Hi All,
Just wanted to give my impressions for using 4g for the first time in NYC.
I was in the city (actually at a Mets game at Citi Field, which is in Flushing, and was very excited to see I had a 4g signal. According to the settings, my 4g connection was "good" which showed on my phone as 2 bars.
First Impressions
Going into different applications that required network access, I noticed it was a bit faster updating. For example, posting pictures onto facebook seemed to go much quicker, as well as widgets updating seamlessly as well.
As far as the actual internet browsing, I didn't really see much of an increase in speed, and some sites it woud hang for a few seconds, as if it was on 3g still.
Battery seemed to drain a lot faster too. I was at about 80% when started to mess around with the phone, and when the game ended (about 2 hours) i was at a 40% (which includes 4 photos uploaded to facebook, some texting, and some browsing)
Overall
I do realize that wimax is not officially released in NYC so I understand that they are still tweaking and working on the network itself. That being said, I do feel that 4g will eventually be much better then 3g and more stable, and I did see the faster speeds.
It looks very promising and I hope once it is released it will be a strong point to entice customers from different networks over to Sprint.
Forgot to mention...
After toggling the 4g switch to off and go back into 3g mode, it would not connect to 3g. I actually had to put my phone into airplane mode and then back for the 3g to connect. I dont know if that is a bug on the phone itself, or with the 4g, but I just thought I would mention
Just wanted to give my impressions for using 4g for the first time in NYC.
I was in the city (actually at a Mets game at Citi Field, which is in Flushing, and was very excited to see I had a 4g signal. According to the settings, my 4g connection was "good" which showed on my phone as 2 bars.
First Impressions
Going into different applications that required network access, I noticed it was a bit faster updating. For example, posting pictures onto facebook seemed to go much quicker, as well as widgets updating seamlessly as well.
As far as the actual internet browsing, I didn't really see much of an increase in speed, and some sites it woud hang for a few seconds, as if it was on 3g still.
Battery seemed to drain a lot faster too. I was at about 80% when started to mess around with the phone, and when the game ended (about 2 hours) i was at a 40% (which includes 4 photos uploaded to facebook, some texting, and some browsing)
Overall
I do realize that wimax is not officially released in NYC so I understand that they are still tweaking and working on the network itself. That being said, I do feel that 4g will eventually be much better then 3g and more stable, and I did see the faster speeds.
It looks very promising and I hope once it is released it will be a strong point to entice customers from different networks over to Sprint.
Forgot to mention...
After toggling the 4g switch to off and go back into 3g mode, it would not connect to 3g. I actually had to put my phone into airplane mode and then back for the 3g to connect. I dont know if that is a bug on the phone itself, or with the 4g, but I just thought I would mention