I'm sure that someone out there has run some sort of formal benchmarks, but I can say that the difference between 3G and LTE is easily noticed. Especially as almost everything becomes more media heavy ...

If your smartphone seems more like a slowphone, hang in there. The next generation of wireless technologies, known as 4G, promises blazing-fast data transmission speeds. The first 4G handset, Sprint's ...

While carriers and manufacturers may promote their phones and services as 4G, the truth is that today’s technologies are still in 3G—maybe 3.9G. Driven by LTE-A, 4G will involve a bigger leap to ...

The smartphone has become a ubiquitous urban necessity nowadays. More than just being a handy mobile phone you can use to make calls and send messages, these sleekly designed devices are essentially ...

Photograph by Robert Cardin It’s been a year since we looked closely at wireless service in the United States, and in the interim that service has changed considerably–mostly in positive ways. The ...

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The Verizon iPhone is coming next year. Verizon’s 4G LTE service is launching next year, covering a third of Americans. Ergo, a 4G iPhone is on the way. Except it ...