I've just been looking down the latest and greatest technology news and one article stuck out like a soar thumb for me. If you're living in the UK and you read tech news just like i do, Many bloggers talk about having 4G LTE in their area and how ultra fast it is compared to 3G. Well here in the UK, we are jealous of american users, they've had 4G for over 2 years now and yet, UK users are still stuck on the 3G network. The average speed of the 3G network is roughly around 4mpbs, at it's best as reported by T-mobile and vodafone, their best 3G speeds are 6mpbs.
What the difference between 3G and 4G, well it's almost like having Wi-Fi in your pocket. Speeds on the 4G network can work upto 12mpbs, sometimes higher depending on where you're living. there's one disadvantages to having 4G on your phone, It's a bigger drainer than using the 3G network.
If you've ever watched freeview TV (this doesn't include cable TV, or Tivo) and sent a text and the feed coming in through your TV goes funny, Pixelated and laggy (It's the same thing when using Edge and 3G) well that's because your phone is connecting to it's nearest network tower and your TV could be in the path between your phone and the network tower and that's basically why it goes funny. You might be thinking "this doesn't happen to me, i've never experienced that problem" but i bet your TV isn't in the way of the networking tower, If you faced another direction or placed your TV in another spot where it was going to be in the path, well then you'd experience the laggy pixelated experience.
Since december, London were creating test for 4G environments, to see if they were compatible with our TV feeds and mainly to see if they worked on our networks as good. If you went down to London when the olympics were on and you had a 4G phone, you might have experienced 4G speeds.
The reason i'm talking about 4G is because HTC could be releasing a new edition to the One series, called the HTC One XL and this phone could be a massive failure or a huge step forward in what we call internet on the go. It's going to be the first 4G smartphone that has been specifically tested for our network.
Thanks for reading
What the difference between 3G and 4G, well it's almost like having Wi-Fi in your pocket. Speeds on the 4G network can work upto 12mpbs, sometimes higher depending on where you're living. there's one disadvantages to having 4G on your phone, It's a bigger drainer than using the 3G network.
If you've ever watched freeview TV (this doesn't include cable TV, or Tivo) and sent a text and the feed coming in through your TV goes funny, Pixelated and laggy (It's the same thing when using Edge and 3G) well that's because your phone is connecting to it's nearest network tower and your TV could be in the path between your phone and the network tower and that's basically why it goes funny. You might be thinking "this doesn't happen to me, i've never experienced that problem" but i bet your TV isn't in the way of the networking tower, If you faced another direction or placed your TV in another spot where it was going to be in the path, well then you'd experience the laggy pixelated experience.
Since december, London were creating test for 4G environments, to see if they were compatible with our TV feeds and mainly to see if they worked on our networks as good. If you went down to London when the olympics were on and you had a 4G phone, you might have experienced 4G speeds.
The reason i'm talking about 4G is because HTC could be releasing a new edition to the One series, called the HTC One XL and this phone could be a massive failure or a huge step forward in what we call internet on the go. It's going to be the first 4G smartphone that has been specifically tested for our network.
Thanks for reading
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