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As of this morning, Verizon customers get to take advantage of the company’s newly introduced LTE Advanced (LTE-A) network that is already live in 461 cities across the US. Verizon says that LTE-A provides up to 50% faster peak speeds on any one of 39 devices currently in the wild accessing Big Red’s network.

LIST OF CITIES

Also, here is a full list of capable devices:

Apple iPhone 6
Apple iPhone 6 Plus
Apple iPhone 6s
Apple iPhone 6s Plus
Apple iPhone 5 SE
Apple iPad Pro
Apple iPad Pro 9.7
Apple iPad Air 2
Apple iPad Mini 4
Asus Zenpad Z8
Blackberry PRIV
HTC 10
HTC Desire 626
HTC One M9
LG V10
LG G4
LG G5
Motorola Nexus 6
Moto X
Moto Z Force Droid
Moto Z Droid
Motorola Droid Turbo 2
Motorola Droid Turbo
Netgear MHS AC791L
Novatel MiFi i6620L
Novatel MiFi USB620L
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus
Samsung Note 5
Samsung Galaxy S6
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
Samsung Galaxy S7
Samsung Galaxy View
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2
Samsung Galaxy Tab E 8.0
Samsung Galaxy Note 7
Sony Xperia Z3v
Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet

UPDATE: According to Verizon, as long as the device is “approved” and has the latest software available, it should be working right now on LTE-A. In other words, I take that to mean your S6, as long as you have this month’s update, should be able to generate LTE-A speeds.

YouTube Announcement

 

[Pagusas]

so will we see a new LTE icon on iphones? how do we know if we are on it?

 

[Vanillalite]

so will we see a new LTE icon on iphones? how do we know if we are on it?

Icon looks the same? You just have to be in the right city?

Now you can blow through your data even faster!

 

[DrFunk]

so will we see a new LTE icon on iphones? how do we know if we are on it?

You'll hit your data cap quicker

 

[Archer]

No Nexus 6P?

 

[Vanillalite]

No Nexus 6P?

6P isn't carrier branded

 

[Gouty]

I'm in one of the listed cities on an iPhone 6s plus and just got a whopping 6mbps, 3 up.

Whatever you say Verizon

 

[Archer]

6P isn't carrier branded

And Verizon demands a device branded for use on their services?

 

[Pagusas]

I'm in one of the listed cities on an iPhone 6s plus and just got a whopping 6mbps, 3 up.

Whatever you say Verizon

Just tested in Dallas, same exact speed lol.

 

[jmdajr]

Hmmm. I can't see the Galaxy Note 3.

 

[NealMcCauley]

If it was turned on I wouldn't know. I did the same speed test app on my G5 and it couldn't even crack 4Mb. Granted I'm on a university campus and surrounded by thousands of phones so that might have interfered with the results.

 

[norm9]

Faster peak speeds means they figured out how to keep their internet wires less clogged with data.

 

[ced]

Nothing different for me with a iPhone 6S+ and listed city, 4/1...

 

[Pagusas]

You'll hit your data cap quicker

 

[……forgetit]

Is this the speed their talking about?

Or is it supposed to be faster?

 

[SynthFetish]

So much speed, yet data caps still exist. It's like they want to to hit those caps or something.

 

[shenglongdong]

No Nexus 6P?

Looks like the 5X and 6P are compatible.

Also looks like a bunch of comments confirm it in the article in OP.

 

[Vanillalite]

Looks like the 5X and 6P are compatible.

Also looks like a bunch of comments confirm it in the article in OP.

It's not the hardware. It's probably some kind of carry branded flag in the firmware. Hence the 6 being on the list.

I could be wrong though.

 

[theultimo]

Huh, switched from Verizon to t-mobile, but unless its unlimited like i have now, its not going to matter.

Its enabled in android with enhanced lte or volte switches. T-mobile already has it.

 

[NeonBlack]

What about them data caps tho?

 

[ViciousDS]

Is this the speed their talking about?



Or is it supposed to be faster?

the last time I was on verizon with a phone those were the speeds I got about 4 years ago......they really don't seem impressive, especially inside a city. I think tmobile wise I get over 100Mbps



Those data cap prices though......dear god

 

[Slayer-33]

What about them data caps tho?

Chew through them faster :lol

 

[Tony Iron Man Stark]

What's the point of faster speeds if you're limited by the data cap?

 

[mr.beers]

I get 20mbs currently and I honestly don't know why I would need it to be faster.

 

[pj]

blah blah data caps!

