[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hotleadsingerguy:
I disagree. The difference is fairly noticeable in using any app that connects to the internet. I connect at 20Mbps+ on LTE, which means apps download quicker, videos buffer much quick (and consequently start playing much quicker - almost instantaneously), music downloads faster, web pages load faster, etc...

It's much less efficient, no doubt about it, but I think it's worth it. If I know I'm going to need the battery to last awhile I can always turn it off, but since I live in the civilized world I always have access to a place to charge. I have my phone plugged in overnight, every night, and at work it sits in a dock. My battery very rarely drops under 60%.

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See this I also disagree with. I've had AT&T for over 10 years and, overall, I've loved it; however, there are some big problems with AT&T (and GSM, in general). In crowded areas like football stadiums, the data connection with AT&T is almost completely useless. Every phone I've ever had with AT&T has had the problem: Walk into a large arena or something where at least 30k+ people are, and no matter what your signal level is, your data connection is nonexistent. Then you leave and you get 20 text messages, 2 voicemails (for those of us that use Google Voice, since it's all data), facebook messages, etc...

On top of that, there are certain places that really are "dead zones". The signal level seems fine (usually 3-5 bars), but there's virtually no data connection (sometimes no data throughput at all, sometimes very very low). That kind of crap annoys me when it happens once or twice a week. A few places I go (my church, one of the bars we go to for games/fights, and a friend's house that I go to often) have this exact type of problem. Signal level looks fine, no data at all.

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See this kind of outlook *really* annoys me. Don't even dare to tell me how important my time is, or how valuable it is. How do you know I'm not using my phone for multi-million dollar deals? Or, even worse, how do you know I'm not using that connection to make sure my children are ok, or to find information about a case I'm working on?

Telling people how, why, or with what limitations they should use their phone is utterly ridiculous, and incredibly rude. Worry about how *you* use your phone, but if someone wants to use it for something else, why on God's Earth do you feel you should have the authority to tell them they're wrong?

I want LTE because I like having a fast connection. I don't like waiting for things to load, and with LTE I don't have to. It's not as if we're telling you you have to get an LTE phone because you can't be satisfied with 3G...it's that we're saying *WE* are not satisfied with using 3G, and would rather have LTE. Whether you agree with that notion or not is irrelevant...it's none of your business to tell others what they should be satisfied with.

---------- Post added at 03:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:54 PM ----------

"Great" is very subjective. I live in Cleveland and we have a very strong Verizon network here (both 3G and LTE). The top speed I've ever seen on 3G is like 2.8Mbps. That's definitely *not* great. On AT&T I've seen over 8Mbps on 3G. True, LTE gets much higher (my Galaxy Tab 10.1 has hit 40Mbps), but it uses a lot more battery. I'm fine with using more battery, but not without seeing at least an equally high increase in speed.