47% of US consumers say the don't need 4G

Discussion in 'Technology' started by khaid, Aug 23, 2012.

  1. #1 khaid, Aug 23, 2012
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    OK, so it looks like a ton of people use their smartphone as a feature phone.. or coincidentally, a lot of those polled actually don't own a smartphone. But one thing not surprising is that people still don't know the differences in wimax, hspa+, and LTE. But god dammit, the iphone has been out since 2007 and people still don't realize it's not on T-Mobile.
     
  2. #2 supersonic, Aug 23, 2012
    I've needed LTE since i got a data plan in my motorola t720.
     
  3. #3 alterego, Aug 23, 2012
    I don't think it's that surprising. The whole "4G" push in the United States in terms of marketing isn't much more than a year old. When you combine that with standard two year phone contracts...voila!
     
  4. #4 cmdrmonkey, Aug 23, 2012
    Your average dudebro doesn't know what 4G is in the first place.
     
  5. #5 Phisix, Aug 23, 2012
    Enlighten us then oh Monkey sage.
     
  6. #6 khaid, Aug 23, 2012
    It's how big the Xbox 360 hdd is.
     
  7. #7 knowname, Aug 23, 2012
    so... why the heck is Verizon so hot right now?? Any reason?
     
  8. #8 bfun, Aug 23, 2012
    Unless I turn my phone into a hot spot 4G isn't that big of a deal.
     
  9. #9 khaid, Aug 23, 2012
    It all depends on what you're doing. Video streaming (netflix, hulu plus, youtube) really benefit from 4G. General web browsing on mobile optimized websites do not. App/game downloads also benefit from 4G as well since they get bigger and bigger.
     
  10. #10 bfun, Aug 23, 2012
    I download all my apps on wifi. I haven't tried streaming anything yet but Direct TV has that Sunday ticket thing that I might use.