EE 3G to 4G - iphone

[richarda0109]

Hi

I am thinking of getting a secondhand iphone 5 since I am using my iphone 4s a lot for thethering these days. The speed from my 4s is good (3G) but I was wondering if the 4G would be a lot better - I am West London based. Also do I go for an iphone 5S or would a 5C be enough?

Rgds
Richard

[nitrodave]

you will notice the difference, especially in london. I am on EE and went from their 3g to 4g network last year and the difference was huge. Almost as fast as standard home broadband.

As for the phone, it depends what you use it for. i went for the 5s as it has 64 bit architecture and a much much better camera. The 5c will be fine, but the 5s is more future proof

[Funk]

4G in my area is ridiculous:



I really can't see the point in it being much more than about 20-30mbit, apparently they're trialling 300mbit in some places! It's consistent though - I just ran it again and got 87 down, 38 up.

[richarda0109]

Wow - thats sold it for me - I'll go for the secondhand 5s since I have an unlimited data SIM.

Thanks
Richard

[Lost soul]

Just taken out a iphone 6 64gb from an old iphone with Voda 4g and the difference is remarkable

[Funk]

I would check your tariff as it's unlikely you're on a 4G one at present? EE offer 3G, 4G and 4GEE, the difference being the speed. 4G will get around 30-40mbit, 4GEE is the fastest one at present (see above). I don't know of any unlimited 4G tariffs from EE, mine's 20Gb/mo (and it's the only thing stopping me using the phone to replace my (54mbit) BT fibre!) so I'd check what you already have and what the costs are of upgrading to 4G/4GEE.

[richarda0109]

Hi

I checked with T-mobile. They said I am on the original T-mobile Full Monty SIM only contract which has data down as "fair usage policy". I dont know what they mean by that since I always considered it as unlimited data. They said that I could renew with the same contract and get 4G in store and they could do the micro to nano switch as well. In addition EE are offering the 5GB per month for £22 at the moment. Just got to find a phone first.
Thanks for all the help.

Rgds
Richard

[steve_bmw]

I just ordered BT mobile, unlimited text/calls and 20GB of 4G data. sim only

[LordHaveMurci]

We switched from Orange to EE a few months ago, as part of the switch we were upgraded from 3G to 4G. EE promised me my old 4S was compatible, guess what...!

Screw spending £600+ on a new phone just to get 4G.

[Mr E]

Funk said:

4G in my area is ridiculous:



I really can't see the point in it being much more than about 20-30mbit, apparently they're trialling 300mbit in some places! It's consistent though - I just ran it again and got 87 down, 38 up.

That's an impressive result.
20Mhz bandwidth one assumes.

[AB]

If you're on a 4s then you're setting much more from your £600 than just 4G!

[LordHaveMurci]

AB said:

If you're on a 4s then you're setting much more from your £600 than just 4G!

Really, how big a difference is there? I've heard the camera is a big improvement which would be nice, don't really use much else regularly apart from making calls.

[AB]

£600 will get you a 6 won't it?

Get your hands on one and compare the screen, the speed it does things etc. I only really use mine for tethering, pictures, a bit of social media, loads of emailing etc.

I think you need to have a play with one before you make the call it's not worth the upgrade.

This is all in my opinion but the jump from 4s to 6 is huge, even getting hold of a second hand 5s is worth the extra.

[Foliage]

I get 20Mbps in Manchester (this isn't max ive seen this is my general speed) on 4g with a decent signal, max speed (maximum) for 3g on EE is about 7Mbps, average is likely 3-4Mbps. So yeah you should see a huge difference.

On wifi with my nokia I get 40-50Mbps on a 170Mbps virgin connection due to the wifi protocol my phone uses, (A not B or some such), fastest 4g I've seen is 40Mbps, not that I go around checking speeds.

The latest London ungraded 4g network is supposed to be able to go up to 60Mbps

Everything im stating is related to EE no other network as im on EE and you asked about EE

[Funk]

Mr E said:

That's an impressive result.
20Mhz bandwidth one assumes.

I wouldn't have a clue!