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 is the technology behind 4G. It stands for Long Term Evolution. It usually shows up on your screen as 4G LTE. It was a standard developed when 4G was designed for the purposes of phones and towers and other devices to talk to each other. There were other standards developed at the same time called UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband) and WiMax, but LTE is the global standard technology for cellular communications. It is an open, interoperable standard used by virtually all carriers. **All major smartphones use LTE today. In fact, there is no such thing as true 4G as defined by the standards set forth. 4G was defined as the ideal standard and as no phones actually can reach this standard, so they defined LTE. Even if your phone is advertised as 4G, it uses LTE technology.**
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