LTE (4G) now active on Zain iPhones
Posted by Mark
If you’ve got an iPhone 5 and are using Zain then you’re lucky because they just activated the service for your phones.
Thanks Essa
Note: Make sure you update to the latest iOS software
Jan 29, 2013
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Is this activated by default or u have to ask them to start the services…??? I have a iPhone 4S. Is it available on this phone???
the iPhone 4S doesn’t have LTE
Mark what about Android phones? I have an S3, and do you have an idea of how much would that cost?
Thanks
s3 doesn’t have lte by default, not that I am aware of
there is an LTE version of the samsung s3 and note 2.
Think the new google nexus has lte as well but you have to go through a bunch of guides to learn how to activate it.
“Activated” meaning I have to go talk to them about it right?
Well woopty f’in do.. guess ill have to go n get me one of them iphone 5′s eeh..? its about that time anyways.. sweet!
I just called Zain to activate the LTE service on my mobile, They said right now its available only on Data Lines not for Data/Voice. So who ever is using Data/Voice Sim have to wait.
it’s available on Data/Voice lines as well. Call center guy you spoke to must not have been in the know.
i called them its available but they say it can’t activated on my current package need to take a separate package for it.
in Saudi Arabia Mobily & Zain activated LTE but I don’t know which one’s better.
4G is data only at this point (no voice), how does that work then?
It was data only and now its data/voice as well
Guys I checked the full details for this it officially not available for voice/data line, currently only data lines but the people that have bought iphone 5 from zain already have the 4g service preactive on their numbers so after the 6.1 update they are having LTE
Ahh
How much is LTE Voice/Data? The Data price on their website is kinda crap and I was hoping it’s not the same price for a phone
Mark please step away from the in instagram fillers!
filters
It’s not my photo
I doubt its working yet, only data router i heard
You can doubt as much as you want but it’s working
it’s not working, me and my workmate’s iphone 5 that we bought from zain cannot get LTE signal. we updated to iOS 6.1 last night and we cannot get any LTE signal anywhere. by the way, we are using a prepaid zain sim card.
I was one of the beta tester for the ios 6.1 it’s working I had it since weeks now its pretty good, also I know a guy in Zain he say currently they have no plans of launching for device other than iPhone cause no support from android regarding 4g for those devices ๐hard luck android
Your post made very little sense.
Lmao so true,
kj20029 speak sense boy!
1. The software update for the iPhone enabled LTE support; so even if you have the iPhone5, but you didn’t update, you won’t get LTE.
2. You have to subscribe to a package. They have three, the only difference is the quota that you get. The maximum is 80GB and the minimum is 13GB per month. After you run over the limit, your connection is throttled till the next billing cycle.
3. The only phones in the local market that support LTE are the iPhone 5 (model number A1429 only), and the Lumia 920 and 820. There are no Android phones in the local market that support LTE. If you want an Android phone with LTE, order one that has LTE support for the 1200 band.
4. For some reason that defies logic, all Zain call center operators will tell you that the Lumia 920 is not supported by LTE, which is silly because its not like they need a special “Nokia LTE” version. Perhaps this will change as the rollout commences.
5. They will claim that the speed is “upto 100 MB” but that, as always, is bullshit. Practical low end speed is in the single-digit MB range; high end you can get close to 20 (I haven’t seen it higher so far). You should not get anything below 4MB with LTE.
6. There is no difference in the “data only” LTE and LTE that runs on your mobile. You can get “voice over LTE” (like voice over IP for internet chatting), but it is not implemented in Kuwait and probably won’t be for a long, long time.
Great write up @TheRealBurhan
I’ve seen speedtests at 30 but yeah mine never went above 12, and often drops to 2 :/
Illogical indeed.
If there’s a modem that can receive LTE signal inside the phone, be it Nokia, Android or iPhone, it’s got to work.
I’d love to see the change log for the update.
and yes you’re right. Other phones have LTE versions e.g. Galaxy Note etc
Thanks so much
Keep it up
its 1800 band not 1200
I don’t think the band is 1200
Hi! Do you know if the 4G (LTE) data services work on any iPad 4th generation? Or certain models like with the iPhone5?
Yes, there are two variants for iPad 4 i.e A1459 and A1460 and then there are two separate models for iPad mini as well to handle different LTE frequencies.
For more info checkout Apple.
https://www.apple.com/ipad/LTE/
In a few words for noobs, what is the advantage of LTE over 3G/Edge?
faster
A looooot faster
What is more important is the frequency that your phone supports. As someone mentioned above that having a 4G phone doesn’t automatically mean that you are going to get an LTE in Kuwait. It should have the right hardware to catch that frequency.
Take iPhone 5 Models for example, there’s an American version which is A1428 and then Australian and UK version A1429. US version won’t work in AUS/UK and vice versa.
I’m planning to get the new Sony Xperia ZL when its out but I’ll make sure I’ll get the one with the right radio even I have to pay little extra. Cuz I have the choice to get the right handset while the telecom companies won’t be changing their supported frequencies just to accommodate me.
Just my 2 fils.
Currently only Zain nano sim support LTE. I used nano to micro sim adapter in my Nokia Lumia 920 and it’s working flawlessly so use the adapter if you have LTE phone other than iphone5.
Zain staff are clueless and keep insisting that no phone will work other than iphone5.
It would be helpful if someone can get the specs to all the phones that are compatible with the zain 4g network.
So if a1429 model is supported here in the kingdom of saudi arabia then there will be no chance that A1428 model iphone 5 would get the priveledge to enjoy the speed of LTE ? Only 3g since the band of a1428 is not supported here?