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LTE is not widely available. Where ever it is available its unreliable and inconsistent. You can have LTE chip but what would it do if there is no network.
by donniezazen 14y ago
LTE is not widely available. Where ever it is available its unreliable and inconsistent. You can have LTE chip but what would it do if there is no network.
- shardling 14y agoThat might be true in general, but I do have perfect LTE (Verizon) coverage almost everywhere I go -- on campus, downtown, or near my apartment. I have unlimited data and can setup my phone to tether, so it's really kind of amazing. I didn't realize how much faster LTE was until I downloaded an ubuntu ISO in 7 minutes. It's far superior to any sort of wired internet connection I could reasonably afford. I'm not saying google should have included LTE, but in some regions like mine, it turns out to be pretty important.
- danudey 14y agoLiving in Vancouver, BC; LTE has a few weak spots here, but in general LTE is fast and reliable, and gets me download and upload speeds of between 20-30 megabits per second. It's a faster download than my fibre connection to my apartment (by 20%), and faster upload (by 200%). I'd say that's pretty significant. I get that Google maybe can't fit an LTE chip into a phone cheaply, and that LTE is the card that carriers are willing to withhold playing to get concessions out of Google, but saying that LTE unavailable, unreliable, and inconsistent just sounds like the sort of apologetics that iPhone users have been accused of for years (since back when LTE was unavailable, unreliable, and inconsistent).