EE 4G: Meet the UK’s first super speed smartphones!
Hold on to your hats, folks: turbo 4G speeds are coming to the UK. Everything Everywhere, the merged Orange and T-Mobile, has announced its super fast mobile network is coming in the next few weeks, and is rebranding itself once again to “EE”. Yes, EE. What does it mean for customers though? Well, how about a 4G iPhone 5 for starters…
At London’s Science Museum this morning, Everything Everywhere revealed its new super fast 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) plans. The network will be flicked on in the next few weeks, giving people download speeds on the go that even outstrip home broadband speeds (and as much as seven times faster than current 3G limits), with an EE fibre optic broadband network for the home also in the pipeline.
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EE says 16 cities will have 4G access by Christmas, covering 20 million people, with a goal of 98 percent population coverage by 2014. The EE brand will exist alongside T-Mobile and Orange, but if you want to tap into those turbo 4G speeds you’ll need to upgrade to a new handset that supports 4G LTE, or buy a dongle for your laptop that does – it’s contract only for now rather than Pay As You Go.
Confirmed 4G handsets for EE so far include both the Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 (when they launch), a 4G version of the Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X and the Huawei Ascend P1, as well as two Huawei dongles for laptops and PCs. Perhaps even more excitingly, Apple is expected to launch an iPhone 5 with 4G tomorrow. If it supports EE’s 1800MHz 4G, that means you could be surfing on a 4G iPhone in just a few weeks!
Oh, and those first launch sites? The lucky citizens of London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Bristol will will be blessed with EE 4G first, with Edinburgh, Belfast, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Newcastle, Southampton, Hull, Nottingham and Derby going live before Christmas.
We’ll have more details for you as we get them. In the meantime, let us know what you make of the news. Will EE 4G make you switch?
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Mike Carter11 September 2012
4G well what can u say it will be a big blow for cable , sky ETC Unless they offer speed deals it will blow them away 4G bring it on , speed speed speed
Report as inappropriateRob Georgeson11 September 2012
When are the networks going to make unlimited data standard on their plans so users can actually make use of these fast download speeds? There is no point in downloading loads of data quickly if you run out of data usage a week in to your month's allowance.
Report as inappropriateWill11 September 2012
As attractive as this is I, on Orange, am still not assured 3G coverage (HSPA is the norm). There is no point in getting 4G for a year or two yet, because until then you will have to be in 3 or 4 spots in the entirety of the UK. I would much rather use my Quad core One X than a Dual core XL that can never actually use 4G
Report as inappropriateJman910012 September 2012
We need speed for YouTube videos to load fast so I can't wait.
Report as inappropriateAndy Tillotson13 September 2012
I think it's fantastic! I'm on Voadfone atm and without wi-fi I struggle to load youtube video's. Let's hope this will change all that!
Report as inappropriateNiro13 September 2012
i was kinda feeling strange when i saw #EE4G trending on Twitter after reading this and finding out that its Orange and T-mobile merged together , i just got completely off i've been with Orange 3 years now i frankly am not happy with the network at all. Im just going to get the iphone 5 unlocked version even if it means i dont get 4G just will never want to continue on both these networks.
Report as inappropriateJ15 September 2012
So how long until the other networks join in? I live in a conservation/greenbelt area, very few mobile masts are allowed up within 15 minutes of where I live and as a result the only signal I can pick up is the O2 network (which also includes talkmobile and giffgaff). Orange, Vodaphone and also 3 are a waste of time for me as there is no signal for them anywhere near me. I guess this 4G thing is pretty wasted on me until its included everywhere. Agree about the unlimited internet issue though- but when T mobile offered this before they apparently put speed limits on your usage if you went about 1GB though this was not widely known, the more data you used, the slower and slower it would become the next month. This is how they treat the bill payers? Sorry, Orange/T-mobile, wouldn't touch with a bargepole!
Report as inappropriateGrayson04 November 2012
Make sure u are aware too that there is no cap on data usage with Orange!!! I just got a bill for £70 and I was using 3G! Used 4 GB. This was as Internet was down and just needed to access Internet. Never thought would cost me that much! :/ ...4G would just be worse!
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