Re:Nexus 4 Includes Support for LTE on Band 4
by seabee on Friday November 23, 2012 @09:47AM
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IIRC this is still a problem if your carrier doesn't fully support LTE, i.e. you still need your 3G radio switched on to receive calls.
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Re:Nexus 4 Includes Support for LTE on Band 4
by w1ntermute on Friday November 23, 2012 @09:50AM
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This is one reason I'm excited about the Google-Dish wireless carrier news. If they made a 4G-only carrier, you could use VoLTE for calls. By removing the need for non-4G chips, phones would become lighter, smaller, cheaper, and less hot when running. And hopefully service would be cheaper and more stable too.
Re:Nexus 4 Includes Support for LTE on Band 4
by ConstantineXVI on Friday November 23, 2012 @12:15PM
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Doesn't seem to make a noticeable impact on most recent VZ phones, and as far as I'm aware VZ doesn't run VoLTE[0] yet.
[0] Anecdotally, I'm hoping that's right. I've been on (GSM/UMTS) T-Mobile for years and switched to VZ a few months ago; and I've noticed a marked drop in call quality & stability vs. every GSM phone I've owned.