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DC-HSPA+ compatible phones?
Hi, I am currently with T-mobile and i am fed up with their poor mobile internet speeds (currently between 1-3 meg on my HTC one x), thinking of moving to 3 and checking out their new DC-HSPA+ service but what android phones are compatible for this signal??
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1-3meg on the one x. that sounds like a congestion (or speed cap t-mobile/ee have yet to confess) your phone is hspa+ so should get between 7-15Mbps on average depending on network conditions. Getting a DC-HSPA device wont help your speed problems
![]() ow and btw, t-mobile has dc-hspa. |
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Most of the 4G phones support DC-HSPA+ such as the HTC One XL and the Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE or ofcoarse the Nexus 4.
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Most of the 4G phones support DC-HSPA+ such as the HTC One XL and the Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE or ofcoarse the Nexus 4.
DC-HSPA is available on one of the 3 USB dongles and one of the Sony Xperia handsets. There is at least one other available now but the range is limited. |
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Neither 3, Vodafone or O2 currently offer LTE equipped phones.
DC-HSPA is available on one of the 3 USB dongles and one of the Sony Xperia handsets. There is at least one other available now but the range is limited. |
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Yeah on the three website it shows the I phone 5 and Xperia T are compatible was wondering if there is more choice of phones available to get these speeds
DC would be nice to have but it's not something that would be top of my list for phone specs. Lots of regulars on DS have posted results of between 16 and 20Mbps with HSPA+ 21 on 3 and that would be more than sufficient for my needs if I was able to achieve it. |
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I agree, I'm yet to see anyone reporting speeds over 20ish on DC-HSDPA (DC-HSPA+..) with Three.
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The most I've seen is 23mbps on three. I'll try to find the link.
Nexus 4 Xperia T IPhond 5 Galaxy s3 lte Galaxy note 2 lte Lumia 900/920 Maybe a few others but nothing that's widely avaliable |
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Neither 3, Vodafone or O2 currently offer LTE equipped phones.
DC-HSPA is available on one of the 3 USB dongles and one of the Sony Xperia handsets. There is at least one other available now but the range is limited. |
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thanks for some of the suggestions, anything has to be better than the terrible web speeds i am getting with t-mobile at the mo.
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T-mobile slow down connections once you reach fair use policy.I have basic internet on sim only.
Before fair use= 9mb Once fup is reached= 2mb (& no app store/Youtube etc) |
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thanks for some of the suggestions, anything has to be better than the terrible web speeds i am getting with t-mobile at the mo.
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At less than 50 miles from the test server in London it could have been O2's experimental LTE or EE's LTE, or O2 or Vodafone's DC-HSPA+ I'm afraid the word cellular is not enough to attribute it to any particular network operator. |
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Sadly there is no evidence on this speedtest result to which network was being used.
At less than 50 miles from the test server in London it could have been O2's experimental LTE or EE's LTE, or O2 or Vodafone's DC-HSPA+ I'm afraid the word cellular is not enough to attribute it to any particular network operator. |
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ow come on dude dont be stupid. if it was LTE the upload would be alot faster, an why would he wanna lie?
This is HSPA+, no doubt if my phone supported DC-HSPA it would be faster, as you would get allocated 2x5 of bandwidth instead of 1x5. http://oi48.tinypic.com/9g8ohz.jpg |
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Bloody hell wave, if you need proof then here is the link. Title is a bit misleading as the throttling aspect of trafficsense for users on the one plan is over and has been for some time now
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...676052&page=88 |
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Bloody hell wave, if you need proof then here is the link. Title is a bit misleading as the throttling aspect of trafficsense for users on the one plan is over and has been for some time now
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...676052&page=88 |
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Regardless of the source there is no evidence that the result detailed on the speedtest posted came from any particular mobile network. All that can be proved is that it came from a mobile network within the London area as no network is identified on the actual test result.
I don't think it is unreasonable to draw conclusions which network was used for the test from that. |
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to draw conclusions which network was used for the test from that.
Had there been evidence of a network ID or an IP address the result would be without question. |
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Not unreasonable, but neither is it conclusive proof that the result was obtained using any particular network.
Had there been evidence of a network ID or an IP address the result would be without question. Or will you say that would have been photoshopped... Besides if you read through the thread the guy posts numerous times about how he's in three and gets good speeds and lives near a mast and has a nexus 4 on the one plab |
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