Dose anyone know if T-Mobile has any official plans to activate LTE on the N4 when they launch their LTE service, or will we all have to root our N4s to get it?
When the N4 debuted, I remember lots of reviewers knocking it for not having LTE. Then someone bothered to look beyond the published specs and found that its chipset supports LTE.
Considering how much it costs to add LTE to a chipset, and considering how handset vendors scrutinize every penny, I doubt that LG and Google spent the money to put it in there if they didn't have plans to activate it at some point.
Of course, this debate could be easily resolved by simply providing a link to an FCC Web page showing that LTE wasn't approved.
Sure as heck I'm going to flash the N4 to re-enable the LTE antenna and test it once LTE is available around NYC, I don't give a damn what anyone says about it being possible or not.
T-Mobile?s LTE network spotted hiding in the urban jungles of NYC tested with a Nexus 4...
I'd like to see something official (e.g., documentation on the FCC website) that proves the commission didn't approve the LTE aspect of the N4.
Actually - as a standard with electronics, it is more often more cost effective to disable features, than to custom build something with a variety of features. Once you have a mold, it often costs more to create another one than to simply turn off a switch for features and charge accordingly.
But there are plenty of HSPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSM chipsets to choose from, so it wouldn't have been a custom build. Instead, LG and Google chose an LTE/HSPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSM chipset.
Depending on how many chipsets a vendor orders, the addition of LTE commands a premium of at least $40.
I don't give a damn what anyone says
But there are plenty of HSPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSM chipsets to choose from, so it wouldn't have been a custom build. Instead, LG and Google chose an LTE/HSPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSM chipset.
Depending on how many chipsets a vendor orders, the addition of LTE commands a premium of at least $40.
Ok, was a little bored sitting here at home. So here ya go.
LTE iPhone 5 link, scrool towards the bottome and you will see the LTE tests.
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo...ication_id=661877&typ=8374&fcc_id='BCG-E2599A
LTE Samsung Galaxy S3 for T-mobile, you will see the LTE tests.
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo...me=N&application_id=296235&fcc_id=A3LSGHT999L
Samsung Galaxy Camara with Verizon LTE, you will see the LTE tests.
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo...me=N&application_id=757014&fcc_id='A3LEKGC120'
LG Nexus 4, no LTE tests were done.
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/repo...lledFromFrame=N&application_id=876809&fcc_id=
So will this now end the debate on LTE with the nexus?
What a shame. If I were on t mobile would be beyond pissed if I had a N4 on that network and they could not enable LTE on it even those it was there before the 4.2.2 update.
Where has common sense gone? Is everyone going to have to get a new phone for LTE? Except the Note 2?
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