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Nexus 4 Includes Support for LTE on Band 4

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Re: Nexus 4 Includes Support for LTE on Band 4

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Post by Shooti »

nullvoyd wrote: post #2

Glorious news this morning. Enabled it on my Nexus 4 with Telus and I can confirm that this works absolutely fine. However, I'm quite curious about the battery life impact. So far the N4 isn't a champion in this category. Adding LTE..

LTE as implemented on current gen SOC's actually has improved battery life VS 3G. Its the first-gen multiple radio variants like the Thunderbolt which gave LTE a bad rep in that regard.

Re: Nexus 4 Includes Support for LTE on Band 4

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Post by w1ntermute »

nullvoyd wrote: post #2

Glorious news this morning. Enabled it on my Nexus 4 with Telus and I can confirm that this works absolutely fine. However, I'm quite curious about the battery life impact. So far the N4 isn't a champion in this category. Adding LTE..

> However, I'm quite curious about the battery life impact. So far the N4 isn't a champion in this category. Adding LTE..

Just get a bigger battery. I got a 3900 mAh extended battery for my Verizon LTE Galaxy Nexus from Mugen Power[0]. Now my phone can run for 2.5 days without any problems. After a week, I didn't even notice the added thickness.

0: http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/mugen-power-3900mah-ext...

Re: Nexus 4 Includes Support for LTE on Band 4

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Post by ConstantineXVI »

w1ntermute wrote: post #5
nullvoyd wrote: post #2

Glorious news this morning. Enabled it on my Nexus 4 with Telus and I can confirm that this works absolutely fine. However, I'm quite curious about the battery life impact. So far the N4 isn't a champion in this category. Adding LTE..

> However, I'm quite curious about the battery life impact. So far the N4 isn't a champion in this category. Adding LTE.. Just get a bigger battery. I got a 3900 mAh extended battery for my Verizon LTE Galaxy Nexus from Mugen Power[0]. Now my phone can run for 2.5 days without any problems. After a week, I didn't even notice the added thickness. 0: http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/mugen-power-3900mah-ext...

The Nexus 4 has a sealed battery. Upgrading will be a bit tougher.

Re: Nexus 4 Includes Support for LTE on Band 4

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Post by neilbutner »

Shooti wrote: post #4
nullvoyd wrote: post #2

Glorious news this morning. Enabled it on my Nexus 4 with Telus and I can confirm that this works absolutely fine. However, I'm quite curious about the battery life impact. So far the N4 isn't a champion in this category. Adding LTE..

LTE as implemented on current gen SOC's actually has improved battery life VS 3G. Its the first-gen multiple radio variants like the Thunderbolt which gave LTE a bad rep in that regard.

What's your claim of LTE offering better battery life VS 3G based on? The battery test that Anandtech designed for the iPhone5? I personally can't put much faith in this particular Anandtech battery test:

It doesn't jive with my personal experience using the iPhone5 on LTE and 3G

It contradicts Apple's own battery life claims

Devices with the old SOC get dramatically different results on the new test (see for example the results for the HTC OneX in Anand's initial review and compare with the results in the iPhone5 review chart).

Re: Nexus 4 Includes Support for LTE on Band 4

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Post by seabee »

Shooti wrote: post #4
nullvoyd wrote: post #2

Glorious news this morning. Enabled it on my Nexus 4 with Telus and I can confirm that this works absolutely fine. However, I'm quite curious about the battery life impact. So far the N4 isn't a champion in this category. Adding LTE..

LTE as implemented on current gen SOC's actually has improved battery life VS 3G. Its the first-gen multiple radio variants like the Thunderbolt which gave LTE a bad rep in that regard.

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.

Re: Nexus 4 Includes Support for LTE on Band 4

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Post by w1ntermute »

ConstantineXVI wrote: post #6
w1ntermute wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> However, I'm quite curious about the battery life impact. So far the N4 isn't a champion in this category. Adding LTE.. Just get a bigger battery. I got a 3900 mAh extended battery for my Verizon LTE Galaxy Nexus from Mugen Power[0]. Now my phone can run for 2.5 days without any problems. After a week, I didn't even notice the added thickness. 0: http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/mugen-power-3900mah-ext...

The Nexus 4 has a sealed battery. Upgrading will be a bit tougher.

Wow, why is everyone jumping to copy Apple? I just bought a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon, and the battery, RAM, and SSD are all non-removable. I had to pay a huge premium to increase the RAM to the maximum of 8 GB, whereas in the past I would've bought it with the minimum amount and then upgraded it myself with aftermarket RAM purchased from Newegg or Amazon at a discount. I left the storage at 128 GB, so I'm going to have to carry around an external HDD. It's a really ugly trend in the industry.

Re: Nexus 4 Includes Support for LTE on Band 4

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Post by w1ntermute »

seabee wrote: post #8
Shooti wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

LTE as implemented on current gen SOC's actually has improved battery life VS 3G. Its the first-gen multiple radio variants like the Thunderbolt which gave LTE a bad rep in that regard.

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.

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.
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