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NVIDIA Announces Tegra 4i With Integrated LTE Chip, 60-core GPU, and Half the Size of New Snapdragons

Kellen February 19, 2013 22

This morning, NVIDIA announced the newest member to the Tegra 4 family called the Tegra 4i. This is their first LTE integrated chip, so if it's adopted by phone manufacturers, we should finally start to see more Tegra-equipped smartphones in the mass market....

Nexus 4 Android 4.2.2 Update Removes Unofficial LTE Support, Sorry Canadians

Kellen February 14, 2013 11

It has been well documented at this point that the Nexus 4 has an LTE chip inside. Even LG came out and admitted that they used the same processor/modem combo from the Optimus G inside the device, a chipset which included an LTE radio. Thanks to the presence...

FCC Gives Dish Network Approval to Build Own LTE Network

Kellen December 12, 2012 45

The FCC has voted in favor of allowing Dish Network to use their AWS spectrum as a 4G LTE wireless network. Dish will now "consider its strategic options," but as you all know, Google was once brought up as a potential partner for the satellite company. Those...

Verizon CEO: While AT&T and Others are Playing Catch-up With LTE, We’ll be Figuring Out 5G and 6G

Kellen December 4, 2012 179

Verizon's CEO, Lowell McAdam, sat down for a brief chat this morning at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference. During the conversation, he talked about the entire status of the company, from Wireline to Wireless. Clearly, we care about his...

VoLTE Could Slash Smartphone Battery Life by 50%?

Kellen November 29, 2012 44

According to a recent study, a test of battery life between 3G (CDMA) and VoLTE showed a 50% reduction when placing calls over LTE only. The test apparently took place over an unnamed U.S. operator's network in two major markets using a smartphone that was...

LG: Nexus 4 has LTE Chip Because It’s Based Off the Optimus G, Future Software Update to Activate It Not Coming

Kellen November 26, 2012 64

Over the weekend, some crafty Canadians figured out a way to get the LG Nexus 4 working on their Band 4 LTE networks. The world was semi-shocked, as Google and LG released this as a non-LTE phone. Unfortunately, hopes were already raised, talk of a future...

Nexus 4 Does Having Working LTE After All, In Canada That is

Kellen November 23, 2012 111

Crazy, right? LTE working on the LG Nexus 4. Yes, this is the same phone that Google itself said would not run on the world's next-gen wireless networks. We knew it had an LTE chip inside, thanks to a teardown, but very few figured the chip would ever work. It...

iFixit Teardown Reveals 7-Band LTE Chip Inside Nexus 4

Kellen November 18, 2012 56

Well, would you look at that. On Friday evening, iFixit posted their "teardown" of the LG Nexus 4 and discovered that it has a Qualcomm 7-band 4G LTE chip inside it. But, wait! I thought it didn't have LTE and was HSPA+ only? It is. For whatever reason though,...