LTE often labelled 4G for marketing purposes stands for Long Term Evolution and is a form of cellular wireless connection that represents a significant upgrade to 3G in terms of data speeds.
The marketing of 4G is often misleading in the US, 4G services delivering often 0.38 Mbp/s.
Sweden has the fastest LTE network, averaging 22.1 Mbp/s. Surprisingly Japan has the slowest at just 7.1 Mbp/s. The technical definition of 4G is that it should have data speeds capable of reaching 100 Mbp/s while on moving transport and 1 Gbp/s when stationary.
Sweden's three operators launched its LTE network in late 2011, and is still building it out today. The operator hopes to hit 95 percent coverage by population by next year.
Apple's new LTE-enabled iPhone's does not support or are poorly supported by 4G networks in Europe, LTE on iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s and iPhone 5. However the manufacturers like Samsung, Sony, Nokia, HTC, Huawei and LG are producing 4G smartphones, tablets and routers, reaching peek speeds in Sweden.
To choose between the iPhone models is not clear, depending where you live and where you travel!
