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Is the iPhone 4 4g or 3g?

ruk110

ruk110

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Does anybody know if the new iPhone 4 is 3g or 4g? (as in speeds it can handles stuff i think) and if it is, when 4g is finally available how will be able to benefit from it?? Thanks:apple:
 
so im guessing that means eventually when 4g does come out, the HTC evo will be better and faster as it can handle 4g?
 
ruk110 said:
so im guessing that means eventually when 4g does come out, the HTC evo will be better and faster as it can handle 4g?
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The HTC Evo is 4G. Its a different network and a different technology. Its very difficult to compare speed across different carriers using different technology.

Using the right technology, 3G can be faster than 4G.

In your specific example, Sprint's current 4G (which is already out) is somewhat faster than AT&T's current 3G.
 
grapes911 said:
The HTC Evo is 4G. Its a different network and a different technology. Its very difficult to compare speed across different carriers using different technology.

Using the right technology, 3G can be faster than 4G.

In your specific example, Sprint's current 4G (which is already out) is somewhat faster than AT&T's current 3G.
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edit: oops sorry i just figured it out, it means signatures lol sorreh!
 
grapes911 said:
The HTC Evo is 4G. Its a different network and a different technology. Its very difficult to compare speed across different carriers using different technology.

Using the right technology, 3G can be faster than 4G.

In your specific example, Sprint's current 4G (which is already out) is somewhat faster than AT&T's current 3G.
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I know you are joking, here's why.

I have an iPhone, I get somewhere between 1-2mbps. I have a Sprint Overdrive, I get 10-12mbps. I think the 4G is considerably faster.


michaelfields said:
sprint has the "first 4G network" but it fails. it's basically non existant

http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp?ECID=vanity:coverage

the little blue dots are where it is.....
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It's not listed in Moorestown, NJ, but it is definitely there -- ask my iPad. Blue dots just mean future towers too, not existing 4G networks.
 
EthanNixon said:
I know you are joking, here's why.

I have an iPhone, I get somewhere between 1-2mbps. I have a Sprint Overdrive, I get 10-12mbps. I think the 4G is considerably faster.
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No, I wasn't joking. I guess I had an incomplete thought.

Sprint's 4G is currently a much higher speed than AT&T's 3G. AT&T's 3G has a much larger coverage area than Sprint's 4G so you aren't getting those speed's everywhere.

Also, Sprint's 4G is not technically a 4th generation of wireless technology. Its merely an enhanced version of their 3G. AT&T did the same thing, but they continued to call it 3G. The iPhone 3GS is capable of using this technology, but it is not widely available. AT&T's enhanced 3G is similar in speed as Sprint's 4G.

There are a lot more details, and I'm not going to go over them all. Basically it boils down to what I said before -- its very difficult to compare speed across different carriers using different technology. Not that you can't benchmark them, but just going by the generation is not accurate. Most of this 2G, 3G, 4G crap is just marketing and doesn't have official standards to back it up.
 
grapes911 said:
No, I wasn't joking. I guess I had an incomplete thought.

Sprint's 4G is currently a much higher speed than AT&T's 3G. AT&T's 3G has a much larger coverage area than Sprint's 4G so you aren't getting those speed's everywhere.

Also, Sprint's 4G is not technically a 4th generation of wireless technology. Its merely an enhanced version of their 3G. AT&T did the same thing, but they continued to call it 3G. The iPhone 3GS is capable of using this technology, but it is not widely available. AT&T's enhanced 3G is similar in speed as Sprint's 4G.

There are a lot more details, and I'm not going to go over them all. Basically it boils down to what I said before -- its very difficult to compare speed across different carriers using different technology. Not that you can't benchmark them, but just going by the generation is not accurate. Most of this 2G, 3G, 4G crap is just marketing and doesn't have official standards to back it up.
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7.2mbps vs 10-12mbps is still a considerable amount more.
 
grapes911 said:
The HTC Evo is 4G. Its a different network and a different technology. Its very difficult to compare speed across different carriers using different technology.

Using the right technology, 3G can be faster than 4G.

In your specific example, Sprint's current 4G (which is already out) is somewhat faster than AT&T's current 3G.
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Nope it's not 4g. They've used another technology called wimax, and calling it 4g.

You fell for their false advertising.
 
Consultant said:
Nope it's not 4g. They've used another technology called wimax, and calling it 4g.

You fell for their false advertising.
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grapes911 said:
Also, Sprint's 4G is not technically a 4th generation of wireless technology. Its merely an enhanced version of their 3G. AT&T did the same thing, but they continued to call it 3G.
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No, I didn't. It just took me multiple posts to get a complete thought out. :p
 
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