Why does iPhone (and I presume Androids as well) display cellular connection in the status bar as “3G” or “5G”, but “LTE” instead of “4G”?
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“LTE” was originally used because early networks did not quite meet the 4G standard, although they were still faster than 3G. Most networks are now LTE-A and do meet the 4G standard.
Source: https://www.androidauthority.com/4g-vs-lte-274882/
Speculation: It could be that the OSs simply lump them together for the sake of simplicity.
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