Smart LTE is Super Fast! Testing Smart Evolution Straight from Boracay!

My brother and I are now here in Boracay with Aileen Apolo, Azrael Coladilla and Janette Toral to try out Smart LTE.

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With Kyle from TribalDDB and Anne from Smart. Thanks guys!

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But first, what's LTE?

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TP Friends, LTE - the acronym for Long Term Evolution - is the latest in mobile broadband technology. Delivering download speeds of up to a whopping 100mbps, LTE serves as an update to the current generation 3G technology that most of us are familiar with. To put it simply, LTE is the FASTEST mobile broadband connection publicly available in the world today.

Smart Brings LTE to the Philippines

Via its newest mobile broadband service aptly named "Evolution", Smart Communications is bringing LTE to the Philippines. Soon, all Pinoys will reap the benefits of significantly faster data rates for both uploading and downloading.

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Here's the dongle that currently makes Smart LTE possible --

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Looks hardcore, don't you think?

It's not as small as most broadband dongles we regularly see. I think its size represents the kind of service it delivers. It's bigger than what we're used to experiencing.

How Fast is Smart Evolution?

Well, it's a lot faster than the fast most of us are familiar with. If you're already satisfied with 5mpbs, then what do you think about 53mbps?

Well, that's exactly the download speed that I got when I tested Smart Evolution --

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Like what I said in the title of the post, Smart LTE is Super Fast! Needless to say, I'm very impressed.

So what did I do with such fast connection, you ask? Well, so far, I've watched several trailers in full HD on Youtube. And all of them played just like how they would had seen them on DVD. No buffering at all and that's 1080p!

Proof, you ask? Well, here's me watching X-Men First Class Full HD trailer on Youtube using Smart Evolution --


Loads really fast! Believe!

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Janette, Aileen and Azrael also did their thing with Evolution

Price and Release Date

Yesterday, I posted my Smart LTE Bora photos on Facebook and some TP friends left comments asking how much Evolution will cost and when will it be available to all consumers. Well, Smart LTE will definitely be available to everyone within this year. As for the pricing, we all have to just wait for a formal announcement from Smart.

Stay tuned for updates! We have videos!

15 comments:

  1. Ang bilis! Any updates kung kailan ilalabas ang LTE?

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  2. ganyan talaga ang itsura nung dongle? papano makakapagType ng maayos sa left side?

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  3. Oo nga bakit ganun medyo annoying sa left side. I doubt if pag dumami na ang subscriber nyan eh ganyan parin kabilis ang DL and UL speed.

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  4. " Smart LTE " from Boracay is the fastest, Smart Bro fixed connection from Capas Tarlac must be the slowest, i.e 90-99% slower then the rest of the Philippines, do the csr's or tech support care,of course not,was "fixed" at 7pm only to be slow again 50 mins later. 1pm to day fixed again 900kb/s then 5 mins later  200kb/s

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  5. You'd better believe it .................NOT!

    Smart are going to scam us all again

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  6. abuso din kasi ang users. You pay only so much. then magdamag mong iiwan ang torrent mo? thats just plain abuse of the network. They are giving their best to support the people.

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  7. @twitter-47228638:disqus SmartbrouserXXXPanu naman naging abuso un e unlimited nga e?
    Walang paki alam ang isp kung san gagamitin ng consumer ang bandwidth nila dahil nagbabayad kami para dun!

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  8. Aren't we in the 21st Century yet?

    Torrents are not a problem in other countries that charge less money for much faster broadband speeds.

    As a side note, it would help immensely if the torrent fans downloaded movies and music overnight coz the net is to freaking slow during the daytime 

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  9. Mag Test kaya sila sa Metro Manila kung saan crowded ang network tignan natin kung aabot nga yan. Freaking marketing again...

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  10. So nice to meet you too, Janette! :)

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  11. Very fast!!! But why not make ah speed test to compare between smart and globe 4G? Just suggesting. :)

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  12. Bakit kaya sa Boracay? Hindi sa usually congested locations.

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