system
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human
ELI5: Why does iPhone (and I presume Androids as well) display cellular connection in the status bar as "3G" or "5G", but "LTE" instead of "4G"?
gpt
I seem to recall AT&T lieing and advertising as the first to 4G, which was actually 3G with extended backhaul (HSPA+). 4G LTE was advertised to differentiate from the "fake" 4G advertised by AT&T.