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CDMA-Based iPhone 4 at 'Engineering Verification Test' Stage?
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Does anybody have any idea, would these new iPhones be likely work on CDMA and GSM? If Apple want to maximise profits and keep their lineup of available phone simple (only difference is capacity and colour) then it seems like they would have the next iPhone compatible with both networks.
Does anybody know what most other phone manufacturers do?
Does anybody know what most other phone manufacturers do?
no idea. Theres a chance they would...i.e. a world phone. Or they could just have the CDMA chipset in there. Although I think it would be really smart to have a CDMA/GSM LTE hybrid chip in there
Yeah and Apple mocked the Intel GMA 9xx graphics on their website before switching to Intel, and then they put the Intel GMA in all their low end machines. I guarantee that if do CDMA, Apple marketing will forget about that point all together.
Qualcomm MDM 9600 supports CDMA 2000, EV-DO Rev B, SV-DO, SV-LTE, UMTS, HSPA+ and LTE.
http://www.qualcomm.com/news/releas...-s-first-dual-carrier-hspa-and-multi-mode-3gl
Wouldn't the iPhone for Verizon be both CDMA/GSM like my sister's BB Tour from Verizon? Its has a Vodafone Sim card for when she travels. My brother in law has one and it came in handy when he left to Mexico for a month. You would only need GSM if you travel, but most countries have at least one CDMA provider which most likely they do business with Verizon.
This is probably a stupid question, but what exactly is CMDA? Is it a 4G network? Is it better than the 3G AT&T network that the iPhone 4 currently runs on?
I'm looking at buying an iPhone 4... is there any reason I should wait if these rumors are true? What's the advantage?
I'm looking at buying an iPhone 4... is there any reason I should wait if these rumors are true? What's the advantage?
It's the older technology to deliver calls, texts, etc. to phones. In USA carriers like Verizon use it whereas AT&T uses more modern technology (I get all these abbreviations mixed up, if I tried to tell you which one/s I'd probably get it wrong).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDMA
Here in Australia CDMA has been abandoned and towers have been shut down. This was announced in 2005-ish and new plans were made unavailable on CDMA, and now the towers have all (or mostly?) been shut down.
Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong somewhere!!
LOL... really now? is that a serious question?....
no theres no reason to wait... and its not necessarily any better of a network... its a 3g network. verizon will use the same 4g network as att..
EVDO (the 3G service used by Verizon, Sprint, Telecom NZ, etc) I believe is newer than UMTS (used by AT&T, Vodafone, etc). The voice/text services of CDMA are newer than GSM too.
Having said that, HSPA+ is certainly faster than EVDO Rev A. Two years ago, Telecom NZ's EVDO network was the fastest 3G network in Europe/Australasia (for some reason America wasn't surveyed). Now, the local HSPA+ network can offer substantially faster speeds (I've seen 17 Mb/s).
However, I don't claim to be an expert and may be "pairing" these technologies incorrectly. EVDO may actually be the counterpart of HSPA rather than UMTS, for example.
I don't totally disagree, but I do have a couple of issues. First, I had a G1, which I got rid of in about 3 days. Then I had a My Touch that I carried for about 2 or 3 months. Hardware was terrible. OS version was just OK. New hardware for Android is much better, i.e., Droid, EVO and Vibrant. I, personally think the Vibrant is the best of the bunch.
But I still think, even taking away the App Store's superiority over the Market Place, that the iPhone interface is slicker and easier to use. Is the Android platform more customizable without dangerous jailbreaking, etc? Yes. But honestly, the only thing that the iPhone doesn't offer that I, personally would like to have is hotspot capability.
And regardless of what anyone claims, there is no good alternative for iTunes on the Android platform. I used Doubletwist with my Mac and the MyTouch, but that was just OK. Every time I've asked one of my Android touting friends about a slick alternative to iTunes on the Android system I am met with blank stares and shrugs.
So do I. If it also have the same network capabilities of the iPhone 4, I don't see why not. Hopefully the CDMA enabled phones will just replace future iPhone 4 sales.
Some manufacturers have dual chipset models available, but this is not very common.
Given the space constraints within iPhone 4 mechanics then a dual-mode "iPhone 4W" is basically impossible. (Unless the battery size is significantly reduced.)
nice quote from iCon.... unfortunately it is/was utter bullcrap..like most things he's ever said.
What he meant was.... we'll support the technology that doesn't threaten our profits.
