I don't know why people are so snobby about 3g.
When I was with '3' I bought a new 4g phone to benefit from the so called 4g speeds but upon doing a speed test between the 3g & 4g there was very little difference because a lot of people around my area must also be on 4g and using all the masts bandwidth.
Plus for internet browsing 3g is well fast enough and if you want to stream movies these low data allowances would soon be eaten up.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, hopefully you've also learnt something by reading it!

Eww, 3G.

Why would any one pay that much for 3G p/m

Why would any one pay that much for 3G p/m

After 6 months you can switch to a 4G plan with the same data/minutes/30 day contract etc for about £2 more. I just switched and am consistently getting 50mbps+ in Edinburgh. Highly recommend.

Terrible takes ages for hem to pay out for cash back already been waiting two months

They're facing a problem at the minute that they're aware of. Dropped calls. You'll b speaking to someone and the call will cut out.

What speed are people getting?

I easily get 26Mb/s with EE 4G so any argument about 3G being as fast as 4G is laughable nonsense.
Sorry £13.50 a month and only 3G is ICE COLD,and only a madman willsay otherwise.

you don't get exactly the same speed on 4G and some networks like o2 is still sucks as their speed is below any 3G network in UK, majority times I do get H / H+ on my 4G Three contract, exactly the same as second LIFE Mobile contact, the price difference is £12 (both SIM only deals) and with Three I do get less minutes and data! Therefore you need to be stupid to vote cold for it as no such thing as 100% 4G coverage in UK, if you are lucky to get 200 Mbps speed in one spot stay 24/7 in this spot as you don't get the same speed in different area.

when you go onto a life month handset contract you get 4g and you automatically excepted for one after sic clear payments I got my z5 compact for 23.50 a month with them

When I was on life mobile, full bars 3G struggled to load webpages and definitely could not stream music or video. Wouldn't recommend this if you're a power user

This was my 4g in cornwall.

Personally I find my 4g with three to be very reliable. I find the 3g very bad... I don't think people can stereotype networks as they are constantly changing. Three has vastly improved their service since I first signed up.

I have been with life now for 6 mths I have found them great, there customer service is brilliant nothing to much problem and straight through to somebody no waiting. I swapped over the other day to the £5.95 tariff 1000mins and 1.5gb of data its a great value SIM on 3g. I asked about 4g and when it was coming and she said she could offer me a 4g SIM only deal now 750mins unlimited texts and 2gb of data for £9.95 didn't take it as I am getting around 5 to 12 mbps on 3g and happy enough with that.

A lot of people are talking rubbish about the difference between 3g and 4g. The latancy on 3G will probably be better for most people in real world applications unless you are in a large city or live close to a 4g mast as the signal falls off so quickly. EE have the only decent 4g nationwide network as they have by far the most spectrum in the desired bands. Ofcom should be ashamed they have allowed this to happen.

All other carriers have patchy 4g coverage and I've lost count of the times people have complained about coverage of 4g giff gaff/o2 and three. If you simply look at the spectrum each carrier has v the number of customers you can easily see why o2 4g struggles so much.

The only point of 4g imo is to stream 1080p/4K video, not even 720HD as 3G (in general 7mb+ On EE) can easily do this with a decent network behind it. BUT no carrier gives you enough 4g data for a reasonable price to actually do this. I note that in the US T-Mobile give you free streaming at ~600p as this is adequate for the vast number of mobile devices.

I would take a full 3G signal on life over a patchy 4g one any day. And for the vast majority of the Facebook using population 3G is great value.i would say the lower data plans on life are better value BUT with increasing video content in Facebook/snapchat this is a good option for heavy video users in good 3G areas who want the flexibility of a 30day plan.

mine is with EE 16gb data, unlimited minutes etc. £13.50 inc the cashback and 6 months BT sport. personally I dont think this deal is that hot

​3 upgraded it's 3g signal to a higher speed than any other network and then focused on 4g about 18months after ee. So the speed difference on 3 will be less significant.

2G/3G/4G speeds drop exponentially as you move away from the transmission tower/mast.
4G drops at a higher exponent than 3G.

I am happy with life mobile. My partner too. Best CS and very good price.

Was with giffgaff 4g and a snail was faster, been with life for almost a month now and had no problems very happy i made the decision to switch

I hope these kind good unlimited minutes sim only deals are available on the 1st of November! Missus contract runs out and looking to get her a good sim only deal this time with unlimited minutes...shes good for a handset in the Samsung S6 Edge for the time being...

What's the 4G handset offer please? if you mean 3 DD payments gone out, that applies to me, as I went with the uswitch offer posted on here, which was £10 for 3000 mins, unlimited texts and 3gb of 3G data (which I agree, was noticeably faster than my previous o2 3G/4G, even though I never measured it

Have to say their is a big difference in 3g and 4g in my home town on 4g I get a good 60mbps connection in major city's I get 100 to 150mbps and in London I have reached 200mbps in places well on 3g your lucky to get about 2/3mbps this is with EE half the time 3g doesn't work

I'd love 3G and the times I get 4G I don't really notice, can't be worse than this for data on the go.

Lul

Eww, 3G.

Fair play Paul. Checked your deal out and yes yours has gone via unlimited options. I think clicking cash back option messed mine up. However a quick call via 500 sorted it out. I ordered mine a month back and still says the cash back will pay out in 18 weeks so you didn't really miss much. Did u know after three cleared payments life will offer you a 4g handset too?

I'm glad you enjoyed it, hopefully you've also learnt something by reading it!

Already posted a month ago by me. Speaking from my experience you won't be on this tho. On welcome letter it will state 4000 mins unlimited text and 4 gb data. Also did you get your £16.80 from top cash back like I did?

Will this sim work in an EE handset?

Pay £1.55 more and get the same from EE with 4G usage and PAYG so not tied down. The current offer is only for 6 months but still better than paying nearly the same price for just 3G.

Search EE MTV Trax Sim.

Edit - it's actually 7GB of data and 400 mins and unlimited text

​cool story bro, cool story.

I got 16 mpbs download with Life in West London. Faster than O2 4g!!!

3g with Life mobile (avg. 10 mbs) is faster than 4G from o2 (avg. 3 mbs ),three (about 7 mbs) and vodafone (2mbs).

until the battery life of phones get better.... I will stick with my ageing S3 which has a zero lemon extended battery.... It runs for a week on something like 14000 capacity.... and it is 3g.... I can stream BTsport and listen to iplayer radio... what more do you need???

​The real advantage of LTE is reduced latency - most of the time 3G/HSPA+ will have enough download speed for most people, but it's the far quicker 'response' of LTE from which you really reap the benefits. It feels much more like a WiFi connection, and is in theory good enough for reliable tethered online gaming. This IS still a good deal for the right user though.

on life 3g. awesome. get 4mbs download. gaffgiff 4g got me 0.1mbs at lunch times if lucky. hot.