I think I'm on the same page as this guy. If no 4G, I can just use my iPhone 4S as a hotspot and tether my iPad to 3G. Sounds right to me.
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I think I'm on the same page as this guy. If no 4G, I can just use my iPhone 4S as a hotspot and tether my iPad to 3G. Sounds right to me.
Most major markets in Canada now have LTE with either Bell or TELUS depending on where you are in the country. Admittedly it's only in the downtown cores at the moment but all the carriers are on a big push to expand that this year.
I don't see any reason they couldn't do a timed delay of LTE iPad availability. What are the actual 3G versus Wifi sales numbers anyway? Demand for LTE chips may not actually be that bad, especially with very limited international demand at first.
There's plenty of room to add new features to the iPad 4. Most of us will be expecting 802.11AC for faster Wifi and we'll be expecting an A7 chip based on a Cortex A15 processor. There even be opportunities for improved LTE chips. The next phase of LTE is appropriately called LTE Advanced
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_Advanced
Covers more frequencies making it easier to create a Global device with LTE in it.
No real reason to leave anything off....there are plenty of future advancements coming.
It doesn't make sense to hold out on LTE:
- The cellular models cost over $100 more. Apple has room in that to afford an LTE baseband chip, the extra development and regulatory testing, etc (not to mention the fact it will be depreciated across future iterative upgrades).
- Battery life concerns are less impactful. The 3G toggle switch has disappeared on the iPad: what if they brought it back as an LTE toggle switch?
- It's important to go for the best experience. It looks like the cellular industry is really trying to keep up the faster pace of technology: LTE trials are already underway throughout most of Europe and in large parts of Asia. If Apple have already shipped tens of millions of LTE-capable devices the pressure on carriers to bring it to market sooner will increase enormously.
Glad it's coming. I hope we see NFC, too.
- The cellular models cost over $100 more. Apple has room in that to afford an LTE baseband chip, the extra development and regulatory testing, etc (not to mention the fact it will be depreciated across future iterative upgrades).
- Battery life concerns are less impactful. The 3G toggle switch has disappeared on the iPad: what if they brought it back as an LTE toggle switch?
- It's important to go for the best experience. It looks like the cellular industry is really trying to keep up the faster pace of technology: LTE trials are already underway throughout most of Europe and in large parts of Asia. If Apple have already shipped tens of millions of LTE-capable devices the pressure on carriers to bring it to market sooner will increase enormously.
Glad it's coming. I hope we see NFC, too.
I'm assuming, like the iPhone 4s, there will be one iPad 3 for all the US carriers (Sprint, Verizon, AT&T).
Maybe I shouldn't assume, but I can't imagine 36 different iPad 3 models (3 memory configs * 2 wireless models (WiFi or 4g) * 3 carriers (Sprint, ATT, Verizon). * 2 colors (Black or White). It was bad enough with the Verizon and AT&T models last time around.
Gary
I'd say the Wifi iPads likely sell 3:1 over the Wifi+3G so Apple's initial launch would likely only need a couple of million Qualcomm chips if not less.
Telstra in Aus
Yeah, 4G LTE iPad here in Sydney would be great, Telstra seems like the only network with any decent data reliability as Optus is crap!
Bring on the LTE!
Yeah, 4G LTE iPad here in Sydney would be great, Telstra seems like the only network with any decent data reliability as Optus is crap!
Bring on the LTE!
Out of interest - am I the only one whose primary motivation for getting the 3G/4G is GPS?
Why can't they just build that in to the WiFi part of the baseband? Gah!
don't care if it's 4G capable or not. Not paying Verizon even MORE money than I do now (not that I regret a single dime I pay for my service -- just not too anxious to add another $30+ to it).
Wi-Fi only for me please and thank you.
Wi-Fi only for me please and thank you.
GPS is the main reason that I don't want to just get a MiFi for my devices, I do want the GPS on my iPad. It's just hard to ju$tify for $129, unless I'm going to actually use the modem too. I'd pay $50 more for the GPS.
But Apple does use the cell towers to assist the GPS in acquiring the signal faster. Maybe it's WAY too slow without the cell towers? Or at least, too slow for Apple's taste...
Gary
Nope. I tell every prospective iPad owner about the benefits of that cell hardware even if they don't pay the monthly fees.
If it's LTE will it be global or local to the market. I'm gonna be in NYC coincidentally for the probable launch. Can I use it in Canada and inEurope if it's LTE?
That's why some of us are all waiting for share data plans. I have Wifi around me like stooges around Megan Fox. If I'm gonna be capped let me distribute my data as I see fit.
My next iPad will have LTE. I've got no plans to tether.
Nowhere near having a 4G capable network in the UK yet, the auctions haven't even taken place yet as all the big operators are moaning about it for some reason. Helpful!
I'd be hesitant to buy at all if it lacked LTE. I want the best cellular capability, and LTE is in my area. I'd make full use of it.
Plain and simple, it's 2012... if I'm dropping $900 on the top model, it had better have LTE.
Plain and simple, it's 2012... if I'm dropping $900 on the top model, it had better have LTE.
I have the original iPad with 3G. I've never activated the 3G account, but bought that feature solely for the GPS feature. I've never regretted making that decision. Came to my rescue when I was in Europe (where I wouldn't have had data coverage even if I had a US account), and got lost driving through a small town that had a detour that took me off of my scheduled path. Thankfully I had looked at the route in Maps, so they were still in memory, and the GPS feature allowed my passenger to act as navagator and guide us to our destination.
Maybe. I've been using a 4g tablet for quite sometime now and have seen speeds vary from 15 mbs down to 75 mbs down. Anything over 20 rivals my home broadband.
I don't have my tablet on me but I grabbed this on another forum.
So when I'm traveling it makes a great wifi hotspot. Verizon includes tethering in there Android data packages, I'm not sure if the iPads get it as ours is only wifi.
It definitely makes sense to have a global iPad, just like the worldphone iPhone 4s
I only need the 3G/4G a few months of the year but GPS without contract is the main reason I'm getting it. My android phone is ok for some things but not everything and being able to use it as a trail finder GPS will be priceless. Now all I need is a solar charger.
In will most likely get a Wi-fi/ 3g (or LTE) regardless, i hope they make it dual like the iPhone so i can choose the carrier without having to choose a specific model. Also idk but if i can stick my iPhone 4S sim in the sim slot (and have it work) that would be cool too.
Damn, all this time I've been tethering my iPhone to my iPad. I'm gonna have to do it the other way around now, tethering my iPad to my iPhone!
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I also hope that they make it just one model so that I can choose the carrier later on. So far I haven't been able to figure out if it makes more sense to stick with AT&T (my iPhone carrier), or go with Verizon since they've been doing LTE longer. Or if I can get a bundle with AT&T for having both, etc. Hopefully I can worry about that later.
This is not a "I'll see it when I'll believe it" report - it's a "hey, that tree really does have green leaves and brown bark with red apples".