[freehunter]

I had AIM-to-SMS set up so I could keep my chats going even on my flip phone, and then on Windows Mobile even if I didn't have data service. These days I can't even check Facebook unless I have LTE, if the phone says 4G I know I have no service.

Man how things change.

[majewsky]

LTE equals 4G.

[dingo_bat]

No what the parent says actually happens to me too. If the sign says 4g it means there is no data service. When it shows LTE or LTE+ then the data actually works.

[alehul]

Second this!

4G basically means 'expect nothing' for me.

[jermaustin1]

LTE is an extension to 4G. That said, I'm pretty sure he meant 3G.

[jharger]

So I'm an iPhone user as well, and what he said is correct. The phone normally displays LTE when full LTE service is available. In my experience. when you're in a normal LTE area, the 4G display usually indicates a really bad signal, as in it can't establish a full LTE connection, so it's trying to fall back to an old protocol, and thus your data performance is really bad.

[freehunter]

I meant 4G just like I said. If my iPhone shows LTE, I'm good. If it show 4G, I have nothing.

[heywire]

In the U.S., at least on AT&T, there is a difference between 4G and LTE. When my iPhone 6S+ switches the indicator from LTE to 4G, the data speeds are many times slower.