Worlds first LTE Advanced Tri-Band Carrier Aggregation smartphone comes by way of a new Note 4

The data speed battles between carriers, at least here in the US, is a pretty intense battle. Every carrier wants to push the fastest download/upload speed possible through to devices for consumers. WhileÂ some carriers are arguably better than others in areas across the states, there is always a secondary aspect that plays a large factor in speeds, the device it self. Samsung appears to be pushing more towards the speed ability aspect with an announcement of a new Galaxy Note 4 device over the weekend. The re-constructed Note 4 doesn’t change anything on the exterior of the device. Rather it changes its connection ability with the inclusion of LTE-A Tri-Band CA, the long version is LTE Advanced Tri-Band Carrier Aggregation.

â€œThe LTE-A Tri-Band CA smartphone is a meaningful advancement in mobile and telecommunications technologies, and demonstrates Samsung’s long-term commitment to providing innovation within the telecommunications industry,â€ said JK Shin, CEO and President of IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung Electronics. â€œWe continue to set new challenges for the industry and push boundaries to take mobile technology to the next level and deliver the best possible customer experience.â€

To put that in English, the newly revamped Note 4 has the ability to connect to 3 different frequency bands and aggregates them into a single connection. That gives the device the ability to hit peaks of 300Mbps download speeds on Category 6 network services. In a nut shell, you would be able to download a 700MB video file in about 19 seconds or 10 songs that are about 40MBs each in 1 second.

The new LTE-A Tri-Band CA will be Category 9 service ready which is set o be commercialized later in 2015. With a Category 9 service consumers can theoretically see 450Mbps down.

Don’t go freaking just yet though. While the device is real, the speeds will be hard to come by. In order to see the drastic improvements in speed you need to be on a carrier that offers 3 different bands of LTE-A. For now, don’t expect this particular device to make its way over here to the US. However, the technology is coming over the next few years, so you can expect to see the LTE-A Tri-Band CA capability finding its way in to more devices in the future. Personally I would rather have the OEM’s outpace the carriers in this regard simply because it will prevent many from having to buy a new device just to get the extra ability when the carrier makes its available.

Source: Samsung Tomorrow