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iPhone "X "and LTE

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Gjeepguy

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So it recently came out that AT&T and Verizon will be running LTE on different frequencies, however with some overlap.

see https://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/15/verizon-and-atts-lte-implementations-wont-be-compatible/

Will the LTE iPhone "X" be capable of the full spectrum, allowing one to convert from At&T to Verizon?

It seems this would be a more universal answer to the competing Brands.

Side note, i guess the iPhone "X" will also have to be backwards GSM/CDMA capabele.
 
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Why ask questions about a phone that nobody has the answers for yet? the next iPhone is a complete unknown at this stage.
 
The iPhone 5 will almost definitely NOT have LTE capability. Battery life on LTE devices just isn't where it needs to be for Apple to implement it. Remember, the original iPhone didn't have 3G when many other devices on the market already had it for the same reason.
 
They haven't even put out a "world mode" 3G phone yet. That is only rumored to be in the 5th generation iphone. I would wait to hear more about a company producing a chip capable of doing LTE on both networks before even guessing that an iphone would have it.
 
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No LTE on next iPhone. It has been announced :)
 
Lol, I've seen like 20 "iPhone 5 & LTE" threads on MacRumors. But no one knows... plus it seems like LTE won't be ready for the iPhone anytime soon...
 
Revised the original post assuming the iPhone "X" will be LTE capable.

Granted this may be the iPhone 5 if the one this year is 4S.
 
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No LTE on next iPhone. It has been announced :)
 
To actually answer your question: Most likely not.

While it'd be possible for Apple to make an LTE iPhone that covers all LTE frequencies, they'd still have to include a 3G chip for backwards compatibility. This means that they're still going have to be an AT&T version and a Verizon version because they won't put TWO different 3G chips in the thing.

So if they're forced to split up the models due to the 3G chip, what motivation do they have to build an LTE chip that covers all frequencies?

I can't think of a reason that Apple would do that. I strongly suspect that the iPhones will continue to be split up by company in the U.S.
 
wvphysics said:
They haven't even put out a "world mode" 3G phone yet. That is only rumored to be in the 5th generation iphone. I would wait to hear more about a company producing a chip capable of doing LTE on both networks before even guessing that an iphone would have it.
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What does this mean? The AT&T iPhone is a GSM/HSPA device that IS a world phone. Only the Verizon version of the device is solely CDMA.
 
El3ctronics said:
The iPhone 5 will almost definitely NOT have LTE capability. Battery life on LTE devices just isn't where it needs to be for Apple to implement it. Remember, the original iPhone didn't have 3G when many other devices on the market already had it for the same reason.
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profound....
 
The "conventional wisdom" since last year is that the next iPhone won't have LTE. It seems to be based on the fact that 4G LTE Android phones have poor battery life. But according to most iPhone fans all Android phones have poor battery so I don't see how that proves LTE is a battery hog.

My area is covered by Verizon 4G and it would be a real shame if the next iPhone is not LTE compatible. By buying the new iPhone you'd be signing up for another 1+ year of 3G speeds.
 
Dunbar said:
The "conventional wisdom" since last year is that the next iPhone won't have LTE. It seems to be based on the fact that 4G LTE Android phones have poor battery life. But according to most iPhone fans all Android phones have poor battery so I don't see how that proves LTE is a battery hog.

My area is covered by Verizon 4G and it would be a real shame if the next iPhone is not LTE compatible. By buying the new iPhone you'd be signing up for another 1+ year of 3G speeds.
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Don't know where you heard this but completely untrue. New 3G Android devices that are updated with Gingerbread have as good a battery life as the iPhone. 4G devices have awful battery life.
 
We don't even have LTE/4G in Britain yet and I'm pretty sure that most of the rest of the markets in the world don't have it either. Spectrum here has only been released in the last 6months. I would imagine that Apple do actually care about the Market outside the US and wait another year for everyone to have LTE as well as the price and size aspects
 
El3ctronics said:
Don't know where you heard this but completely untrue. New 3G Android devices that are updated with Gingerbread have as good a battery life as the iPhone.
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yeah the one that actually received the much-promised update.
 
I say screw it, apple should have a battery that takes up the entire back side of the phone, just make it as thin as possible. It would litterally be about 4 times the size of the battery that's in there already
 
Shockwave78 said:
I say screw it, apple should have a battery that takes up the entire back side of the phone, just make it as thin as possible. It would litterally be about 4 times the size of the battery that's in there already
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You do realize the battery already takes up about 2/3 of the back of the device, right?

iPhone-4-Battery-Door-Open-500x375.jpg
 
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