Ok I have used the HTC One X for over a month and it was very fast and audio quality was great and so was the battery life. With HTC's new "Sence" it has had tons of tweaks so the user exprience to make it more enjoyable.
However here are the downsides or things that were rather annoying one thing is it seems that multitasking is disabled but a quick fix is to root the phone and install something that can manage the mines and change to something less aggressive like 22 24 30. Now I have a HTC One V as my primary device and noticed that sometimes the phone can stutter a tad bit when running games. With Sence using less RAM it does feel a bit slower than my 600MHZ processor optimus V but it does seem HTC is trying to improve but it does not feel like a giant step but please allow us to turn off Sence in future versions and maybe on the lower end One V maybe used Qualcomms older dual core chip as a single core can feel choppy when using multiple applications.
Now onto the advantages of running the new Sence 4 I have to say that on the One V Sence has been "watered" down for the slower hardware and smaller screen. Now that HTC has dramatically reduced Sence's RAM usage the phone feels fast out the box as opposed to having a custom ROM. One thing that I have noticed is that the stock animations are gone completely which makes the phone feels smoother and much more consistent with the performance.
Showing posts with label LTE. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
GSM/UMTS
Only in America are CDMA devices very popular which says a lot as CDMA is constantly ageing. GSM devices have ruled over seas and in domestic areas the best thing about GSM is you can put in a SIM card and continue using your service. However doing that can cause certain features such as HSPA or LTE to not work and as a result the device can be useful or useless.
GSM based devices use HSPA,UMTS,EDGE,GPRS or LTE the huge advantage that GSM has over CDMA is the universal ability to change service providers however some carriers may choose to "lock" their devices to keep it on their network however you can "unlock" by entering an unlock code. Airwaves provide the way for wireless devices to communicate and different frequencies like 850MHZ can talk to 1900MHZ. With that being said you will want to check your device's frequencies and the carrier you want to switch to frequencies as having all frequencies but one can result in having only EDGE. That is the thing that people don't seem to give Apple credit for as the iPad and iPhone have LTE and GSM and CDMA radios and don't disappoint on performance unless it is a bad radio or network if you have Sprint. I personally recommend a world phone that can be unlocked for another network like O2 so if you come to the U.K for example your AT&T phone will use O2 and vise versa. Another thing people don't seem to credit Apple for making a dual CDMA and GSM radio so if you have Verizon or Sprint or any other CDMA carrier you can use a GSM carrier for back up or just left Sprint.
GSM based devices use HSPA,UMTS,EDGE,GPRS or LTE the huge advantage that GSM has over CDMA is the universal ability to change service providers however some carriers may choose to "lock" their devices to keep it on their network however you can "unlock" by entering an unlock code. Airwaves provide the way for wireless devices to communicate and different frequencies like 850MHZ can talk to 1900MHZ. With that being said you will want to check your device's frequencies and the carrier you want to switch to frequencies as having all frequencies but one can result in having only EDGE. That is the thing that people don't seem to give Apple credit for as the iPad and iPhone have LTE and GSM and CDMA radios and don't disappoint on performance unless it is a bad radio or network if you have Sprint. I personally recommend a world phone that can be unlocked for another network like O2 so if you come to the U.K for example your AT&T phone will use O2 and vise versa. Another thing people don't seem to credit Apple for making a dual CDMA and GSM radio so if you have Verizon or Sprint or any other CDMA carrier you can use a GSM carrier for back up or just left Sprint.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
LTE VS HSPA+
Is "4G" really worth it and what types of "4G" have the advantages over others and explaining the different types of technologies.
Now every major Network offers 4G whether it is LTE or HSPA+ or even the old WiMax technology that networks like Sprint and Clear never really updated. So LTE stands for Long Term Evolution and HSPA+ stands for Evolved High Speed Packet Access and WiMax stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access. So now we are familiar with the different types of 4G we can tell the pros and cons.
HSPA+ is mainly used in the US by T-MobileUSA and AT&T however with AT&T they use HSPA+ for devices with LTE to "back-down" on however the difference is with T-MobileUSA is AT&T has HSPA+ speeds up to 21 megabits instead of T-MobileUSA has DC-HSPA which has a downlink of a theoretical 42 megabits. With AT&T still selling some of HSPA+ devices you will want to keep this in mind not every device can get those speeds devices like the Samsung Infuse 4G can only get up to 14 megabits and those are theoretical megabits. However the HSPA+ has a very huge advantage and a very huge disadvantage with HSPA+ their isn't a huge battery drain rather with LTE having to turn on an additional radio now the disadvantage every time their is an upgrade to HSPA+ you have to upgrade you're device to get up to those speeds on HSPA+ which does get annoying but if you have a device like Hercules the T-Mobile Galaxy SII you are fine. With HSPA+ only networks if you don't have an HSPA+ signal you will back down to EDGE sadly. Ask you're carrier what is are theoretical speeds this device can achieve.
LTE which is used by every major carrier except for T-MobileUSA which has plans to deploy it by the summer of 2013 the difference with LTE and HSPA+ is that LTE works on lower frequencies like the 700MHZ band and Sprint using it on 1800MHZ band. The difference is with higher frequencies is that will have support for a higher capacity and with a lower frequency is that in areas like a basement will be more likely to hold an LTE signal. With LTE giving great speeds but it does require an additional radio for those speeds with LTE it does require CDMA networks to get redesign their voice network. With LTE devices don't have to get onto their 2G networks you can get onto EVDO if you have Verizon or Sprint or HSPA+ if you have AT&T.
Now every major Network offers 4G whether it is LTE or HSPA+ or even the old WiMax technology that networks like Sprint and Clear never really updated. So LTE stands for Long Term Evolution and HSPA+ stands for Evolved High Speed Packet Access and WiMax stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access. So now we are familiar with the different types of 4G we can tell the pros and cons.
HSPA+ is mainly used in the US by T-MobileUSA and AT&T however with AT&T they use HSPA+ for devices with LTE to "back-down" on however the difference is with T-MobileUSA is AT&T has HSPA+ speeds up to 21 megabits instead of T-MobileUSA has DC-HSPA which has a downlink of a theoretical 42 megabits. With AT&T still selling some of HSPA+ devices you will want to keep this in mind not every device can get those speeds devices like the Samsung Infuse 4G can only get up to 14 megabits and those are theoretical megabits. However the HSPA+ has a very huge advantage and a very huge disadvantage with HSPA+ their isn't a huge battery drain rather with LTE having to turn on an additional radio now the disadvantage every time their is an upgrade to HSPA+ you have to upgrade you're device to get up to those speeds on HSPA+ which does get annoying but if you have a device like Hercules the T-Mobile Galaxy SII you are fine. With HSPA+ only networks if you don't have an HSPA+ signal you will back down to EDGE sadly. Ask you're carrier what is are theoretical speeds this device can achieve.
LTE which is used by every major carrier except for T-MobileUSA which has plans to deploy it by the summer of 2013 the difference with LTE and HSPA+ is that LTE works on lower frequencies like the 700MHZ band and Sprint using it on 1800MHZ band. The difference is with higher frequencies is that will have support for a higher capacity and with a lower frequency is that in areas like a basement will be more likely to hold an LTE signal. With LTE giving great speeds but it does require an additional radio for those speeds with LTE it does require CDMA networks to get redesign their voice network. With LTE devices don't have to get onto their 2G networks you can get onto EVDO if you have Verizon or Sprint or HSPA+ if you have AT&T.
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