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3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:43 am

On my mobile phone what does E mean ??? and which is the fastest ???

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:54 am

3G is quicker. E stands for edge. You mobile will revert to E when no 3G service.

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:56 am

My fone shows H in the window which according to Google is the equivalent of 3.5G technology ??

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:02 am

Can any phone pick up H ???

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:03 am

H is A+

G is A

E is U

anything else not worth grading :lol:

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:03 am

H+ is the fastest, then H, Then 3G, Then E.

Yes any phone can pick up H providing the mast is close.

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:04 am

carlccfc wrote:H is A+

G is A

E is U

anything else not worth grading :lol:



So what about H+? :lol:

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:06 am

e is when your skiving fishing ! :ayatollah:

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:17 am

4G coming soon ;)

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:21 am

PhatFrog wrote:4G coming soon ;)


What is great is that there is still loads of areas which can't get 3G and yet there are looking to open up a new spectrum for 4G

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:37 am

Cardiff Crazy wrote:
PhatFrog wrote:4G coming soon ;)


What is great is that there is still loads of areas which can't get 3G and yet there are looking to open up a new spectrum for 4G


I think with 4G, we'll see the return of unlimited high speed data on networks.

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:43 am

fuc.ing nerds a phones a phone ffs :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah: and this is a football forum :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:45 am

troobloo3339 wrote:fuc.ing nerds a phones a phone ffs :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah: and this is a football forum :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah:


Multi billion pound industry mate. And its my job to be a nerd :D

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:34 am

E is Edge, the older internet connection speed. 3G is the newer and now 3G+ is on most top handsets....all about speed and consistency.

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:04 pm

always wondered thi myself. Only ever seen E or 3G or sometimes a o

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 1:35 pm

Can a I phone 4 pick up the newer settings like 4 g ????

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 1:35 pm

Can a I phone 4 pick up the newer settings like 4 g ????

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:17 pm

3G is the highest connection speed for all mobile devices!

4G is not available yet

Re: 3G and E whats the diffrence

Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:09 pm

From what I remember, E (Edge) is the fastest 2g technology. It works by using multiple 2g channels, i.e. bonding multiple connections together. It tops out at around 400kb/s

3G is slightly newer and can go up to around 2Mb/s. HSPDA works in a similar way to edge and uses multiple 3g channels to boost the connection speed to about 15Mb/s. If you're on a 3G connection, you're more than likely to be on HSPDA, not all mobile phones and indeed mobile phone companies change the connection symbol to H (I don't think iphones do).

4G when it's available over here will boost speeds to anything up to 300Mb/s, the government is auctioning off the licenses for 4g in 2012 so we can expect 4g around 18months later I guess.

The 3g license auction made the government about £20bn when it was done 10 years ago, the 4g auction should put some pennies in the coffers if it's done properly.