i really hope mobile operators dont start using that unlicensed 2.4 and 5ghz spectrum. You gotta give the consumer home wireless market some spectrum to work with and we dont need anybody else eating up the channels.
Bluetooth failed at that objective because most people only used it intermittently, and it only used part of the 2.4ghz band leaving room for wifi to work on the remainder and all the 5ghz spectrum free from interference. Being able to install wifi jammers on cell towers under the guise of improving service is the only option they have left.
I fail to see the purpose of 600Mbps download rates when using that rate to its fullest extent for even a small period of time ends up putting you over your cap really quick and you end up with a crippled speed anyway.
So in your world you would prefer max download speeds of the LTE chipset to be so slow that it makes it difficult or impossible to use one's data allotment for a given month?
Unlimited data at even 1/10th of the advertised speed of this LTE chipset would be far more meaningful than current crappy data plans with 600Mbps speed. My current phone has 100Mbps LTE and I can actually achieve that speed at off-peak times (e.g. 1 AM on a weekday), but it burns through my data so quickly that it's not even funny.
Qualcomm has done their best, now it's time for carriers to step their game up. At least in my country.
No in the US only those that are on corp account or have money to burn would benefit from anything faster than LTE. Of course that point flew right over your head so enjoy paying $10 per gig of data over the cap.
The inverse of faster downloads is quicker race to sleep. If it only takes you 1 second to download a 1MB file instead of 10 seconds, you take away the 9 seconds of using spectrum for downloading the file, increasing power savings and capacity per tower so other people can download content too.
Granted, there's an ever increasing appetite for data, hence why there exists caps.
Anyone using mobile data other than the original grandfathered 4G LTE Verizon Unlimited plans are simply chumps.
None of these increases in theoretical transfer rates are for your benefit. It's so that carriers can cram more data with less spectrum use per bit transferred.
The Snapdragon X12 LTE modem, the discrete version of the same one that'll be integrated in the Snapdragon 820, is already delivering those speeds on Telstra's network.
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Taneli - Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - link
Slowly but surely approaching the ITU 4G standard of 1Gbit/s download speed.Morawka - Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - link
i really hope mobile operators dont start using that unlicensed 2.4 and 5ghz spectrum. You gotta give the consumer home wireless market some spectrum to work with and we dont need anybody else eating up the channels.DanNeely - Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - link
No. They need to destroy our ability to use wifi so they can sell larger data plans at higher costs.DanNeely - Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - link
Bluetooth failed at that objective because most people only used it intermittently, and it only used part of the 2.4ghz band leaving room for wifi to work on the remainder and all the 5ghz spectrum free from interference. Being able to install wifi jammers on cell towers under the guise of improving service is the only option they have left.Shadowmaster625 - Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - link
I fail to see the purpose of 600Mbps download rates when using that rate to its fullest extent for even a small period of time ends up putting you over your cap really quick and you end up with a crippled speed anyway.smartthanyou - Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - link
So in your world you would prefer max download speeds of the LTE chipset to be so slow that it makes it difficult or impossible to use one's data allotment for a given month?Jimios - Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - link
Unlimited data at even 1/10th of the advertised speed of this LTE chipset would be far more meaningful than current crappy data plans with 600Mbps speed. My current phone has 100Mbps LTE and I can actually achieve that speed at off-peak times (e.g. 1 AM on a weekday), but it burns through my data so quickly that it's not even funny.Qualcomm has done their best, now it's time for carriers to step their game up. At least in my country.
chrnochime - Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - link
No in the US only those that are on corp account or have money to burn would benefit from anything faster than LTE. Of course that point flew right over your head so enjoy paying $10 per gig of data over the cap.jeffkibuule - Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - link
The inverse of faster downloads is quicker race to sleep. If it only takes you 1 second to download a 1MB file instead of 10 seconds, you take away the 9 seconds of using spectrum for downloading the file, increasing power savings and capacity per tower so other people can download content too.Granted, there's an ever increasing appetite for data, hence why there exists caps.
Jimios - Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - link
600Mbps LTE... amazing! I will be able to burn through my monthly data plan (300MB) in about 5 seconds. :)extide - Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - link
40 seconds, (Megabit vs MegaByte)Pzenarch - Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - link
... 300MB = 300Mb * 8 = 2,400Mb ...... 2,400Mb / 600Mb = 4 ...
... about 5 seconds is closer. Original poster wins!
Communism - Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - link
Anyone using mobile data other than the original grandfathered 4G LTE Verizon Unlimited plans are simply chumps.None of these increases in theoretical transfer rates are for your benefit. It's so that carriers can cram more data with less spectrum use per bit transferred.
sherifhanna - Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - link
Hey guys - Sherif here from Qualcomm.So this just happened:
http://exchange.telstra.com.au/2015/09/16/telstra-...
The Snapdragon X12 LTE modem, the discrete version of the same one that'll be integrated in the Snapdragon 820, is already delivering those speeds on Telstra's network.