I'm in the metro detroit area. Shouldn't I see the ”3G“ notifier at the top of the phone, or does the 1XEV mean I'm not getting the 3G speed? What do others see on their phones? Thanks!
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so technically speaking its a bit faster.. if that makes sense..
Yeah, I agree you on the semantics.
But I have to say I hate hate hate the use of 3G or "3rd Generation" tags. Different 3G services offer different speeds, and it's misleading at best.
For example, AT&T calls their service 3G, and it's based on GSM/UMTS/HSDPA. This is technically in the 3.5G "family" and is faster than VZW's EVDOrA (both in specs and in real world tests).
I don't really have a better suggestion for naming networks. Maybe we should move to colors: Yellow speed, Orange speed, Red speed, Green speed. Works *really* well for the USG's threat level </sarcasm>
But I have to say I hate hate hate the use of 3G or "3rd Generation" tags. Different 3G services offer different speeds, and it's misleading at best.
For example, AT&T calls their service 3G, and it's based on GSM/UMTS/HSDPA. This is technically in the 3.5G "family" and is faster than VZW's EVDOrA (both in specs and in real world tests).
I don't really have a better suggestion for naming networks. Maybe we should move to colors: Yellow speed, Orange speed, Red speed, Green speed. Works *really* well for the USG's threat level </sarcasm>
I guess it also may depend on the device itself.. Unfortunately my only device to compare at&t's 3g speed to verizons 3g is the storm vs the iPhone (my iPhone is actually edge but my cousin has the 3g)
and we have done speed tests over and over all over this city and a couple other states and the storm has won about 75 percent of the time.. The problem is there both different devices and also its only so many places that I can actually do the test..
what I would honestly like is a storm on at&t's full 3g and a storm on verizon's
and a iPhone on both as well..
so I could do side by side device.. on the the 2 networks..
I read specs and read things and its often a comparison with 2 completely different devices..
which in a real conclusive test you should be using as close to the same hardware and software as possible..
cause on another note.. if I change and use the opera mini browser on the storm vs the iPhone 3g the iPhone doesn't hold a candle..
I maybe going nuts but I could have sworn that I've seen a 1Xev and 1XEV on my phone. Are there really two different versions of the icon and if so what's the difference?
FYI, when you're using opera mini or browser on the storm, you have to use an equivalent proxying browser on the iphone. Opera mini's proxies rock at compressing and delivering optimized pages. I don't know if AT&T proxies web browsing on iPhone (I know they don't on their other 3G phones), so you may be comparing apples to oranges (pun intended).
Like you said, you need to use the same hardware/software on the two networks to tell. I have multiple AT&T, Sprint, T-mobile and VZW phones on 3G, and speed-wise it's too close to tell the difference. The more important factor for me is VZW's greater availability in the areas I frequent.
I maybe going nuts but I could have sworn that I've seen a 1Xev and 1XEV on my phone. Are there really two different versions of the icon and if so what's the difference?
I believe lower case means that the EVDO network is available but you're not connected [yet].