Obviously faster speed is better even if you don't use more total data. It's better because it's faster. Pages, videos, pictures, etc will load quicker.


Personally, I'm now getting a blazing fast 8mbps in a midtown manhattan office building on my s7 edge.

 

[Ricky_R]

nvm

 

[Futureman]

I didn't even know you could use a 5X on Verizon. Kinda want to trade my S7 for one.

Also I'm in Portland with my GF on vacation and the 4G seems really spotty here. Maybe it's just the area we're in though.

 

[Futureman]

What's the point of faster speeds if you're limited by the data cap?

The vast majority of people don't use enough data to care about data caps but will benefit from faster loading webpages, YouTube, Spotify, app downloads, updates, etc.

 

[Kthulhu]

I didn't even know you could use a 5X on Verizon. Kinda want to trade my S7 for one.

Also I'm in Portland with my GF on vacation and the 4G seems really spotty here. Maybe it's just the area were in though.

Nexus phones (especially the Nexus 6 and later) work on pretty much every network in the world by design.

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

Notice no different in New York

 

[Onaco]

The vast majority of people don't use enough data to care about data caps but will benefit from faster loading webpages, YouTube, Spotify, app downloads, updates, etc.

Out of curiosity, how much is your data cap if you're not worried so much? My family has 5 lines and we've hit it a few times when it used to be 10GBs, but has been better with 15GBs. We've had about two close-calls this past year, with one instance of having to turn off cellular service to prevent the fee for two weeks. Data rates are terrible on phones.

 

[clav]

The vast majority of people don't use enough data to care about data caps but will benefit from faster loading webpages, YouTube, Spotify, app downloads, updates, etc.

I think the bigger picture is one step closer to VoLTE and shutdown of legacy 1X spectrum, which will screw over Sprint's roaming coverage.

There's not really much else to take away from it other than Verizon is ahead in network upgrades.

 

[What A Time To Be Alive]

Same speeds for me.

Im assuming that LTE-A means something different than just faster speeds.

 

[v1lla21]

Is mobile network type supposed to change to LTE-A? Says lte for me still. I have a z3v and there hasn't been an update for it since march.

 

[Cloggerdude]

Is this the speed their talking about?



Or is it supposed to be faster?

I'm in a city where it's supposed to be activated and I'm getting similar download speeds and slightly slower upload.

I can't really remember what my results were before, but I was thinking somewhere in the high 30's? Can't remember for sure.

 

[demon]

The vast majority of people don't use enough data to care about data caps but will benefit from faster loading webpages, YouTube, Spotify, app downloads, updates, etc.

This kinda seems like BS to me. If your average person isn't worried about ~2-5GB data caps it's only because they've become conditioned to not use their data too much. You can bet your asshh I'd be using way more data if it weren't for Verizon's data caps.

 

[ced]

Different side of city and I'm getting 55 down damn

 

[Bad_Boy]

still getting same old speeds on s7e. but if you say so verizon.

 

[TAJ]

Is this the speed their talking about?



Or is it supposed to be faster?

I was getting those speeds on Verizon years ago, so I assume they mean faster.

 

[highrider]

Hmmm. I can't see the Galaxy Note 3.

Yeah, my note 3 is a bit long in the tooth, but it still runs great.

 

[demon]

I just got 29Mb Down and 4.5Mb Up. Seems significantly faster than the last time I tested it but that was months ago, not sure what it was on average.

 

[Lomax]

So I can run through my whole month's worth of data in 10 minutes now instead of 15? Yay I guess?

Edit: Ran a test and was super impressed with the speed until I realized I was still running on my WiFi.

Double edit: Getting about 30 Mbps down but I don't know if that's an improvement or not.

 

[The Llama]

Pretty sure my Moto X Pure has this. #based Verizon!

 

[ced]

Different side of city and I'm getting 55 down damn

Same towers now, seems they have capped it at 30.

 

[Fatalah]

Would the 2013 Moto X be compatible?

 

[Jarmel]

No point wih data caps.

 

[J-Rod]

I'm getting 67Mbps down and 33 up, now. Huge increase, but no practical difference in regular use.

 

[rrs]

I wonder where there's actual triband LTE, seems like most of the cities just got dualband and thus no wild 100 Mbps download speeds I had on VM

Spoiler

data cap joke

 

[smokeandmirrors]

No boost here in Philly. In fact it's even slower than normal.

 

[SirMossyBloke]

Is this the first carrier in the US to get LTE-A, or just Verizon? We've had this here in Canada for I think almost a year now. Seems odd there's a thread for something like this.