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Galaxy Note II is it really LTE?

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wicked1

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I was comparing this to SG III and it shows SGIII as being LTE Dual Band and seems the SGIII is LTE, but it does not show that the Note II is Dual Band LTE?

I want the Note, but if the SGIII has better networking, I will stay with that.
 
ctxx24 said:
What is lte dual band? U talking about talk n surf at the same time?
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No I mean the two bands that LTE operates on, no where on Samsung's site does it state that the Note II is LTE, I just want to make sure it is before I get one, if it is just 4G I would keep my iPhone 5.
 
There are different variants of the Note 2. Mine from the Canadian carrier Telus is LTE. I can get LTE in areas that have it and will drop back to 4G (ie. HSPA+) in areas that don't. There is also a Canadian carrier Wind Mobile version that is not LTE as the carrier does not provide the service. It is strictly a HSPA+ model without LTE.

My Telus version uses the following bands:

LTE: 700MHz (Band 17)/2100MHz (Band 7)
HSPA: 2100MHz (Band I)/1900MHz (Band II)/850MHz (Band V)/900MHz (Band VIII)
GSM: 850MHz/900MHz/1800MHz/1900MHz

Copied and pasted directly from their site.
 
Note: I'm only speaking on T-Mobiles versions.

The Note 2 is LTE ready, but already operates on the "4G" Network T-Mobile has. I spoke with a T-mobile tech and they said when it becomes available my phone already has that feature. I also asked about the S3 since my partner has that phone, this phone also will have LTE, this phone also has HD Voice, which the Note 2 does not have. I only really care about the LTE, so i can live without HD Voice.
 
To the OP: it would be extremely helpful to know which carrier you're wanting to use this with in order to best answer your question.

In general, if you're strictly using the Samsung site for comparitive information that might not be a great idea. My carrier is currently Verizon, and I noticed a number of items that were either vague or inaccurate on Samsung's Note 2 product information page...
 
wise_guy69 said:
To the OP: it would be extremely helpful to know which carrier you're wanting to use this with in order to best answer your question.

In general, if you're strictly using the Samsung site for comparitive information that might not be a great idea. My carrier is currently Verizon, and I noticed a number of items that were either vague or inaccurate on Samsung's Note 2 product information page...
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AT&T but I already found my answer and bought the Note II gave my IP5 to my son.

I haven't yet hit a good LTE spot in AT&T but it is fast on 4G and WiFi akso
 
Yes it is LTE. I was in Las Vegas this weekend and on the ATT network I had down speeds of over 45 Mbps. Faster than what I get on my home wifi.
 
wicked1 said:
AT&T but I already found my answer and bought the Note II gave my IP5 to my son.

I haven't yet hit a good LTE spot in AT&T but it is fast on 4G and WiFi akso
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The bold statements are contradictory. LTE=4G. If you're referring to HSPA+ (What T-Mobile was trying to pass off as "4G" for a very long time), that's more of a faster 3G technology than a 4G technology.
 
lte != hspda
note ii on tmo has lte
just hecause the carrier dose not support it yet dose not = thst the device dose not have it.
 
Prepaidguy9081 said:
lte != hspda
note ii on tmo has lte
just hecause the carrier dose not support it yet dose not = thst the device dose not have it.
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:confused:I didn't understand what you were saying here.

Not sure what point you are trying to make, but I was referring to the fact that LTE and HSPA are 2 completely separate things.

HSPA+ is not a 4G technology. T-Mobile marketed it as a 4G technology, but it's more of a 3G technology.

That said, from my understanding, T-Mobile did incorporate the LTE radios in the Note 2, since they're in the process of building out their LTE network.
 
HSPA+ used to be shown/known as 3G+. But I noticed with the Note and Note 2, they do not have this icon. Instead they are using 4G icon to designate HSPA+ and LTE icon for LTE. Unfortunately, there's no standard naming convention for all this and how it's being used in the industry.
 
NeoGrandizer said:
HSPA+ used to be shown/known as 3G+. But I noticed with the Note and Note 2, they do not have this icon. Instead they are using 4G icon to designate HSPA+ and LTE icon for LTE. Unfortunately, there's no standard naming convention for all this and how it's being used in the industry.
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HSPA+ gains connectivity through 3g radios. That is why it is considered a 3g technology. That is just fact. T-mobile marketed it as a 4g technology, but iy isn't because it connects via 3g antenna.

In fact, when my cousin was upgrading his phone a couple years back, I was even calling a Rep out at t-mobile trying to sell a s1 on the fact that it's 4g, but I said, "well, HSPA plus is more like fast 3g. There are no 4g towers or radios for t-mobile and their phones. " Rep confirmed info and my cousin didn't waste his upgrade.

Posted from my G-Note II.
 
drexappeal said:
HSPA+ gains connectivity through 3g radios. That is why it is considered a 3g technology.
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HSPA+ is not considered... it is 3G (3rd generation) technology. But when this first came out, it was designated as 3G+ to differentiate between going on a regular 3G network and a 3G+ network. On my older phones (dumb phones), it differentiated between the two networks by using 3G/3G+ icons.

Now with the newer phones, the 3G+ icons are no longer used. In its place is the 4G icon. The icons for the Note II goes as E for EDGE, 3G for HSPA, 4G for HSPA+ and LTE for 4G LTE. Again, these are used to differentiate between the different networks the phone is connected to.

Unfortunately, as I stated, there's no real standard naming convention for this and why the industry markets it the way it is now. Which is really annoying and misleading to those that do not know any better.
 
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