Diary: LTE has problems with the phone - the euphoria cools

Many hopes rest on LTE. In the "white spots" Germany: where there is no DSL, people, companies and local governments wait eagerly for the broadband mobile. Also in other regions, many hope that LTE capable of mobile Internet.

But as the number of suitable surfsticks and router properly grows, sees it with LTE-enabled Smartphones from mau. Worse yet, those LTE phones that are already announced, have a serious problem - you can make calls with them do not have the air of the 4th generation. As LTE creates new opportunities for pure data traffic in the first place, the "data only" mode works, but is missing a standard telephony.

LTE phones in three years market?

The computer magazine CHIP asked about this topic experts. Conclusion on chip.de: "LTE Mobile phones can only really be suitable for mass market use, if they can - make phone calls over LTE and that can take still three years." The reason is the technical problems with the phone. "Who so wants to call his chic new LTE Smartphone", so is in the chiparticle to read, "must significantly longer times for the connecting build-up in purchase take, because they turn their UMTS/GSM radio modules once if necessary and the right GSM or UMTS based - must pick up station." Counts with ten or more seconds until a LTE Smartphone is ready for the phone.

No wonder that after the initial euphoria of LTE now disenchantment is wide. As for beni in the Forum of mobile-treff, on the question, when a switch to LTE could be interesting, responds: "Actually not at all." Phone to become a few years via GSM. There, the power consumption is optimized to acquire the technology mature and competitive. Surfing for mobile ranges UMTS me with 2-3 mbit. "... so I need no LTE and will not need the next few years certainly also it." In the same Horn is Martyn: "For me it is similar to." Mobile I go with my two Smartphone eh only online. … But when times be Facebook, to Messenger, mail, & studiVZ, forums & communities ranging from the 384 Kbps or 950 KBit/s also. What I am most urgent find would be as flat development of UMTS, because GPRS/EDGE with 30-100 KBit/s is then already bad lame. "LTE will play well at least the next few years doesn't matter for me."

No matter which technology - the tariffs must vote

Also the announced LTE plans provide for disappointment: "Me is also regardless of whether the technology is HSPA + or LTE or whatever." Even normal HSDPA enough me.  … Tariffs are the real basic problem still remains: what use I 28.8 Mbps in the downstream, if after 5 GB traffic is throttled? ", complains at onlinekosten.de user Jesse."

In the current thread, the charge appears to, E-plus verschlafe LTE (note)  d. Note: E-Plus has recently launched the first field tests, relies mainly on "the workhorse HSPA +"). User pithein in mobilfunk-talk is quite disagree: "LTE overslept?" First of all, it is offered only stationary. How is with calling from? Where are appropriate cell phones the? Then the 'cheap' prices. "Can E + alone wait and put on HSPA +."

Is "Mobile Only" a realistic alternative?

Others however welcome LTE, such as user in the chip forum which the telephony problem would not interfere with rawefranko: "That would be soo bad not." There is however enough internet-based services such as Skype - you would work. It is perhaps the best solution: no ordinary mobile phone connections more, not a normal telephone lines more - only Internet access /-compounds. That would reduce costs in the long term because of the simplification. "How see it that?"

I would like to pass on to you this question: How do you evaluate LTE? Under what circumstances would you change? And "Mobile Only", so is the abolition of fixed network for Internet and phone, an option for you?

Rainer
BASE Ambassador

Image source: www.3gpp.org

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