difference between 4s and 5 on sprint in an area with no lte

[Farrellcollie]

I am trying to decide whether to go with the iphone 5 in an area where there is no sprint (I have had sprint for over 12 years) lte or get the 4s. There is no info on lte appearing in my area (St. Louis), the tiny difference in screen size is not a huge deal to me, but if the performance/speed of the hardware is significantly better, then it would be worth it for me. Is there some part of moving to the 5 I am missing as to why it would be better where there is no lte?

 

[verwon]

New, faster/better processor.

 

[c1phr]

The new front page post on MR showed the probable GeekBench scores for the new iPhone 5, and it confirms that it's about twice as fast as the iPhone 4S. Granted, those scores could have been faked, but I would say they seem accurate.

 

[Fernandez21]

the keynote mentioned EVDO-REV B, which I assume is faster than the EVDO-REV A in iPhone 4S, not sure though.

 

[formerpc]

the keynote mentioned EVDO-REV B, which I assume is faster than the EVDO-REV A in iPhone 4S, not sure though.

Too bad no USA carriers use EVDO REV.B... They're all REV.A.

 

[zachnelson]

Too bad no USA carriers use EVDO REV.B... They're all REV.A.

Revision B = SV-DO

Verizon supports SV-DO.

 

[formerpc]

Revision B = SV-DO

Verizon supports SV-DO.

While Verizon does support SVDO, I believe it is an independent improvement to either EVDO implementation. See the 16th page in this PDF from Qualcomm.

http://www.qualcomm.com/media/documents/files/rev-b-enhanced-mobile-broadband-for-all.pdf

 

[Geckotek]

but if the performance/speed of the hardware is significantly better, then it would be worth it for me. Is there some part of moving to the 5 I am missing as to why it would be better where there is no lte?

Double the ram.

 

[jabingla2810]

Better WiFi
Noise cancelling ear piece
Better speakers
Better camera in low light situations
Bigger screen
Twice as fast
Will be supported longer
Comes with new improved headphones
3 microphones for better noise cancelling and audio
Better battery
FaceTime HD camera with face recognition

 

[mistertomlinson]

Dual core processor. Double the RAM. Thinner. Lighter. It has fingernail clippers. A potato peeler.

 

[zachnelson]

While Verizon does support SVDO, I believe it is an independent improvement to either EVDO implementation. See the 16th page in this PDF from Qualcomm.

http://www.qualcomm.com/media/documents/files/rev-b-enhanced-mobile-broadband-for-all.pdf

Upon further review it appears I am wrong, my apologies. A source on this forum told me Rev B. = SVDO, ahem..

 

[formerpc]

Upon further review it appears I am wrong, my apologies. A source on this forum told me Rev B. = SVDO, ahem..

No worries.

I really do wish CDMA carriers would upgrade to Rev.B, though. It'd give us a much more robust 3G experience in the off-chance that LTE goes down.

 

[maddux2005]

Better WiFi
Noise cancelling ear piece
Better speakers
Better camera in low light situations
Bigger screen
Twice as fast
Will be supported longer
Comes with new improved headphones
3 microphones for better noise cancelling and audio
Better battery
FaceTime HD camera with face recognition

Pretty much this. The improved network speeds isn't the reason for my upgrade. It's the reasons listed above.

 

[Ayemerica]

Upon further review it appears I am wrong, my apologies. A source on this forum told me Rev B. = SVDO, ahem..

B also has a cleaner wave legnth then A for better indoor data transfers.