If the iPhone 5 was to be an LTE device, I would be dropping my $199 in April when my Verizon contract runs out!
I can't see the next iPhone being 4G as literally no where outside the US/Canada has a LTE network provider. The radiowaves/airspace for 4G signal/reception is only just about to be auctioned in the UK so I think the iPhone will have it at earliest or maybe the iPad 3 if it comes out early 2012
Really, no where outside the US? Try South Korea for one. And the US + Canada makes a majority of Apples sales, so why is that so hard to believe?
Wow...all of your arguments are like saying something could exist as long as you can't prove it doesn't exist.
Hey bro Unicorns are real because you can't prove they aren't.
Works for christians![]()
I presented you with a challenge that you fail to address. Why can't you address it? I guess you are too busy trying to prove your point without any backing data.
Works for christians![]()
I wonder what iPhone 6 will have if iPhone 5 gets bigger screen and lte something has to be left out apple isn't gonna give us everything
I dunno... this seems a bit odd. Why would AT&T install LTE if none of the Apple products have LTE. (Realistically, iPhone 5's not gonna have LTE... LTE isn't everywhere yet and it's a battery drainer). It'd be more realistic if AT&T installed this at Apple's campus (which they probably have already), but at Apple stores... it just seems coincidental at best.
I dunno... I'm not really knowledgeable in these areas; all I know is, I want my iPhone 5 already!![]()
3d screenI wonder what iPhone 6 will have if iPhone 5 gets bigger screen and lte something has to be left out apple isn't gonna give us everything
Could it be a mistake and just be HSPA+ hardware?
There's a multitude of versions of LTE. I would think Apple would want to test real-world use of a variety of variations of it to see what might work best with their iPhones. It takes a heck of a lot of experimenting with a multitude of variables to develop the ultra-complex software needed to handle it all. Who knows, they might be starting work on the iPhone 7 or 8.
I just bought an iPhone 4, figuring the contract will run out just about the time Apple releases a phone that uses LTE.
BTW, check out yesterday's Dilbert at http://www.dilbert.com/2011-08-15/.
Did you really just post your phones IP?
But is it a static ip address![]()
This is what currently Verizon's LTE network offers using thunderbolt LTE phone:
Imagine iOS device polished running at 50mbps on the go!!! SICK
I have been stuck with ATT all of my life, I would kill to have half of that speed at my home!
-better looking device (expected... come on, it's Apple; when was the last product upgrade an aesthetic downgrade?)
I can't believe this thread is almost at 100 comments and no one has mentioned the most obvious possibility that it is to demonstrate 4G USB modems on MacBooks.
LTE iPhone would be great, but I would be very surprised.
What's strange about this is that AT&T hasn't even launched their 4G LTE network yet anywhere in the US. It's strange they'd install it in an Apple Store. I'd be shocked if the iPhone 5 had LTE for AT&T, and surprised but not startled if it had it for Verizon. With ATT only claiming to be ready to launch LTE in 15 markets in 2011, it'd be strange for the next iPhone to have ATT LTE considering Apple usually waits till a technology is mature.
To be quite honest, I don't think this will happen simply because MacBooks are discontinued, they are not necessarily businessmen's favorite computer, etc. I'd much rather see it on Air, but the battery issues, again will most likely prevent this from happening. My first guess would be an iPad as a first LTE capable device, but I truly hope it's the next iPhone![]()
What's funny to me is the real world performance of 3G in most markets is not much better than 2G everywhere. Once HSPA+ 3G/4G or LTE 4G is deployed, real users will not see anywhere close to possible speeds until back end provisioning improves a whole lot. Like 2 orders of magnitude. You may get 3G or 4G "signal", but throughput will be crippled for YEARS to come.
Mark my words.
BTW this fact is why a store needs a transceiver. So you can see how fast the device is right there. The only place it will be true for a very long time.
Rocketman
I meant USB dongle. It could even go in the back of an iMac. In Australia we have HSPA+ versions of these dongles getting over 21mbps. In the middle of the outback.