Short answer, no. The Nexus 4 is capable of faster speeds than the GNexus, but unless your area can actually deliver those speeds, which in your case it apparently does not, I wouldn't expect an increase.
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Short answer, no. The Nexus 4 is capable of faster speeds than the GNexus, but unless your area can actually deliver those speeds, which in your case it apparently does not, I wouldn't expect an increase.
So you were wrong and the short answer was - yes.
So, question for the OP, are you still on T-Mobile and what state are you in?
make sure you setup the APN properly. i'm seeing reports from most people reporting 15Mbps down on T-Mobile's network. I'm on AT&T StraightTalk and I'm getting 9Mbps down.
make sure you setup the APN properly. i'm seeing reports from most people reporting 15Mbps down on T-Mobile's network. I'm on AT&T StraightTalk and I'm getting 9Mbps down.
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I'm in long island NY, as I said before my gnex was pulling 2-5 Mbps down. Just did a test now and I got 14 Mbps down 3 up. Still on T-Mobile.
Assuming the tests were done from the same *exact* location - preferably right down to sitting in the same chair - there could be 2 reasons for such a result:
1. The Nexus 4 has better radio reception than the GNex or...
2. You used a new SIM in the N4 rather than swap in the one from the GNex. New, updated SIMs often give much better performance than old ones.
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Assuming the tests were done from the same *exact* location - preferably right down to sitting in the same chair - there could be 2 reasons for such a result:
1. The Nexus 4 has better radio reception than the GNex or...
2. You used a new SIM in the N4 rather than swap in the one from the GNex. New, updated SIMs often give much better performance than old ones.
First two weeks I had my gnex I was constantly nitpicking. Ended up using about a GB of data one month just doing speed tests everywhere I went. Never once did I hit over 6 Mbps down with my gnex. I would assume its a better radio from all the problems I've read about with the gnex but I also did get a new Sim as well.
I live in Manhattan. So if I get those speeds, I'm golden! God damn it, when will I be able to order this phone (16GB).
I would think Manhattan always had access to high data speed regardless of the carrier. I know sprint has there wimax towers out there but none on long island.
I live and work in Manhattan and as I posted before I get much higher speeds at home than I do at work. Not really sure why, but that's what I've observed to this point.
Assuming the tests were done from the same *exact* location - preferably right down to sitting in the same chair - there could be 2 reasons for such a result:
1. The Nexus 4 has better radio reception than the GNex or...
2. You used a new SIM in the N4 rather than swap in the one from the GNex. New, updated SIMs often give much better performance than old ones.
The N4 uses dual-carrier HSPA. I believe even with the same signal strength it has the potential for higher speeds.
any one from the phoenix area on t-mobile, and what kind of speeds are you getting
I'm in the East Valley (Tempe) and I tested my Nexus 4 in several locations in Mesa, Tempe, Gilbert and Chandler, compared side-by-side with my Thunderbolt on Verizon LTE.
Speedtest showed faster download speeds for T-Mobile in 6 of 8 locations, with the fastest download of 23 MB/S. Average T-Mobile speed was 12 MB/S, average Verizon 8 MB/S.
However, upload was slower than my Verizon phone in all 8 locations.
This wasn't an exhaustive test, and I suspect that there are more dead areas for T-Mobile than Verizon, but I didn't find any.
When my Thunderbolt was new almost two years ago, I saw much higher download speeds -- around 20 MB/S. The Thunderbolt was Verizon's first LTE phone, so at that time the network was not congested. Congestion probably explains the slower speeds I see now.
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HSPA +42 magic?
God damn it, when will I be able to order this phone (16GB).
