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| Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by Nobody: 9:50pm On Jul 16, 2015 |
Most of us operate our phones, brows with them but do not know what these common features represent. Gone are the days when mobile phones were used mainlyfor voice calls. Now mobile phones have become smart andmillions of people are using Internet through theirsmartphones . In different countries , the quality and speed ofmobile Internet differs depending uponthe progress oftelecom industry .In your Android smartphone , the strength of mobile Internetsignal is shown using alphabet letters like G , E , 2 G , 3 G , Hand 4G near the signal bar . These symbols are visible rightnext to the signal strength indicator. Have you everwondered about the meaning of these symbols / letters ?Well , today I will tell you about the meaning of letters G , E,2 G , 3G , H and 4 G in context of the mobile Internet.EDGE is faster than GPRS but still not good enough tobrowse the Internet. It takes lot of timein loading websiteswhen your signal bar is showing E letter alongside .Typically EDGE provides a data rate of 400 kbit /second butin ideal conditions data rate of upto 1 Mbit/ second can alsobe achieved .This technology also lies somewhere in between 2G and3 G . Those who call GPRS as 2 . 5 G , they refer EDGE as2 . 75 G .Meaning of 3 G in Mobile Signal3 G means the third generation of mobile telephonetechnology . It uses the Universal MobileTelecommunications System and is based on GSMstandards .Typically 3G provides data transfer rates 384 kbit / second.But depending upon how it is implemented in variousnetworks , the data rate can go upto 42Mbits/second .Usually 3G is faster than EDGE and youcan easily browsewebsites and stream music .Meaning of H in Mobile SignalH stands for HSPA (High Speed PacketAccess ). It is anenhanced form of 3 G technology . HSPA provides higherdata transfer rates than the basic 3G .Meaning of H + in Mobile SignalThis is enhanced HSPA. It is faster than basic HSPA (asexplained above ) . Relatively speedier data transfer in H +will make your video to download or stream much moresmoothly .At present, 4G technology is not very widely available . So,in most parts of the world , HSPA+ is the fastest speed youcan get through mobile Internet.Meaning of 4 G in Mobile SignalIf you see 4 G near the signal bar in your mobile phone,you ’ re lucky ! It means you ’ re using the fastest mobileInternet connection available on the globe at present.4 G is the fourth generation of mobile technology. It is alsocalled LTE ( Long Term Evolution ). 4 G connection works asgood as a wi- fi connection of your home or office . With sucha connection you can do everything onyour mobile that youcan do on your desktop .Just to round it all up , the bars in signal indicator show thestrength or quality of the signal you ’ regetting at yourpresent location . Also , mobile phone makers often use adull color (like gray ) to show weak / absent signal and abright color (like green and blue ) to show good signal.Tiny arrows in the signal bar show thatthe data transfer istaking place . The radar like icon shows the wi- ficonnection .We hope this information was useful for you . http://amebocity.com/forum2_theme_112151916.xhtml?tema=479 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by Tee2902(m): 9:51pm On Jul 16, 2015 |
...ask glo |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by Nobody: 9:54pm On Jul 16, 2015 |
The info was useful. I appreciate |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by Nobody: 10:11pm On Jul 16, 2015 |
Good. Bt gave us wahala during reading, lack spacing in sentence 7 Likes |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by encryptjay(m): 10:14pm On Jul 16, 2015 |
Nice one bro...Quite useful |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by ManTiger(m): 11:46pm On Jul 16, 2015 |
Following |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by paix(m): 12:01am On Jul 17, 2015 |
What is GPRS? |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by robinicule(m): 5:38am On Jul 17, 2015 |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by Illuminator9(m): 6:36am On Jul 17, 2015 |
Thanks mahn! Just learnt Something |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by Codedboy95(m): 6:45am On Jul 17, 2015 |
