WHO is Sprint....... LOL
You will soon know them by their new name, T-Mobile.
WHO is Sprint....... LOL
I never said multimeter, so don't assume cos you know what that means.Right. My POINT is why and how is Apple responsible for the cell network indicator??? Is there a magic chip inside that it can read every cell network on earth????
Apple must be pretty good then.
A multi meter has nothing to do with software and cell networks so stop trying to sound like a know it all.
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Gotta love all the HATERS, who seriously have nothing to do in the world except bash apple on an apple fan forum.
Pretty sad. You couldn’t catch me dead on an android forum.
It’s not up to Apple it’s a Carror updateWhat puzzles me most is, as Apple continually publicly say how good, honest, truthful etc etc they are to the public.
Why would they ever agree to allow this 5G logo to be displayed on their phone in the 1st place, when they know it's sold purpose is to mislead less knowledgeable customers?
Is it just a carrier update setting and doesn't have anything to do with the rest of iOS or does there need to be something in iOS that supports it (which comes from Apple)? In that sense, couldn't AT&T already be showing it on devices running basically any iOS version then, and not just in upcoming iOS 12.2 (based on the latest beta)?It’s not up to Apple it’s a Carror update
It’s not up to Apple it’s a Carror update
Some of you people.... wow.
Absolutely no logic or common sense.
It’s not up to Apple it’s a Carror update
BWAAAAA HAAA HA HA HA!Update: AT&T has provided the following statement to MacRumors:
We understand why our competitors don't like what we are doing, but our customers love it. ...
“Spinners gonna spin spin spin spin.”BWAAAAA HAAA HA HA HA!
That's rich! I'm not sure what the folks over at AT&T are smoking, because they're spewing some seriously delusional PR "talking points"! Anyone else suddenly want to conduct a poll of AT&T customers, to see how many real customers agree with AT&T's claims?
Well when you’re talking frequencies and electrical voltage you would need a multi meter to take those readings. So if what you said is true, you’re comparing a meter to a cell phones network indicator.I never said multimeter, so don't assume cos you know what that means.
The baseband chip in the iPhone knows what band it is on. How am I a hater, I'm typing this from a Windows box right?
You are incredibly naive if you think Apple are not complicit in this. Incredibly.
Good point, to further it. What does Apple have to gain by showing a 5G cell indicator for AT&T???Apple doesn’t design provider logos, that’s from carriers. Back in the day, users could even change it themselves to custom icons.
https://www.cultofmac.com/207903/you-can-finally-change-your-iphones-carrier-logo-without-jailbreaking/
My parents recently switched providers, and when my mom popped in a different SIM, the logo changed. Was this because Apple issued her phone a software update?
As I said before, I’m more than willing to chastise Apple (and “Father Tim” if you’ve jumped on that bandwagon as well) if you have actual evidence that they actively participated in designing or promoting this. However, your accusations and diatribes are thus far, baseless.
As compared to cell phone Company “_______________” who always and only looks out for the best interest of their customer?!
I curious who you’d insert as the altruistic, generous company in contrast to AT&T.
No. They had hspa+ networks supported by the iPhone which other carriers did not.If the phone hardware is not capable, a carrier can have a 10G network and it would not matter. What may have been implemented was a priority of services and requests, similar to home a home router handles traffic.
No. They had hspa+ networks supported by the iPhone which other carriers did not.
Advertise it as such, why try to up the game in a spec race when depending on the upgrade will not be capable off.
That’s like advertising XYZ home router has WiFi wireless AC enabled or capable. While your mobile device is only capable of wireless G. While wireless AC has not been finalized by ISO. Your device will only see a possible max G speed rarely and nothing more. The hardware being used and sold is not capable, this is false and misleading advertising and a fine should be provided. Repeat offenders, probation.
Adverting that we are upgrading our network for capable phones is fine.
Then the forum would be flooded with “My coworker has -65 dBm on her iPhone 8 and I only have -70 dBm! I’m taking it back to Apple right now! This is completely unacceptable!!!”I have an idea. Let's get rid of the label and bars, and replace them with actual speed and signal strength numbers!
True, but that is on the carriers, not Apple. My car displays actual speed. Maybe we can get them to change it to just labels. Stopped-Walking Speed-School Zone-Residential-Secondary-HighwayThen the forum would be flooded with “My coworker has -65 dBm on her iPhone 8 and I only have -70 dBm! I’m taking it back to Apple right now! This is completely unacceptable!!!”
Or
“My friend has -65 dBm on her iPhone Xr running the latest iOS and I only have -70 dBm on last year’s iOS. This is blatant planned obsolescence! I’m taking it back to Apple right now! This is completely unacceptable!!!”
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Hah!True, but that is on the carriers, not Apple. My car displays actual speed. Maybe we can get them to change it to just labels. Stopped-Walking Speed-School Zone-Residential-Secondary-HighwaySorry officer, I couldn't have been speeding, I was in a School Zone, so my car must have been throttled to that speed!
But it was something that was being worked on and was going to be different than HSPA+ or something else similar. Doesn't mean that you just take the name of the next thing and call it that if that's not what it's actually called and if that next thing is going to be something different, even if it wasn't officially codified yet.Back then there was no actual 4G standard.
The Xr can't display a 5Ge logo... it lacks 4x4MIMO support, which is required to get the 5Ge logo to show.I was in San Diego last weekend and was surprised to see my Xr displaying 5Ge. The funny part was the service was slow at times.
Any noticeable speed differences?The Xr can't display a 5Ge logo... it lacks 4x4MIMO support, which is required to get the 5Ge logo to show.
My daughter has an Xr and I have an XS.
We were both in DC this weekend and my phone showed 5Ge and on occasion LTE, while hers only showed LTE the entire time.