Wireless mobile technologies have developed enormously; one of the main developments is the emergence of 4G technology. It’s a term that you’ve certainly encountered in your daily life, but what is 4G? And is HTC One 4G capable? We will answer these and other questions related to HTC One 4G technology in the following article.
Does the HTC One have 4G?
Yes. HTC has embedded 4G in HTC One phone.
How do you tell whether HTC One is 4G-enabled or not?
Before buying your device, you want to make sure that it enables 4G. You have so many options to do it, and we will list some of them here. The most obvious method is to check the specifications on the manual or in the device’s package.
If you lost them or you are still lying at home trying to find the ideal device for you, you can do the same on the internet using the device name or model number.
If you desire to verify your current phone, just turn on the mobile data; if the HTC One 4G data is available, then you will immediately notice immediately see a 4G icon on the top of the display. You might notice LTE or LTE+ instead of it. However, this method might be misleading if you didn’t activate a 4G plan, or you are out of coverage.
Another way is to check the settings: open your settings and search for network mode, usually as follows: Settings > Cellular (or Mobile Data) > Cellular Data Options (or Mobile Data Options). If your phone is 4G-capable you will find a 4G or an LTE option. If you don’t see 4G or LTE, then your smartphone doesn’t support the standard.
How to switch to 4G on HTC One?
If you would like to enable your HTC One 4G network, then follow the instructions (it might differ slightly from the settings on your own device):
1- From Home screen, select Apps.
2- From the Apps tab, tap Settings.
3- Make sure the Mobile data tile is on.
4- Select Mobile data.
5- Tap Network mode.
6- Choose 4G or LTE option.
Note: If you need to turn off 4G then choose an inferior network type (e.g. 3G).
Learn about 4G technology on HTC One
4G is the fourth generation of wireless technologies, it comes just after 3G and before 5G. Although 5G is considered the highest technology present in the market, 4G is still the fastest most diffused technology.
4G has fast uploading and downloading speeds, overstepping the previous 3G standards, and it also comes decreased latency, allowing users to do much more activities using their mobiles, things such as live conferencing.
To be more accurate, 4G is a designation named by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and it is also a commercial term used by wireless service providers to exhibit a set of protocols used in their networks.
One of the most famous protocols is LTE and LTE-Advanced, So for HTC One 4G to be useful, it should be compatible with the protocols used by local mobile network operators.
Why is 4G on the HTC One important?
4G has all the attributes of 3G at more speed. It offers download speeds of around 14 Mbps up to speeds as high as 150 Mbps, five times more than 3G. And it provides more than ten times the uploading data speeds of 3G, ranging from 8Mbps up to 50 Mbps.
Low latency is another advantage, it ranges from 60ms to 98 ms, Despite the fact that it’s only a bit lower than 3G, it is very necessary for some use cases including video conferencing or online gaming, and other real-time interactions.
The development of VoLTE standard added another feature to 4g technology which is the ability to make phone calls and surf the internet in parallel, with even better voice quality. All of these advantages are within your reach with HTC One 4G technology.
Get to know 4G bands in your HTC One
4G and other cellular networks use radio waves to transmit data. These waves have different lengths and frequencies. To prevent interference between signals, governments and the ITU decided which regions use which frequencies for 4G.
Each region has been allocated certain frequency intervals termed bands. Band number 7 and band number 28 (for example) are used all around the world.
What you should know as a consumer is that each carrier provides certain bands according to the area, and different phones enable different bands. So you should make sure that your HTC One supports the bands offered by your local mobile provider.
Here are the HTC One4G-enabled bands:
3, 7, 20 – EMEA;2, 4, 5, 17 – AT&T;3, 7 – Asia;4, 17 – T-Mobile;.