Facetime not on the 4 seems odd given the front facing camera is basically the same as on the 4s. But on one hand, the iphone 4 was released in 2011 and could download Skype 3.0.1, the only version where backgrounding works properly, so we have options instead of facetime.
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New Features in iOS 6 Receive Spotty Support from Older Devices
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Lack of turn-by-turn navigation is the only thing that sucks. Was hoping to get a used iPhone 4 from Ebay.
Question... can the iPhone 4 be unlocked without a jailbreak?
Question... can the iPhone 4 be unlocked without a jailbreak?
bah i wanted turn by turn on my iphone 4
wow no official facetime over 3g either?
im already doing this and it works fine...nice...
wow no official facetime over 3g either?
im already doing this and it works fine...nice...
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2. Become an expert in what you do
3. Apply for work at apple
4. Become a leading technical expert at apple
5. be part of the creative team that decides what is good and what is not for ios and apple hardware
Then you'll have the answer to the question that you posed above.
The 4S actually has the HSDPA+ which gives it "4G like" capabilities. The same is said for the iPad 3 which also has LTE (and HSDPA+). Therefore, I would imagine that the limitation for the codec that they are using to transmit video over the SS7 network is most likely the reason for them only allowing FaceTime on those 2 devices. They should have just come out and said, FaceTime over 4G. It is quite misleading.
The at&t iphone can be unlocked by the original owner without a jailbreak, if it is out of contract under most circumstances.
Fragmentation is about developers. A developer who requires iOS6 can be confident that almost all currently sold iOS devices can get the update. This is not true of Android which after 8 months only has 7% of the market. APIs and development time are what matter in these issues, not the lack of support of features (no one expects the iPhone 3GS to support video calls when it lacks a front facing camera).
As an Android user, I must say the fragmentation isn't nearly as bad or even as noticeable as Apple claims it to be. I've never come across an app that hasn't worked on either of my Android devices.
Too little
Apple should continue supporting the older devices. Even the original iPhone should be supported by iOS6. Sure, some features wouldn't work on the older hardware since it lacks the processing capacity but something as simple as folders, which Apple doesn't offer to the 1st Gen, is merely a simple software organization thing. Apple should also continue to support older software, e.g., on the Macintosh OSX Classic and Rosetta should still be supported. There is a tremendous amount of old software, especially for education and small business, that is not available except under Classic and Rosetta. Shame on Apple for destroying cultural heritage. Shame on Apple for promoting waste.
Apple should continue supporting the older devices. Even the original iPhone should be supported by iOS6. Sure, some features wouldn't work on the older hardware since it lacks the processing capacity but something as simple as folders, which Apple doesn't offer to the 1st Gen, is merely a simple software organization thing. Apple should also continue to support older software, e.g., on the Macintosh OSX Classic and Rosetta should still be supported. There is a tremendous amount of old software, especially for education and small business, that is not available except under Classic and Rosetta. Shame on Apple for destroying cultural heritage. Shame on Apple for promoting waste.
As a former 3G owner that had an unusable phone with Apple's last update for that hardware, I welcome not being included in the updates for my iPhone 4.
Honestly, I wouldn't give a single **** about these features missing on older devices. Apple has a business model. They are updating 3GS which is a big thing.
What I don't understand is - why the fick are they not enabling FaceTime over cellular on iPhone 4. They promised in 2010 when they released the iPhone 4 that they are talking to carriers to enable this by next year. 2 years and you don't release the **** and then you block promised users. Just ****ing wrong.
And by the way I own a 4S.
What I don't understand is - why the fick are they not enabling FaceTime over cellular on iPhone 4. They promised in 2010 when they released the iPhone 4 that they are talking to carriers to enable this by next year. 2 years and you don't release the **** and then you block promised users. Just ****ing wrong.
And by the way I own a 4S.
Facetime works fine over 3G on jailbroken devices, so none of this applies. Additionally, who cares what technical standard is used to the transmit video. As of now, of course Facetime works over WiFi, but a minimum bandwidth requirement has never been required. I have used facetime over a 256kbps up WiFi connection, and it worked. Why can a 256kbps WiFi connection work fine, but not a 3G connection that at least in my area is around 500kbps up on ATT?
Don't talk favorably too much about Android here, and don't even consider talking poorly about Apple in anyway.... The community will ruin you.... I already know far to well about that.
In all seriousness, the Android frameworks are built in a way that you don't actually have to do that. You target an API level and a common set of hardware features. Same as you would with iOS devices... except there is no such thing as an API level, you have to basically test out things to make sure the APIs are there or not or block out devices from being able to buy your apps... oh wait, like Android.
It's the friggin same thing. There's no reason to go on and on about Android fragmentation when iOS does the same thing.
Better than how iOS 4 made the 3G run 
I know it sucks to miss out on new features but trust me, as a previous owner of an iPhone 3G, you're better to miss out on features than have a slow and buggy system. iOS 4 crippled the 3G, so I sold it and refused to get another iPhone once they announced they were providing no more updates. My advice to iPhone 3Gs owners would be to not upgrade to iOS 6 at all.
I know it sucks to miss out on new features but trust me, as a previous owner of an iPhone 3G, you're better to miss out on features than have a slow and buggy system. iOS 4 crippled the 3G, so I sold it and refused to get another iPhone once they announced they were providing no more updates. My advice to iPhone 3Gs owners would be to not upgrade to iOS 6 at all.
Agree, but then you just won't wine about what apple does or doesn't. At least not as much I would hope.
This, plus no updated (even slightly) iMac...... has lowered my excitation levels regarding Apple this summer/fall.
Just last week I was extremely excited, too. I really wanted a new iMac and navigation on my iPhone 4. Oh well. The new iPhone better be worth it.
Just last week I was extremely excited, too. I really wanted a new iMac and navigation on my iPhone 4. Oh well. The new iPhone better be worth it.
No, no no. What don't you understand about software support lifecycles ? Piling code on and on results in tremendous bit rot which causes support, Q&A and development costs and efforts to shoot up. By the time you're done fixing all your regressions, you've implemented 1 new feature without breaking 30 years of legacy cruft in the time in would have taken you to implement 10 new features if you had done away with the legacy stuff.
It's ok to leave behind older, unsupported and EOL'ed hardware. Learn to deal with it, that's a reality of the industry. Your device keeps on working with the older versions of software.