@BT...E300 is definitely faster than intel atom processors found in netbooks but its also truth that E300 is basically netbook processor. And whats up with that 1.3gh speed? Frys has  lenovo for $228 numerous times.

If you think LTE is hyped then I have to say that you are totally wrong., Maybe you are not getting higher speed or you may not even have LTE coverage but most of the LTE covered area will give you speed above 15mbps to 35 mbps. In fact, like you, LTE is not big deal for me as it churns data faster but people these days care lot about speed and thats why  I said most of the people.
 
BTW,,, I bought refurbished lenovo corei7, 8gig ram for $324 three months ago on lenovo.com. But, that was one time deal.