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BACK PAGE What’s next for tablets? What’s next for tablets? In 2013 expect to find spectacular screens, increasingly speedy quad-core processors, lashings of RAM, even cheaper prices and 4G connectivity 98 TABLETWORLD In 2013, no doubt we'll see tablets with spectacular screens, increasingly speedy quad-core processors, lashings of RAM and, thanks to the advent of subsidised tablets from Google, Barnes & Noble and Amazon, even cheaper prices. But one new technology we're expecting to appear this year is support for super-fast 4G connectivity. Currently, only the iPad and iPad mini support 4G LTE in the UK. We’ve seen truly impressive 4G performance in tests, which can match or even beat your home-broadband connection in both upload and download speed. In the real world it’s unlikely you’ll see the circa-40Mbps speeds we were able to enjoy before EE made public its 4G network, but there’s a good chance of you being able to access a connection that’s between five and 10 times faster than 3G. That’s assuming you live or work in one of the 16 cities in which 4G is available. OM4G! How much data? However, we were surprised by EE’s 4G tariffs. The pricing was always going to be high, but we didn’t expect to see such meagre data allowances. It’s absurd that a 500MB plan even exists. With a 4G connection running at 10Mbps, you’d burn through that in seven minutes. Yet EE suggests you wind down on your commute home by streaming a film. Given the faster connection, you’d probably want to stream it in HD. That’s 3.2Mbps if you’re streaming from BBC iPlayer, so a typical two-hour film would use just under 3GB of data. Oddly, EE offers only 8GB of data per month with its top package, which costs an eye-watering £56 per month (or £66 if you want a 12- rather than 24-month contract). There’s no unlimited data option. EE hasn’t explained this decision, and is putting out mixed messages about how it expects people to use 4G. It likens 4G to a high-speed train, claiming that you’ll cover the same distance per journey (or use the same amount of bandwidth per activity), but in less time. But EE also says you can play games, watch TV and stream HD movies on the go. The point of having fast mobile broadband is to enable on the move the sort of activities you would previously have enjoyed only over Wi-Fi. Until the data limits are brought into line with home-broadband packages, streaming ‘The Apprentice’ in HD will remain an unaffordable luxury. “You’ll cover the same distance per journey, but in less time”
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