LTE tethering as 4G replacement ( my own test )
Well,
Decided to make my own test and tethered my iPad air for over of 3 hrs using my Tmobile iPhone 5. And while not impressed, the cellphone's battery consumption was not too bad. It used an average of 15% power every hour. Extrapolating those numbers, I would say the iPhone should give around 9 hrs of tethering.
Here's what I got:
LTE hotspot test (via Bluetooth )
77% at 7:41pm
62% at 8:43 pm
48% at 9:45 pm
40% at 10:58 pm
27% at 12:00 am
Few clarifications: cellphone was not fully charged, and 1st two hours I browsed Internet a lot. I didn't stream videos.
I also used Bluetooth, not wifi, to save some power. It wasn't shocking fast, but good enough for downloading webpages.
Last edited by jocampo; 11-10-2013 at 11:14 AM.
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