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It doesn't mention anything about it's lack of 4G support. It's a great phone, agreed, but absence of 4G is a spoil spot.
by sidcool 14y ago
It doesn't mention anything about it's lack of 4G support. It's a great phone, agreed, but absence of 4G is a spoil spot.
- fr0sty 14y agoUmm... "But the Nexus 4 falls just short of perfection due to one major omission: It’s not compatible with any LTE networks."
- mdwrigh2 14y agoSecond paragraph into the article: "It’s as close to perfect as I’ve seen any Android smartphone get. But the Nexus 4 falls just short of perfection due to one major omission: It’s not compatible with any LTE networks."
- srathi 14y agoIt has 4G, just not LTE.
- rhizome 14y agoHSDPA+ is not 4G.
- srathi 14y agoMy mistake! It is probably 3.5G.
- rhizome 14y agoYeah, that's what articles say but I don't know enough of the science behind it, but eh, whatever. As I mention elsewhere I don't get high-speed anything where I live so I don't actually have to care. ;)
- mikeash 14y agoNot sure it's even your mistake. AT&T and probably others have been pushing the idea that HSDPA+ is "4G" for a while. My iPhone 4S, which doesn't do LTE, shows a little "4G" indicator.
- mpolun 14y agoneither is LTE (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G#Technical_definition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G#Technical_definition). Although both are marketed as 4G. LTE is usually faster than HSDPA+, but neither one is actually 4G.
- binarycrusader 14y agoThis is a nitpick really, but I'm just the messenger here: According to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) networks using "beyond 3G technologies" with a path to LTE-Advanced can be classified as 4G technology. Therefore, HSDPA+, especially the dual-cell variants, are officially "4G" -- just not LTE. Considering the peak speed of the dual-cell variant is 42Mbps, that seems a reasonable claim. Real world speeds can hit 22Mbps+ which is ~4x as fast as many older 3G technologies. The real downside to not having LTE is that upload speeds are better than older 3G technologies, but nowhere near as good, and the latency is also not as low. But with the right carrier, it's more than workable, and if you're using an older phone (like I am) it will be much faster. Anandtech and various other sites have started posting reviews: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6425/google-nexus-4-and-nexus-10-review
- rhizome 14y agoThanks! That ITU note will definitely blunt my complaints about 4G-as-4G, knowing that the term is mostly a marketing thing.
- rhizome 14y agoI live in a big city and get even 3G (TMo) so rarely that it doesn't change my decision one way or the other.
- balbeit 14y agoDid you read the article? It discusses the lack of 4G/LTE support for two full paragraph at the beginning... "It’s as close to perfect as I’ve seen any Android smartphone get. But the Nexus 4 falls just short of perfection due to one major omission: It’s not compatible with any LTE networks... The lack of LTE connectivity will spoil the Nexus 4 for some. But if you don’t mind living without LTE — and you likely currently are, given AT&T and Sprint’s small LTE footprint, and the fact T-Mobile has yet to begin building its LTE network — then the Nexus 4 is a good buy."
- bdfh42 14y agoNot at all sure that 4G/LTE is fit for purpose yet (UK anyway) - but maybe within the lifetime of the phone (2 years?)