An acronym for Long Term Evolution, LTE is a 4G wireless communications standard developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) that's designed to provide up to 10x the speeds of 3G networks for mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, netbooks, notebooks and wireless hotspots. 4G technologies are designed to provide IP-based voice, data and multimedia streaming at speeds of at least 100 Mbit per second and up to as fast as 1 GBit per second.
4G LTE is one of several competing 4G standards along with Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) and WiMax (IEEE 802.16). The leading cellular providers have started to deploy 4G technologies, with Verizon and AT&T launching 4G LTE networks and Sprint utilizing its new 4G WiMax network. In terms of mobile devices, many newer Android-based smartphones are 4G LTE capable, and both the iPhone 5 and the iPad 3 are expected to have built-in 4G LTE capabilities when released in the second half of 2012.
LTE supported handsets.
Apple
iPhone 5S A1530
iPhone 5C A1529
iPad Air A1475
iPad Mini Retina Display A1490
iPad Mini A1455
iPad (4th generation Retina Display) A1460
Samsung
Galaxy S5 SM-G900F
Galaxy Note 3 N9005
Galaxy Note II N7105
Galaxy K zoom SM-C115
Galaxy Ace 3 GT-S7275
Galaxy Mega 6.3 I9205
Galaxy S4 I9505
Galaxy S4 Active I9295
Galaxy S III I9305
Galaxy S4 LTE+ I9506 Galaxy Grand 2 G7105
Galaxy S4 Zoom C105
Galaxy Express I8730
Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) SM-P605
Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 SM-T315
Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 SM-T215
Galaxy Note 8.0 N5120
Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 LTE SM-P905
SONY
Experia Z C6603
Experia Z1-C6903
Experia Z Ultra C6833
HTC
One-801s
Butterfly S-901s
Huawei
Ascend G526-L11/L22
Ascend P1 LTE -U9202L-1
Ascend P2 LTE
Nokia
Lumia 920 – RM-821
Lumia 820
BlackBerry
Z10 STL100-2
Q10 SQN100-3