Most of us operate our phones, brows with them but do not know what these common features represent. Gone are the days when mobile phones were used mainlyfor voice calls. Now mobile phones have become smart andmillions of people are using Internet through theirsmartphones . In different countries , the quality and speed ofmobile Internet differs depending uponthe progress oftelecom industry . In your Android smartphone , the strength of mobile Internetsignal is shown using alphabet letters like G , E , 2 G , 3 G , H and 4G near the signal bar . These symbols are visible rightnext to the signal strength indicator. Have you everwondered about the meaning of these symbols / letters ? Well , today I will tell you about the meaning of letters G , E, 2 G , 3G , H and 4 G in context of the mobile Internet.EDGE is faster than GPRS but still not good enough to browse the Internet. It takes lot of time in loading websites when your signal bar is showing E letter alongside .Typically EDGE provides a data rate of 400 kbit /second butin ideal conditions data rate of upto 1 Mbit/ second can also be achieved . This technology also lies somewhere in between 2G and 3 G . Those who call GPRS as 2 . 5 G , they refer EDGE as 2. 75 G . Meaning of 3 G in Mobile Signal 3 G means the third generation of mobile telephone technology . It uses the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System and is based on GSM standards . Typically 3G provides data transfer rates 384 kbit / second.But depending upon how it is implemented in various networks , the data rate can go upto 42Mbits/second . Usually 3G is faster than EDGE and you can easily browse websites and stream music .Meaning of H in Mobile Signal H stands for HSPA (High Speed Packet Access ). It is an enhanced form of 3 G technology . HSPA provides higher data transfer rates than the basic 3G . Meaning of H + in Mobile Signal This is enhanced HSPA. It is faster than basic HSPA (as explained above ) . Relatively speedier data transfer in H +will make your video to download or stream much more smoothly. At present, 4G technology is not very widely available . So, in most parts of the world , HSPA+ is the fastest speed you can get through mobile Internet. Meaning of 4 G in Mobile Signal If you see 4 G near the signal bar in your mobile phone, you’re lucky ! It means you’re using the fastest mobile Internet connection available on the globe at present. 4 G is the fourth generation of mobile technology. It is also called LTE ( Long Term Evolution ). 4 G connection works as good as a wi- fi connection of your home or office . With sucha connection you can do everything on your mobile that you can do on your desktop .Just to round it all up , the bars in signal indicator show the strength or quality of the signal you ’ regetting at your present location . Also , mobile phone makers often use a dull color (like gray ) to show weak / absent signal and a bright color (like green and blue ) to show good signal. Tiny arrows in the signal bar show thatthe data transfer is taking place . The radar like icon shows the wi- fi connection. We hope this information was useful for you . |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by DjAndroid: 7:12am On Jul 17, 2015 |
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| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by Samexdx(m): 8:19am On Jul 17, 2015 |
Nice one... Tanx for the info |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by SMREXY(m): 9:23am On Jul 17, 2015 |
Educative... very useful! |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by kennynelcon(m): 1:44pm On Jul 17, 2015 |
cool basics |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by coobboy(m): 4:07pm On Jul 17, 2015 |
it is bytes not bits, 1byte makes 8bit, 1000bytes makes 1kilobyte 1000kilobytes makes 1megabyte goes on like that, its bytes not bits 1 Like |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by holatin(m): 6:12pm On Jul 17, 2015 |
tanx op
more copy and paste in future |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by Ricswagger: 6:45pm On Jul 17, 2015 |
thanks op,
cc lalastica,ishilove fp str8 |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by Holywizard: 8:27pm On Jul 17, 2015 |
i cant comprehend bro.
No paragraph!!! |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by hatux: 9:12pm On Jul 17, 2015 |
Educative! Nice one op  |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by paix(m): 10:02pm On Jul 17, 2015 |
DjAndroid:Is EDGE same as Enhanced Dual for Global Evolution? |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by olaitankazeem9(m): 6:05pm On Jul 11, 2016 |
Ricswagger:What's The Meaning Of Op, Cc Lalastica Always Seeing It But Don't Know The Meaning, Especially Lalastica |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by Ricswagger: 8:09pm On Jul 11, 2016 |
olaitankazeem9: op means original poster(that is the person dat compiled an article/topic) cc am nt sure but i believe it prompts/tell a moderator or a nairaland member dat his/her attention is needed lalasticlala or lalastica is d most popular moderator here, d moderators are incharge of moving topics to the fp i.e front page |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by olaitankazeem9(m): 8:16pm On Jul 11, 2016 |
Ricswagger:Thank You So Much! |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by olaitankazeem9(m): 8:16pm On Jul 11, 2016 |
Ricswagger:Thank You So Much! It's Just That I Am New To Nairaland |
| Re: Have You Ever Wondered What These Letters; G, E, 2g,3g, H And 4g Mean? by MrGerald(m): 11:32am On Jul 26, 2016 |
olaitankazeem9:You're new in nairaland, I hope you'll be ready to bear the joy and pain that nairaland gives? |
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