Well many of you would have noticed different symbols appearing on your smartphone or tablet’s status bar at different times such as G, E, 3G, H and H+. Ever tried to figure out what do they actually mean? Most of us don’t pay attention really about their exact meanings and why those symbols keep on switching. Today I came up with some information, hope it will be worth out.
Tabular comparison of data speeds offered by various generations of mobile technology. Image source
Note: In the above comparison chart, all the data speeds are given in terms of bits (e.g. kilobits, megabits, gigabits etc.) In order to get the speed in terms of bytes (e.g. kilobytes, megabytes etc.) you would need to divide the shown figures by 8. One byte = 8 bits.