doesn't use the same LTE bands and it's not an official carrier so there is really no basis lol
Could always buy the Verizon model, which comes unlocked and has the international LTE bands. So yes, there is a basis.
doesn't use the same LTE bands and it's not an official carrier so there is really no basis lol
This is Apple ensuring the best possible experience for the customer.
Really??? I had no idea having no service is better than having poor service...
This kind of crap goes well with Apple's obsession for control over things like removable batteries, upgradeable RAM, the ability to take back your own media from iDevices, etc.
Hard to defend Apple when history shows the company for its true colours.... often.
Which carrier settings? With GRPS, EDGE and 3G, I'd enter APN, Proxy, Port, DNS, user name & password - and that's it. In fact, on my carriers, correct APN suffices. Don't you think my carrier knows these settings? And even if there other carrier settings necessary for LTE:The carrier settings determine if the LTE switch is there or not.
The sole reason for LTE not working is Apple unwillingness to enable it. So yeah... what's the point of advertising LTE support (they advertise LTE band support, not specific carrier support, mind you), if Apple don't provide it?Well what is the point of having LTE if it doesn't work?
I guess he was being sarcastic - though it isn't really apparent unless you know the state of visual voicemail support (which I quickly had to took up as well)Was this meant to be sarcasm? As AppliedMicro pointed out, there are many, many carriers that Apple has agreements with to sell iPhone who have never implemented Visual Voicemail.
Which carrier settings? With GRPS, EDGE and 3G, I'd enter APN, Proxy, Port, DNS, user name & password - and that's it. In fact, on my carriers, correct APN suffices. Don't you think my carrier knows these settings? And even if there other carrier settings necessary for LTE:
The carrier settings are deliberately held back by Apple (without customer access), as this article and carriers themselves state.
The sole reason for LTE not working is Apple unwillingness to enable it. So yeah... what's the point of advertising LTE support (they advertise LTE band support, not specific carrier support, mind you), if Apple don't provide it?
I guess he was being sarcastic - though it isn't really apparent unless you know the state of visual voicemail support (which I quickly had to took up as well)
The beef seems not to be about testing per se, but about Apple doing the "approving" instead of the carriers.
Maybe Apple's testing process is more involved, than 'typical', but the apparent claim that the manufacturers didn't used to do testing just doesn't feel plausible.
We only know since the iPhone 3GThank you for using 4G appropriately. At least the Swiss know what real 4g is.
hey mate what country are you in and what is the name of the operator?
apple are dumb even the GS3 is getting LTE support in my country
Uh, alright.You bought into LTE because of performance. Since Apple has not yet enabled it, you are likely the beneficiary of not experiencing poor LTE performance over the Finish carriers' network. So instead of complaining about not having the service, you would be complaining because the service would not be working properly.