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Surprise, voice over LTE destroys batteries

0. phoneArena posted on 30 Nov 2012, 04:26

When LTE made its debut in a big way, customers were greeted with amazing data speeds. They were also greeted with...

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1. jackhammeR posted on 30 Nov 2012, 04:37 4 1

great technology but unless it drains so much battery and battery technology is rubbish, it's highly impractical.

2. Synack posted on 30 Nov 2012, 07:49 1

How about we get LTE and voice/mms on the same chipset allowing us to talk and surf at the same time first.... ahem Apple.

3. rb68 posted on 30 Nov 2012, 07:54 1

What the hell is a Spirent? Sounds like something from the Lord of the Rings...

4. Nathan_ingx posted on 30 Nov 2012, 09:24 1

Spirent Communications provides test and service management solutions for the communications industry.
For something you don't know...trust Google! :D

9. whythename posted on 04 Dec 2012, 10:55

Never trust anything fully, this your first day on the internet?

5. laheelahee posted on 30 Nov 2012, 09:37 1

i think smartphones in Korea always comes w/ an extra battery

7. laheelahee posted on 30 Nov 2012, 12:42 1

wait, i think its only Samsung that does that...

6. MorePhonesThanNeeded posted on 30 Nov 2012, 11:08 1

Wait isn't the Droid Razr HD VoLTE? When you check it's stats it clearly says talk and surf at the same time and it's a Qualcomm chipset so it's a given that it's a pretty good set up. Oh well they need to refine the power draw of LTE in cellular devices because that mess draws way too much power to do the same thing 3G service used to. In few short years it should be upgraded significantly, until then we'll be playing hand off from LTE to 3G.

8. mydi.maus posted on 30 Nov 2012, 21:11

no need lte! 4g itself would be just fine..

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