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What makes a phone 4g compatible?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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As far as i know, the actual phone has to have 4G hardware in it and a 4G antenna to communicate with the upgraded 4G tower equipment. That's pretty much it.

On the more technical side, 4G uses an entirely different air interface to communicate from mobile to base station.

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