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I had AIM-to-SMS set up so I could keep my chats going even on my flip phone, and then on Windows Mobile even if I didn't have data service. These days I can't
by freehunter 9y ago
I had AIM-to-SMS set up so I could keep my chats going even on my flip phone, and then on Windows Mobile even if I didn't have data service. These days I can't even check Facebook unless I have LTE, if the phone says 4G I know I have no service.
Man how things change.
- majewsky 9y agoLTE equals 4G.
- dingo_bat 9y agoNo what the parent says actually happens to me too. If the sign says 4g it means there is no data service. When it shows LTE or LTE+ then the data actually works.
- alehul 9y agoSecond this! 4G basically means 'expect nothing' for me.
- jermaustin1 9y agoLTE is an extension to 4G. That said, I'm pretty sure he meant 3G.
- jharger 9y agoSo I'm an iPhone user as well, and what he said is correct. The phone normally displays LTE when full LTE service is available. In my experience. when you're in a normal LTE area, the 4G display usually indicates a really bad signal, as in it can't establish a full LTE connection, so it's trying to fall back to an old protocol, and thus your data performance is really bad.
- freehunter 9y agoI meant 4G just like I said. If my iPhone shows LTE, I'm good. If it show 4G, I have nothing.
- heywire 9y agoIn the U.S., at least on AT&T, there is a difference between 4G and LTE. When my iPhone 6S+ switches the indicator from LTE to 4G, the data speeds are many times slower.