Report: LTE knowledge varies by device, network

Metrico, a device contrast firm, yesterday expelled a full-year news on a state of LTE and a patron knowledge in 2011. The news gauges several aspects of LTE-capable inclination – data, video, voice, Web browsing – on both ATT and Verizon Wireless’ networks.

For a report, Metrico tested a HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy II (Skyrocket) on ATT’s LTE network. The association also tested opening of a HTC Thunderbolt, Samsung Droid Charge and Motorola Droid Bionic on Verizon Wireless’ LTE network.

The news found information and Web opening on LTE networks uncover during slightest a five-time alleviation when compared to homogeneous opening of smartphones totalled on a carriers’ particular 3G networks.

Data opening on both ATT and Verizon’s networks, as totalled by still HTTP download and upload speeds, was comparable. All inclination underneath exam achieved a meant still information download speed surpassing 10 Mbps. Maximum download speeds above 30 Mbps were celebrated on both networks.

Although ATT’s formula are aloft than those of Verizon, Metrico says a inequality could be attributed to Verizon’s charity being on a marketplace longer and subsequently some-more installed with subscribers.

Data speeds didn’t indispensably interpret to a improved user experience. Video showed poignant variations in opening on a live network by device. The Samsung Droid Charge on Verizon showed a top support rate, while a Motorola Droid Bionic on a same network showed a lowest support smoothness rate.

Metrico records that opening did not relate with information and Web opening of these devices, indicating that onboard video processor and digest program play a pivotal purpose in a subscriber’s video experience.
Battery life sundry by device and by focus used, formed on a specific resources, such as a display, compulsory for opposite applications.

In a comparison of a Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket on ATT and a Motorola Droid Bionic on Verizon, battery life of a inclination sundry significantly by application.

Whereas a Skyrocket showed aloft battery life than a Bionic for email, SMS, Web browsing and video streaming, it lagged significantly when it came to circuit-switched voice calling.

Applications, in turn, change in their final of a battery formed on a resources they require. For example, a applications where a Skyrocket is forward also need use of a display.

Metrico concludes that a subscriber knowledge is not simply driven by a network or a device, though by a multiple of a two. Even inclination with identical specifications connected to identical network technologies still denote movement in performance, underscoring a criticality of measuring opening during a subscriber level.