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'iPhone 6s' to Support Faster Download Speeds With Improved Qualcomm LTE Modem

rolsskk said:
All the faster that ATT gets to throttle you to worse-than-dial-up speeds.
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i'm not interested on faster internet, it's already really fast. i'm interested on power efficient chips so my battery can last 'till the end of the day and my phone won't heat up as i use LTE.
 
Hoooray faster LTE speed on my device while my carrier can only offer unlimited edge speed.
 
Sounds nice. Great for those with older iPhones. Still going to be a very marginal update for iPhone 6 users though (as is always the case with S updates).
 
somebodyorother said:
"I'm very excited about the release of the iPhone 6S," said no one ever.
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I'm very excited about the release of the iPhone 6S

It's an overall improvement: better battery life, better screen, better CPU/GPU, better fingerprint sensor, force touch, much better camera, lighter stronger case material, faster wifi, more RAM and since it's a new phone I can get 64GB memory. What's not to be excited about??
 
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andiwm2003 said:
I'm very excited about the release of the iPhone 6S

It's an overall improvement: better battery life, better screen, better CPU/GPU, better fingerprint sensor, force touch, much better camera, lighter stronger case material, faster wifi, more RAM and since it's a new phone I can get 64GB memory. What's not to be excited about??
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Better screen? it's going to be the same not-industry-leading screen as the iphone 6.
 
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andiwm2003 said:
I'm very excited about the release of the iPhone 6S

It's an overall improvement: better battery life, better screen, better CPU/GPU, better fingerprint sensor, force touch, much better camera, lighter stronger case material, faster wifi, more RAM and since it's a new phone I can get 64GB memory. What's not to be excited about??
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Don't mind him, You have to have at least one negative Nancy (no offense to any Nancies out there) in each story even if it's rumor based....
 
andiwm2003 said:
It's an overall improvement: better battery life, better screen, better CPU/GPU, better fingerprint sensor, force touch, much better camera, lighter stronger case material, faster wifi, more RAM
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Incremental improvements resulting in a slightly nicer overall experience. Which is great, nothing wrong with that (it's not like the 6 has a lot of issues that need fixing), but it's not exactly thrilling, either. Typical S update.
 
TMRJIJ said:
Does anyone outside U.S. have unlimited data plans anyway to find benefit in this? I blow through 5 GB data per week according to my local Sprint guy. I really don't pay much attention with my unlimited data.
Heck, does anyone inside the U.S. have carriers that even support this speed if they have unlimited data plans?
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Here in Lithuania. Totally unlimited plan with no speed restrictions (90% of teritory 4G/4G Advanced covered) for 22 euros. Used last month 50GB. Mostly for tethering my Mac.

Price for most of you isn't big. However here in Lithuania, payments are very low. Minimum wage 260 euros...
 
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herocero said:
Ok, I'll bite, what does one do on a phone that requires a transfer rate of 300mbps?
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It's about using spectrum more efficiently. If you get done downloading that 3MB of data in half the time, your use of the spectrum will be cut in half and all users on that tower benefit.

Even though you likely won't be torrenting "Game of Thrones" on your phone, the speed increases benefit everyone, including people who haven't upgraded yet.
 
Number 41 said:
So, a new LTE chip that will benefit no one in the US because the carriers won't support that speed?
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AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile can exceed 100Mbps in several markets, though to speed past 150Mbps would require more spectrum, which I think lies more on the government than the carriers.

TMRJIJ said:
Heck, does anyone inside the U.S. have carriers that even support this speed if they have unlimited data plans?
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All four carriers continue to get faster. By the time they support these speeds (I think they will with time), LTE modems would probably hit 1Gbps max spe
 
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The faster the cellular radio can download a chunk of data, the faster it can race to sleep (e.g. spend more time in a lower power mode) and thus conserve battery life.
 
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TMRJIJ said:
Does anyone outside U.S. have unlimited data plans anyway to find benefit in this? I blow through 5 GB data per week according to my local Sprint guy. I really don't pay much attention with my unlimited data.
Heck, does anyone inside the U.S. have carriers that even support this speed if they have unlimited data plans?
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There are European carriers that have unlimited data but offer up to five different speed brackets where the fastest bracket costs three times that of the slowest bracket. Where unlimited comes with usual disclaimers:

Considerable divergences from normal usage" and "special applications" mean that the subscription is being used for a purpose other than intended (i.e. not of that of a normal mobile connection) or is being misused.
Examples:
Surveillance applications with video, photo, voice or webcams
Use of the SIM in a gateway, router, WiFi hotspot device, USB modem
Machine-to-machine connections such as in vending machines, for home monitoring, etc.
Use as a gateway
Direct dial and continuous connections, leased lines
Purely stationary usage
Usage behaviour that makes such intensive demands on the available network capacity that the latter is severely compromised for the remaining customers.​
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Useless

What I need is 3 gigs of ram as I believe 2 will not be enough. That and multi-tasking like the ipad plus a better camera and Ill upgrade from my 6+. If not Ill skip it.
 
Does anyone know if this Qualcomm chip can access T-Mobile's new 700 MhZ spectrum? Currently only the Nexus 6, HTC One, various Samsung Galaxys, and Sony Xperia are compatible. Samsung apparently dropped Qualcomm chips in favor of rolling their own SoCs, and I don't know what the other 3 phones are using. Hopefully Qualcomm are on top of this and will include support in the MDM9635M chip.
 
Crzyrio said:
It might, it might not all depends on the user.

Just as an example to see their side of the argument... If I have to spend 30mins on the bus and plan on using my phone, I will use more data in those 30 mins because things load faster and there is less waiting.
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No... You will only use more data if you choose to use more data. It's your choice. Unless you are suggesting that you are somehow lacking willpower. Faster transfer rates simply mean that your pages load faster.
 
rolsskk said:
All the faster that ATT gets to throttle you to worse-than-dial-up speeds.
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AT&T changed their throttling policy. They will only throttle you now on an LTE device if you are on a congested tower and exceed 5GB. Otherwise, they don't. I've used over 8GBs this month and no throttling.

The faster download speeds will be great from me.
 
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This will be super nice if they manage to jailbreak iOS 9. My home internet is awful so I always tether my unlimited 4G. I'm right next to a tower so it goes crazy fast.
 
Peel said:
Does anyone know if this Qualcomm chip can access T-Mobile's new 700 MhZ spectrum? Currently only the Nexus 6, HTC One, various Samsung Galaxys, and Sony Xperia are compatible. Samsung apparently dropped Qualcomm chips in favor of rolling their own SoCs, and I don't know what the other 3 phones are using. Hopefully Qualcomm are on top of this and will include support in the MDM9635M chip.
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There are a ton of devices from other manufacturers that support band 12/700A. I'd be completely shocked it the next iPhones don't support it.
 
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