You mean you hope Apple will put HSDPA in the next iPhone. Much like people are hoping they put a plethora of other features there.
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You mean you hope Apple will put HSDPA in the next iPhone. Much like people are hoping they put a plethora of other features there.
HSPA (or just HSDPA) is the most likely choice, Europe seems to have skipped W-CDMA/UMTS altogether for HSDPA, this is what AT&T is using, and well, I haven't really looked up the details on the other carriers in a while, but it's still a reasonable assumption to say that Apple is going to adopt HSPA.
Sebastian
If AT&T are going for HSDPA then it would be unbelievably silly to suppose that Apple are not.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/05/kensington-unveils-battery-pack-and-charger-for-iphone-ipod/
Once this thing is out, I'm definitely going to need a couple of those ^^
Once this thing is out, I'm definitely going to need a couple of those ^^
Don't be too hasty. My 3G phone does not have this option. I looked for it before, and I just looked for it again.
It's all speculation until there is an announcement or release date. It could be iPhone 2.0 or 3.0 or 4.0.
Not that I disagree, just that we won't know until it comes.
No, you're stuck with AT&T for 2 years.
You can get a new phone, but i think they make you extend your contract...
Especially after both AT&T and Apple have said such a phone is coming! It is nice people are digging into the new software releases but really what is needed is new dirt. That is stuff we don't know about.
Dave
...and im still stuck in an area where Verizon is king, At&t coverage it awful and I cant get an iPhone.
for my money, iPhone v2.0 will only add standard 3G and a 3.2MP camera probably.
I think iPhone v3.0 will add HSDPA and more features - like hopefully GPS. That will be the version I'm holding out for - not paying £300+ when my current iPhone does most of what the next will do. I lack disposable income
I think iPhone v3.0 will add HSDPA and more features - like hopefully GPS. That will be the version I'm holding out for - not paying £300+ when my current iPhone does most of what the next will do. I lack disposable income
Hang on, you can't have HSDPA without W-CDMA/UMTS. All calls are still made using standard 3G W-CDMA/UMTS, and only non-voice data is carried slightly differently via HSDPA. It's a fairly similar relationship to GSM which had EDGE as the "high speed" data system.
It's very easy though for the chip manufacturers that supported GPRS to add support for EDGE, and in the same way they can take their 3G designs and add HSDPA. If Apple is going to support 3G, it will have HSDPA.
Nope, Europe didnt skip UMTS but they did skip EDGE as it came around about the same time EDGE did and UMTS is obviously superior.
Possibly they are offering an option to turn off 3G to conserve power, similar to the ability to turn off WiFi. In other words, maybe 3G doesn't take as much power as EDGE, but Apple wants to give you the option to conserve your battery life as long as possible.
As long as you don't change your plan you can change your phone to your heart's content (With the exception of subsidized upgrades from AT&T itself).
Thats the great thing about GSM ... just swap the swim and go go go.
AT&T does NOT have separate data plans for 3G so if the new iphone s 3G capable a sim swap should be all that is necessary.
This leads me to believe the subsidize thing will ring true. AT&T wants a way for you to be locked in more more years.
Nagh! iPhone is always front page news here! Watch the next month and see how iPhone coverage dominates the front page.
The ability to turn off 3G and use Edge to save battery life is really, really smart! Great thinking, Apple!
All 3G/GSM phones in existence are in either GSM mode or in 3G mode at one specific time. This means that both, voice calls and data go through either GSM or 3G. The iPhone will be no different and while in 3G your calls will go through 3G network.
Actually there are important benefits of doing calls through 3G with AT&T because the call quality is much better. When using GSM for voice calls in AT&T many times they force you to use the lower quality ARM-HR(amr half rate) voice codec. When in 3G you are always using AMR-FR (amr full rate) which sounds a lot better.
Also 3G brings the benefit of being to call and do data at the same time. You'll lose that if you switch 3G off.
You need to start a blog. People would be interested in this stuff, if it was explained plainly.
tom
Are you kidding? Europe has had WCDMA/UMTS since 2001. Just two years ago they started deploying HSDPA, and actually later on than AT&T in the US.
I don't even know where to start correcting this
Maybe this would help you http://www.ling.udel.edu/idsardi/101/notes/syntax.html
Thanks, that's expertly refreshing. I hope it was not a joke. I think that would be harmful!
Apple wasn't the first to do this, yet they continue to receive all the credit.
No. I've heard different things from AT&T. I'd guess you were right, but we don't know for sure.
Right, people should be pissed because Apple added this!
Back off....people are glad the iPhone will soon have the feature, and hopefully 3G phones w/o this feature should get it soon. And phones who have it now, great!