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Australian Regulators Targeting Apple Over '4G' Marketing Claims on New iPad
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Just as when I thought the United States was a nanny state, other countries seem to be more so.
Excellent point that I dont think anyone had made yet.
It is rather pointless to say techically its 4G if apple themsevles say in the small print that they do not conscider that it is.
Its all on the Carrier as I see it but are the courts in Australia really going to go after their own companies vs an external company.
What makes you think everyone travels to america and that USA + Canada equals "around the world"? The world doesn't revolve around USA
That is what they have been doing the entire time.
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Never said it revolves around the USA, even you said "USA + Canada".
And yes anywhere but where you are can be considered "around the world"
The funny thing about this whole thread is my speed tests on inferior DC-HSDPA is generally faster than 4G LTE
No 4G was suppose to be a standard but one of the carriers I believe started making stuff up and then everyone followed. There was a post here about it but I can't find it.
Now everything about 3G seem to be 4G. So 4G has become a PR/Marketing buzz word.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20028622-266.html
Good article on it.
That seems slow, this is what I get on a regular basis.
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People want to sue Apple for anything these days. We can bank on the fact that a lawsuit will come from this. This is just ridiculous
WiFi is a standard all over the world much harder to sue for that.
4G which was suppose to be a standard is now who knows what. Apple need to just pull 4G from Australia and move on.
Good. Apple should be nailed for this.
Not that this is the first time Apple been hit with misleading advertisements.
I hope they get slapped with a rather nasty fine over it as well. The only country that Apple should even advertise the 4G part is in the US since that is the only place it works.
Not that this is the first time Apple been hit with misleading advertisements.
I hope they get slapped with a rather nasty fine over it as well. The only country that Apple should even advertise the 4G part is in the US since that is the only place it works.
You're on an Apple forum discussing the Apple world. In the Apple universe, the world revolves around Cupertino, CA. Don't get all United Nations on us, that's the way it is.
Right! It's Apple's fault that the telecoms around the world can't decide on a common world standard. This is the main reason Apple hasn't put 4G on it's iPhones. Making a single phone that will do everything for everyone is too darned complex and costly.
I'm not sure this is relevant, but where I live, 4G on this iPad is also not available. However, on the Apple site marketing the new iPad, it tells this in a footnote for the text explaining the networks it supports. Fixing the URL a bit, it seems to do this on the Australian website too: "*4G LTE is supported only on AT&T and Verizon networks in the US; and on Bell, Rogers and Telus networks in Canada. Data plans sold separately. See your carrier for details."
I guess that's not good enough when they boldly market it as having "WiFi + 4G" and I guess I could see their point. They could perhaps tone down the "4G" part but the problem for Apple is that marketing it as "WiFi + 3G" in the rest of the world would be claiming it as capable of less than it's actually supporting.
Simply a conflict on what the world supports vs what the device supports, outside of the US that is...
People where bitching about 4G how Apple was not bringing it out, this is why most places just won't get 4G at least not yet.
Spoken like someone without a clue hehe
Now that the heat issue has been squared away, we see what the next thing to latch on is.
Apple advertised 4G and it's not "real" 4g!!! hehe
Wait, so you don't want an
iPhone 4S (CDMA)
iPhone 4S (GSM 1)
iPhone 4S (GSM 2)
iPhone 4S Skyrocket
iPhone 4S Epic 4G Touch
iPhone Captivate Slide
iPhone 4S LTE
iPhone 4S HD LTE
Are you for real, lots of countries are way more than the States, that said I am sure we will catch up in time.
Nope. No need for that. These bodies already exists and they are working. This is exactly what is happening in Australia in this case. Apple got caught with false advertisement, the problem will be corrected and the consumers will benefit.
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Spoken like someone without a clue hehe
Now that the heat issue has been squared away, we see what the next thing to latch on is.
Apple advertised 4G and it's not "real" 4g!!! hehe
It's not a "not "real 4G"". It's simply not a 4G.
But people wanted their make believe 4G world. This is what happens when a company comes out with bull, Android market and just to keep people quite happy 4G is introduced but it still means squat in the real world. Welcome to human histrionics.
The problem is Apple tries to force it into a single standard. The other companies figured it out. The smart solution for Apple would be for the phones is to make different phones for different parts of the world. I would not be surprised if they do it for the next iPhone as the LTE is a complete cluster **** world wide in frequencies.
That's right. In Apple's world, no consumer should have to do their research. They should simply be hand-held and have their *ss wiped for them, too.