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4.7-Inch iPhone 6 Logic Board Equipped With Qualcomm's MDM9625 LTE Modem
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Just give me the band that supports Sprint Spark, it is blazing fast here in Chicago.
Though in comparison to many other members here I'm a newbie, I think we can all say for a 48-hour span these are a TON of 
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For 20nm, it is TSMC, so I assume Apple could just make it part of their larger contract with TSMC. I know nothing about the RF process, though. I was hoping to see 9635 too - not for it, but for 3925, 23xx and 27xx. Really anxious to see how Qualcomm's new front-end compares in terms of size, power and capability.
Alas, the 5.5" PCB looks almost identical in the RF section from what I saw, so I wouldn't expect any different there.
For what it's worth, I think the iPhone 6 has a QFE11xx envelope tracker, though.
That is exactly why they WILL announce the watch....Because it isn't in production yet..Which is why there are no leaks. They can shock everyone with a new watch announcement on the 9th, and then not ship it until early next year. They don't have a watch yet so announcing it early doesn't hurt any existing products sales, and also allows them to bring that WOW factor. So be prepared to see some new (& most likely ultra cool) wearable device on the 9th. But then also be prepared to wait 4-5 months before you can own it.
I would imagine that's b/c most of the leaks are supply chain/production side, and the iWatch/iTime hasn't gotten to that stage yet. When it does, there will be.
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Hah. Great minds.
Yup QFE11xx is a given as it's pretty mature at this point. The first consumer UE with QFE1100 ET came more than a year ago in the form of Note 3, followed by Nexus 5...
With MDM9625 they have to go with WTR+WFR combo, which isn't the case with the 4th gen Gobi's. WTR3925 handles CA. But oh well, you could check out the new Note 4 which will have Cat 6 setup... At least we can expect ridiculous amount of RF ports, most likely TDD this time with B41 support in a single-SKU.
I'd like to see which antenna module they're using, as SkyCross has some very interesting stuff out there.
Anyhow, these are the RF ports supported in a MDM9625 + WTR/WFR which we should expect:
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For those of us in USA.. anything over 100mbs is a waste anyway... don't believe I've EVER seen LTE top 100 here (not yet at least).
Plus, unless you're using your device as a hotspot for a laptop, etc... is 150,250,300mbs even useful? I just don't see tiny devices needing that type of speed.
Plus, unless you're using your device as a hotspot for a laptop, etc... is 150,250,300mbs even useful? I just don't see tiny devices needing that type of speed.
I guess Apple's attitude when it comes to the iPhone (both inside and out) is "slow and steady wins the race". Ironically enough, the fact that Samsung is bold enough to charge forward with newer tech is what has people criticizing Apple when it comes to lack of innovation, at least as far as the iPhone is concerned.
Do you have any whitepapers? Their site is pretty barren.
From the PCB, I'm guessing they're also using the Skyworks 78xxx multi-mode multi-band PA modules. Should cut down on number of versions needed.
A phone walks into a bar...
I hate myself
Nope, not really. What I want more than anything is faster DNS resolve times and lower latency.
I can't wait to see NFC released and see all the fanboys' mouth foam, considering they've been collectively bashing it for years.
Or, "You took the words right out of our mouth"
Or, "You took the words right out of our mouth"
I'm just hoping this supports 700-A. Doesn't look like it though :/
I nailed 97.7 Mbps down the other day, and that's the highest I've seen so far.
For those of us in USA.. anything over 100mbs is a waste anyway... don't believe I've EVER seen LTE top 100 here (not yet at least).
Plus, unless you're using your device as a hotspot for a laptop, etc... is 150,250,300mbs even useful? I just don't see tiny devices needing that type of speed.
I nailed 97.7 Mbps down the other day, and that's the highest I've seen so far.
Now we can use our paltry data buckets up that much faster!
You're going to figure out a way to watch Youtube even faster??????
& it's somehow tied to this new chip???????
Wow!!!!! I quite literally can't comprehend that (and I've got a computer science degree!)
Please do tell more details.
"Bold enough to charge forward" is one way of saying it.
"Willing to make sacrifices in order to scream 'FIRST!" on many aspects of hardware and software that no one cares about or uses" would be another.
If you read my other post later this is easy for really anyone to understand. (and should be obvious if you're a comp science buff)
The modem supports band 12. We'll just have to see if they have the necessary antennas and amplifiers for it.
They don't need to leak to anyone to crank up the hype machine. Rumor sites and blogs will publish just about anything they come in contact with. A lot of WWDC was not leaked. The nMP wasn't leaked. If Apple was purposely leaking to create hype why haven't we seen any wearables leaks?