iPhone 4S w/ 5.1 on AT&T reporting 4G usage

[ohsnap]

I guess that I've found the first bug. It is by no means a show-stopper, not by any stretch of the imagination, but my cellular is reporting 4G instead of 3G now. Whatever, as long as it works.

Also, as soon as I updated from 4.3.x to 5.0 back in Sept(?), my personal hotspot stopped working and has not worked one second until just a few minutes ago. Joy!

 

[Acejam2k]

This is not a bug, it's by design.

 

[Weaselboy]

Not a bug, it is this way by design. See this.

 

[orangebluedevil]

please post a screenshot of the network settings. in particular, can we toggle 3g on and off?

 

[SamGabbay]

iPhone 4S on AT&T 4G when updating to iOS 5.1

After I updated my iPhone to 5.1 after the keynote. My iPhone has said that I was on AT&T 4G and I noticed dramatic difference in speed.

 

[Applejuiced]

The speed was always there, they just added/changed the icon displayed for HSPA+ areas.

 

[jamesryanbell]

I just noticed that too. Very cool!!

 

[ap3604]

Wonder if the icon will ever show "3G" if you are in an area without HSPA+ ?

 

[El3ctronics]

Same symbol here but my speeds mid day in NYC still blow.

 

[ohsnap]

Not a bug, it is this way by design. See this.

So it's just a marketing thing. Oh, Apple

please post a screenshot of the network settings. in particular, can we toggle 3g on and off?

I can't see an option to toggle 3G, but we can certainly turn off cellular data.

 

[sulpfiction]

Updated to 5.1 - Phone now showing 4G??

What is this about??

 

[Netherscourge]

There was talk last year about making AT&T 4/4S phones show "4G" because their 3G network actually reaches 4G speeds.


Not sure if this is related or not though.

 

[ugahairydawgs]

Just a marketing term for HSPA+

 

[cmChimera]

So it's just a marketing thing. Oh, Apple

At&t asked them to. If it was a marketing thing, they would market it....

 

[scaredpoet]

"4G" now on the iPhone 4S

Well, this is interesting. I guess AT&T prevailed in "convincing" Apple to classify HSPA+ as 4G:

 

[sulpfiction]

Ah, yes...That's exactly what it is. HSPA+..

 

[Darth.Titan]

I know AT&T wanted Apple to have iOS do that. I guess Apple gave in.

There's going to be a lot of griping around here about this, but technically HSPA+ is 4G.

 

[apollo1444]

can anyone confirm this? or this is just a nice rick rolling hoax

 

[ewils19]

Mine says the same thing.
However I ran a speed test and I only got 2.5 Mbps which is half of what i usually get.
I'm guessing the network is overloaded?

 

[Small White Car]

Hmm.

While I would have preferred 3G+, I gotta say this is better than nothing. At least I can identify which areas are different. I know I don't have LTE, so no big deal.

This WILL suck for the next iPhone, though. Then we'll have 3 levels of speed on AT&T but only 2 visual indicators. (Unless they put LTE 4G up there, but, ugh.)

 

[scaredpoet]

What is this about??

Update your apps.

 

[mms13]

dumb

 

[TWO2SEVEN]

Update your apps.

Check your email!

 

[Applejuiced]

There's already 5 threads below this stating the same.
Its just a display and marketing thing change. You will still get the same speeds you were getting before.

 

[iceterminal]

Check your email!

And answer your damn phone once in awhile.