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		sampo on Dec 22, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AT&T will put a fake 5G logo on its 4G LTE phones I know AT&T phones (or perhaps all American carriers?) display HSPA+ as 4G, but in Europe the same is known as 3.75G.

floatboth on Dec 22, 2018 | [–]

Or "3.5G", but Android without any vendor crap (i.e. LineageOS or any other AOSP based build) doesn't use the "G" above 3G: "H", "H+", "LTE" and "LTE+"

profmonocle on Dec 22, 2018 | [–]

Definitely not all US carriers, my 1st-gen Pixel on T-Mobile displays "H+".

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