Xoom LTE 4g upgrade in Sept, Confirmed?

[wotenk]

Am I the only one who doesn't care that it took "this long"

 

[anon(224455)]

Am I the only one who doesn't care that it took "this long"

Nope. I personally don't care either lol. I basically use my xoom to watch HD movies/shows for 8 hours at work

 

[dhendriksen]

Am I the only one who doesn't care that it took "this long"

Nope, I don't mind at all.

 

[mloebl]

Am I the only one who doesn't care that it took "this long"

Honestly me either... I use very little 3G now unless I am traveling. When I'm at home or work I have Wifi access. I really mainly use the 3g when on the road, and even that mainly is for maps or chatting. It's a "nice to have" not a "need to have". Om my phone however it's a different story as I still have unlimited so could care less and almost never use Wifi so I would love to have LTE (waiting for the next phone...) If I had unlimited LTE on the Xoom, I may feel differently.

-Mike

 

[sethwardo]

Am I the only one who doesn't care that it took "this long"

initially I did. That was just the fever talking from having just bought it. now 6 months later I just look at it as another reason to love this device even more. Looking forward to the upgrade.

 

[anon(194966)]

Honestly me either... I use very little 3G now unless I am traveling. When I'm at home or work I have Wifi access. I really mainly use the 3g when on the road, and even that mainly is for maps or chatting. It's a "nice to have" not a "need to have". Om my phone however it's a different story as I still have unlimited so could care less and almost never use Wifi so I would love to have LTE (waiting for the next phone...) If I had unlimited LTE on the Xoom, I may feel differently.

-Mike

I can see if you are in a situation where you rarely use it and have WiFi in both home and office, but I bought this because I use the 3g while i'm on the train 50mins each way, and while at the office where the network is locked down and I don't want them recording my personal transactions... If I knew it was going to take this long, I would have gotten a cheap MiFi or tethered the WiFi version and saved a few bucks.

I find it justifiable to be annoyed for the people who could be using it and live in a 4g lit area.

 

[slwerner]

Am I the only one who doesn't care that it took "this long"

As others have been saying, the lack of 4G hasn't been any great detriment. However, since it was advertised as having a free upgrade, I do wish to add that capability to my Xoom. Unlike some, I do not have WiFi at work at this time (security risks are the reason cited), and, as such, do rely on 3G access (to the tune of ~2.8 Gb/mo on average. So for me, there is significant potential for improvement via Verizon's LTE.

My only question is the extent of the range of LTE in areas where it has been implemented. While Verizon provides highly detailed coverage maps for their other services, they simply place a star on the middle of cities in which they have LTE coverage.

My question (since I've been to lazy to do the research on this for myself) is: does the little star indicate that the the range of the LTE coverage is quite limited in those areas? I live and work a good ways (~10 miles) out from the center of my metropolitan area (Denver, CO), and not having a LTE/4G phone to test the range of LTE with, I'm left wondering if an LTE upgrade will even provide me with benefit other than those times when I am downtown?

 

[booboolala2000]

How is this Verizon's fault?

they marketed it and posted false and misleading information about the update timeframe. And their stance as of today is call Motorola.

 

[JohnnyBlaze]

I don't really care too much that it took this long either.

Just got an email yesterday from Verizon saying the LTE update will be available in Sept.

 

[mloebl]

My only question is the extent of the range of LTE in areas where it has been implemented. While Verizon provides highly detailed coverage maps for their other services, they simply place a star on the middle of cities in which they have LTE coverage.

Have you entered your address (or zip) on the coverage site - https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...J!-767796998!cis-wapp6!5101!-1&token=wCfAq3SI

This pretty clearly shows where LTE and fringe-LTE coverage is much better than the star based map Hope this helps!

-Mike

 

[pauldroidr2d2]

they marketed it and posted false and misleading information about the update timeframe. And their stance as of today is call Motorola.

Pretty much. Add in their store managers and sales people promoting the false information and at least in my opinion you have a recipe for disaster.

Motorola and Verizon have not done a good job communicating with people as to where the update is. I haven't received any email yet about the update in September.

 

[matthimrod]

As others have been saying, the lack of 4G hasn't been any great detriment. However, since it was advertised as having a free upgrade, I do wish to add that capability to my Xoom. Unlike some, I do not have WiFi at work at this time (security risks are the reason cited), and, as such, do rely on 3G access (to the tune of ~2.8 Gb/mo on average. So for me, there is significant potential for improvement via Verizon's LTE.

My only question is the extent of the range of LTE in areas where it has been implemented. While Verizon provides highly detailed coverage maps for their other services, they simply place a star on the middle of cities in which they have LTE coverage.

My question (since I've been to lazy to do the research on this for myself) is: does the little star indicate that the the range of the LTE coverage is quite limited in those areas? I live and work a good ways (~10 miles) out from the center of my metropolitan area (Denver, CO), and not having a LTE/4G phone to test the range of LTE with, I'm left wondering if an LTE upgrade will even provide me with benefit other than those times when I am downtown?

If you go to verizonwireless.com/coverage and select "4G Data Coverage", there's a detailed map there with the 4G areas in a very dark red, 4G "extended area" in a slightly lighter dark red, and the 3G areas marked as well. Kinda sucks that you have to dig to find this.

 

[JerryRogan]

My area won't have 4G until this fall, so its been no bother to me. But then, I'm just a personal user without business demands.

Do enjoy my Xoom and seldom miss my laptop...

 

[CypherMax]

I have 3G xoom I bought day one from best buy. I have yet to receive my 4G upgrade email. Is this because I didn't buy my xoom from Verizon?

 

[abausch]

I bought my Verizon branded Xoom at Best Buy as well, with no data plan, and have not received an E-mail. It's a huge bummer to be an "early adopter", but get the upgrade so late.

 

[JediJesus95]

I bought my Xoom day one from Verizon and I haven't heard about the upgrade.

 

[Alder5]

I've had mine (Verizon, gift from the office for my birthday) for just over one month and I did get the email.

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[shaneneff]

For what it is worth, I was on the phone with level 2 Verizon customer service yesterday complaining (again) about this device and the lack of upgrades etc. I was given (again) a month's credit on my Xoom data plan. Additionally, they are letting me get the new lte galaxy tab at the upgrade price.

I will miss the (potential) features of the Xoom, but have such a bad taste in my mouth over the whole debacle that it is time to count my losses and walk away.

(Xoom to be sold in the market if your interested)

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[mloebl]

For those who haven't heard anything yet; did you register with VZW to be notified? I bought my Xoom in April, registered for the LTE upgrade notice, and got my notification pretty immediately on the first day the emails went out.

-Mike

 

[Arun01]

I have 3G xoom I bought day one from best buy. I have yet to receive my 4G upgrade email. Is this because I didn't buy my xoom from Verizon?

No that's not the case.I bought mine from best buy too on launch day & I got the email..make sure signed up on the website.