Ok, Samsung Galaxy SIII, all about same cost on 02, Orange and T-Mobile, but Orange and T-Mobile will have 4G in next couple of months and are selling 4G ready phones already. Need good voice and data service in Manchester Hull/East Yorks and Orpington/Sidcup area. Which network would you choose?

Are you buying the S3 lte version?

Possibly if its the same deal.

Remember that 4G will drain your battery faster than you can say "Look! I have a 4G connect... BUGGER no battery!"

I'm with T-mobile Orange at the mo' and can't wait for my contract to end, bad coverage in lots of places, bad customer service plus they used a clause in the small print to raise tariffs part way through contract.

Wife is with o2 and everything is great so that's where I am going next January.

I'm an Orange Business customer - Business Customer service team is Uk based, about 10 miles away from me, and they are excellent.

Signal has never really been an issue.

Al.

Been with both T-Mobile and Orange in the past both on a mobile and also used to have a T-Mobile data connection for work going through a 3G Router and an external antenna.

The coverage I found really poor. Not that I never had service but the constant switching back to GPRS drove me insane!

Been with Three for a few years now and never looked back.

The beauty of Three is that they are a pure 3G network so wherever you have coverage you have 3G Coverage.

A couple of our friends are on T-Mobile and O2. Regularly we will be out and about with them and they just have 2G and their internet is basically useless when we have 3G (HSDPA).

Phil

Remember that 4G will drain your battery faster than you can say "Look! I have a 4G connect... BUGGER no battery!"

As I understand it, 4G is actually more power-efficient than previous technology. The problem you'll have initially is that because 4G coverage will be sparse, your phone will use more battery by switching contexts between 4G and 3G (and in some cases, down to 2G).

In theory, once the entire UK is 4G enabled then the battery life will be excellent. Of course we're many years away from that yet so unless you live in a particularly good area then yes, you're likely to see problems.

The beauty of Three is that they are a pure 3G network so wherever you have coverage you have 3G Coverage.

The downside of Three is that I believe following the merger of Orange and T-Mobile, they no longer have a roaming agreement with Orange to borrow their 2G coverage. So yes, while you have coverage, you have 3G. The problem is getting that coverage, because they're simply not as well established as Orange are.

The downside of Three is that I believe following the merger of Orange and T-Mobile, they no longer have a roaming agreement with Orange to borrow their 2G coverage. So yes, while you have coverage, you have 3G. The problem is getting that coverage, because they're simply not as well established as Orange are.

You're right they no longer have the roaming agreement.

Never found myself without coverage really. The only times I have is when everybody else on other networks also don't have coverage.

I'm happy anyway. It's about finding which network has the best coverage in your area and suits your needs best.

Phil

I'm on o2 and I've never had a problem with them, from what I've read about 4g it seems the networks are gonna charge more to use 4g?

Sent from my Galaxy S3, not a Crapple!

Oh FFS orange have the LTE version..... i got my S3 on o2 and its old uk spec so not LTE :( Bugger!

At the end of the day its totally down to the area you are in, Pick the best coverage for your area or you will be back moaning about the lack of signal.

I don't really care about 4g. I can get 8mb on 3G now. Don't need any more for what I use it for.

I can only really see the advantage if you are using a dongle as your main broadband connection.

Phil

Read in the mail today that it'll cost at least a fiver a month extra for 4g, and it'll drain a smart phone quickly using the 4g network dunno how true it is

Sent from my Galaxy S3, not a Crapple!

Read in the mail today that it'll cost at least a fiver a month extra for 4g, and it'll drain a smart phone quickly using the 4g network dunno how true it is

Sent from my Galaxy S3, not a Crapple!

Think that's right. Not worth it like I say unless you are using it as your main internet connection.

Certainly not worth the extra money either.

Phil

The new 4G EE tariffs are terrible, for £36 you get just 500meg per month. Now on 4G you could use your entire monthly allowance in less than 2 minutes.

I'll stick with my truly unlimited 3G signal, it maybe slower but at least I have no data limit and will wait until the unlimited 4G tariffs come about.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20026272

The new 4G EE tariffs are terrible, for £36 you get just 500meg per month. Now on 4G you could use your entire monthly allowance in less than 2 minutes.

I'll stick with my truly unlimited 3G signal, it maybe slower but at least I have no data limit and will wait until the unlimited 4G tariffs come about.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-20026272

Ouch! Bloody hell. How can they think people will go for that.

Sim only costs £36 for 5GB! I pay £15 with truely unlimited data.

Really not worth it!

i was told today that when you use 3g its bandwidth reduces by every user but with 4g theres no reduction regardless of users which made them think there'd be no limits as the only reason theres limits on 3g is because of this reduction of speed with numbers using it. i guess its to stop overcrowding, a bit like isp's do with p2p to stop it spoiling it for the masses

dont quote me as its all pie in the sky to me but it makes sense although with greedy retailers theres always a charge so ill only believe this when i see it