LTE anywhere you can receive a GPS signal.
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My friend has actually told me a little about them, I still need to look them up.
Awww we are friends haha.
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Has anybody else seen this?
http://www.zagg.com/community/blog/5g-speeds-already-around-the-corner/
Sounds possible but hard to believe that At&t would take advantage of such a thing...being still on Faux 4G for 90% of the country still....
Anyways anybody have any thought on these "5G" speculations?
..interesting indeed. I'm still waiting for 4G
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Awesome, thanks for the link!
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Well not going to be 5g .....
But at&t bought 700mh spectrum. From Qualcom
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We will see this in use in about 5-10 years. After they triple our price.
You guys do realize that real 4g is 100mb/s right?
Has 5g even been defined?
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You guys do realize that real 4g is 100mb/s right?
Has 5g even been defined?
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Let's back up and ask an even more important question.. Has "4G" even been standardized?
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You guys do realize that real 4g is 100mb/s right?
Has 5g even been defined?
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No that's not true anymore, they changed their definition a while ago
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No that's not true anymore, they changed their definition a while ago
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Wow, really?
They'll do anything to market even the slightest incremental advances, won't they...
The carriers need to figure out capacity/backhaul issues before 4g even really makes sense. I haven't found many applications which require LTE speeds that won't quickly hit the 2/4 gig limit.
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Wow, really?
They'll do anything to market even the slightest incremental advances, won't they...
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They pretty much bent over for the carriers. Wimax, lte and even hspa+, are considered 4G by the ITU now
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definitely need 5G so we can hit our monthly cap in a few hours! wewt
its taking this long to roll out 4g ... I'm not going to hold my breath on 5G especially since they still need to standardize it first.
Carriers will slap on the 4G, 5G, 6G, ect... names on their network to bring in more/other customers because the general population dosent know any better, they just see a bigger number. Just because they say its 4G or 5G dosent mean it really is. On paper maybe, but in real world conditions... not at all.
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Carriers will slap on the 4G, 5G, 6G, ect... names on their network to bring in more/other customers because the general population dosent know any better, they just see a bigger number. Just because they say its 4G or 5G dosent mean it really is. On paper maybe, but in real world conditions... not at all.
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thats exactly what they'll do.
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They pretty much bent over for the carriers. Wimax, lte and even hspa+, are considered 4G by the ITU now
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That's totally F-ed up!!!
That was a very interesting read... thanks for sharing. Hope half of it comes true.
interesting read, thanks.
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definitely need 5G so we can hit our monthly cap in a few hours! wewt
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Lol
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Lol thanks for the input guys...looks like most of you feel the same way I do
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Everyone has heard of verizons supposedly blazing fast LTE and how there the fastest network around well this is my moms phone running on there network had full service and everything. She's always complaining how slow her internet is and I didn't believe her till now
Edit: in the pic it says 3g which makes no sense because she always has 4G on but idk
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bigjack216 said:
Everyone has heard of verizons supposedly blazing fast LTE and how there the fastest network around well this is my moms phone running on there network had full service and everything. She's always complaining how slow her internet is and I didn't believe her till now
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The phone is on 3G bro.
knowledge561 said:
The phone is on 3G bro.
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Noticed that but when the test was running 4G was on and it makes no sense now that I looked at it lol. Gah this is one of those fail moments
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You would definitely see a huge difference if it was on LTE. That's Verizon's 3g speeds.
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tooter1 said:
You would definitely see a huge difference if it was on LTE. That's Verizon's 3g speeds.
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This is on 4g lte.
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I've seen verizons 4g speeds go past 50mb down. Maybe your just not in that good of an area. Just cause bars are full doesn't mean internet faster. I get fast 3g in some places with low signal
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If you look at the top it says 3g
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Yeah there are 3G to 4G hand offs which your mom probably had when she was no longer in a 4G area.
First rule of LTE in general is that it doesn't compare with anything out right now except maybe T-mobile's 42mbps hspa+.
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Only thing I can do is Lol. Haha. Why would you post this? Haha
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Lmao! Thanks for the laugh.
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wtf
Don't be bunch of d**ks, what the guy is trying to say from what I'm understanding is how Verizon lie to its customers , even tho when they are not in a 4g area , it shows they use 4g!
Grow up kids its not a preschool to make fun of the others ...!
milad6923 said:
Don't be bunch of d**ks, what the guy is trying to say from what I'm understanding is how Verizon lie to its customers , even tho when they are not in a 4g area , it shows they use 4g!
Grow up kids its not a preschool to make fun of the others ...!
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Incorrect. The picture clearly shows 3G and 3G speeds and you will see a few posts down from the OP somebody actually connected to 4G LTE and actual 4G LTE speeds.
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milad6923 said:
Don't be bunch of d**ks, what the guy is trying to say from what I'm understanding is how Verizon lie to its customers , even tho when they are not in a 4g area , it shows they use 4g!
Grow up kids its not a preschool to make fun of the others ...!
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You really should think about what you say before you look like an ass. Right now it looks like you have a case of foot in mouth disease.
As the poster above me pointed out he is clearly only getting 3G.
@poster just because you have 4G turned on does not mean you are getting 4G your phone needs to pick up the 4G signal to go into 4G mode.
This has to be the most entertaining thread of the day.
Wow. This is horribly embarrassing. What are you doing with your life OP?
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Wow. This is horribly embarrassing. What are you doing with your life OP?
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He's probably slashing his wrists due to this huge e-fail lol.
OP IS OBVIOUS TROLL
iPhone > *
Could it be that he was really on Verizon's LTE in a really poor Verizon LTE coverage area...and right before he took the screen shot his phone dropped to 3G because of the bad LTE signal ?
Possible? Very Unlikely ?
Calm down guys, no need for any name calling or feeding of any trolls if there are any in here...
This wait for LTE on Sprint is killing me haha
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OP IS OBVIOUS TROLL
iPhone > *
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Calm down guys, no need for any name calling or feeding of any trolls if there are any in here...
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Oh...there is.