Nexus 4 teardown shows hepta-band LTE chip

2. kartik4u98 posted on 17 Nov 2012, 11:00 7

still wish that it could be hacked to get LTE..

4. ZEUS.the.thunder.god posted on 17 Nov 2012, 11:21 4

i wish it was available here in India:(
but most probably LG would never launch it here(might be pissed with the fan following of nexus)

7. Kronic (banned) posted on 17 Nov 2012, 12:11 12

With lte or without lte- nexus 4 is one awesome phone.

8. ZEUS.the.thunder.god posted on 17 Nov 2012, 12:12 0

I have the link for ebay(cart2india) but I dont wanna pay $560 (INR 30k) for it. I might try to get it from US through a friend or something else I will stick with my GneX.

9. remixfa posted on 17 Nov 2012, 13:09 9

screw LTE, I'm averaging 15mbs+ on HSPA+. you can pay a lot more for LTE to get a higher number and feel special, but in real world its all instant over 10mbs on a phone.

11. paulyyd posted on 17 Nov 2012, 14:37 0

I average 25mbps with my iPhone 5 on my Verizon. Never looking back and glad I got it

13. roscuthiii posted on 17 Nov 2012, 16:54 0

From the "A vision for Google Wireless and the troubles it would face," article previously posted - "As for the wireless bands, Google prefers global standards, so we would expect that the network would be built on GSM/HSPA+ and LTE. LTE of course would be the trouble spot as different regions use different frequency bands. The USA uses the 700MHz spectrum, while the majority of the rest of the world uses the 1800MHz, 2100MHz, and 2600MHz spectrum, and a few others. Even worse, within those frequencies, there are different bands being used by different carriers. For example, Verizon and AT&T both use the 700MHz frequency, but Verizon is band 13 and AT&T is band 17, so the same radio wouldn't work for both."

So is this hepta-band LTE chip preparation to make the Nexus 4 more compatible with Google Wireless once that launches in late 2013???

14. mr_stepik posted on 18 Nov 2012, 07:41 1

MDM9215M DOES support LTE.