How’s that stack up to the UK? On the iPhone 5 with the DC-HSDPA network we managed to get a 13MB download connection with regular download speeds between 7 and 10MBs and between 2 and 5 MBPs upload. All on the Three network.
So with a decent connection in the UK you don’t need to cry too much about not having 4G just yet. But speed isn’t the best part of L TE. It won’t be just faster; it will remain faster, in a consistent and reliable fashion, a greater portion of the time than 3G. The iPhone 5can access all of the following kinds of networks:
• EV-DO = 3.1Mbit/s
• HSPA 7.2 = 7.2Mbit/s
• HSPA+ = 21Mbit/s
• DC-HSDPA = 42Mbp/s
• LTE 4G = 73Mbp/s
Where you might have coverage gaps, high congestion with other users in the same mobile cell in a city (or even a small town with few base stations), or a huge variation in speed, it’s likely that L TE will smooth all that out. Carriers will have a much larger pool of bandwidth that the technology lets them to divide it up more precisely among users trying to gain access.
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| How much faster? This chart from Apple shows proprotionally how much faster browsing you can expect on a new iPhone. The HSPA is an iPhone 4S and previous models. The HSPA+, DC-HSDPA and LTE speeds are all now available to iPhone 5 owners (depending on your carrier support) |
