I hopped into the smartphone ring when I did because the phone had what I wanted. as for LTE isn't not going to be rolled out till around the begining of the new year, and there isn't going to be a ton of nation wide coverage. by the time I'm ready for a new phone after my 2 years are up the 4g coverage will be pretty decent by then and it will be worth it to get a 4g phone. In the meantime 3g isn't that shabby. I don't need to do anything super quick like I do on my home connection.