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Next-Generation iPhone to Have "Faster Internet Speeds"?

12mpbs wireless here in japan wireless. nothing else.
anything less, you'd be providing a lower service than any other network.
 
If the phone was coming out closer to christmas I'd say that it will probably have a HSPA evolution chip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSPA_Evolution
making it available for networks that can provide up to 42Mbps in the downlink, networks that are already up and running in Italy for example and will be up in Sweden later this year. But I'd say that it would do fine with a 7.2Mbit HSPA chip as well, though not as "future proof".

LTE chips are probably not as "portable" yet so that is almost out of the question, though it would be REALLY cool.

I doubt WiMax since it has almost the same coverage as HSPA evo (HSPA+, eHSPA.. whatever :) ) but is really not better than standard HSPA.
 
Revelation78 said:
So Apple should put LTE in to the iPhone now, when there's no functioning LTE network - ANYWHERE? Apple also has to give you a reason to buy the iPhone in 2011 when LTE should be readily available. Afterall, Apple is in business to make money, why would you buy the new iPhone in 2011 if your 2009 iphone could do the same thing?

Let me know if you ever start your own company or become a CEO, CIO, CTO of a publicly traded company - so I know who NOT to invest with.
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We'll be getting our first LTE network at the later part of this year, and with massive implemetation during 2010...

I was at the swedish apple office this wednesday and the swedish iphone marketing manager told us that apple skipped the discdrive in the imac in '98, because in the future disc drives would be obsolete, that's the same reason why they skipped on mms, until us backwards europeans whined them into submission.
So I would say the LTE support is right up their alley.
 
wild speculation.....

Well we know that rendering on the iPhone is somewhat a processor driven issue so one can expect that there will be some improvement from that side.

But it's funny reading the thread and noting all the negative votes. Who are these people? Did they not get their stimulus money or something?

We haven't even confirmed the details yet. Funny though.
 
vvebsta said:
I'm telling you guys the next iphone will have 4G capability...while the service might not be up yet, I'd bet money the next iphone will support it.

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Why would you have an icon on the home screen for something that is pure hardware?

Did you see a EDGE, og 3G icon on the first two iPhones?
 
Boomhowler said:
But I'd say that it would do fine with a 7.2Mbit HSPA chip as well, though not as "future proof".
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Except that people have shown that the iPhone can have a download speed of over 6 Mbit, meaning it already has 7.2 Mbit-capable chip but naturally this only works if the network also supports it.
 
Hopefully this is about page rendering speed, which is pretty pitiful right now.

And while we're at that, if they could get rid of the whole reloading every page when you hit back, it'd be fantastic.
 
deannnnn said:
While this is great news, it still won't fix the problem of too many people using AT&T's 3G network at once in metropolitan areas.
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Or the fact that only a few market even HAVE 3G opposed to Verizon which has a 3G type Rev. A network in almost EVERY market. I like in a city of almost 200k people and STILL do not have 3G yet V has had it for close to a year. Stinks - maybe Verizon will get a crack at the next iPhone rev.

D
 
Do those of you who hope for an OLED iPhone, is it because it saves battery life w/o having to use backlighting? From what I understand, it's more expensive to make. Afterall, it's a phone and the resolution is already great for a small screen... I like the idea of using an OLED, but it just doesn't seem like the next model will have it.
 
I have Iphone and a my little 200 Euro Nokia in Italy. The Nokia can connect to my computer with an USB cable and I get access to internet at 7.2 Mbps. I don't see why the next Iphone would have trouble with that.
 
ddTaylor said:
Or the fact that only a few market even HAVE 3G opposed to Verizon which has a 3G type Rev. A network in almost EVERY market. I like in a city of almost 200k people and STILL do not have 3G yet V has had it for close to a year. Stinks - maybe Verizon will get a crack at the next iPhone rev.

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I would sure like to see legislation that requires the gigantic phone companies to provide service everywhere for the privilege of making easy billions in selected urban markets. Seems fair to me.
 
The current iPhone hardware is capped at 1.4Mbps. Most other AT&T phones support the 3.6Mbps and many are capable of 7.2Mbps already (like the Tilt via a hack). Unfortunately you can't hack a hardware cap like the iPhone has, though.

They did it that way so they could naturally throttle the usage of high demand devices and avoid cell tower congestion. The popularity of the iPhone is its own worst enemy.

reference: http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/340/C15501/
 
sam-i-am said:
The current iPhone hardware is capped at 1.4Mbps. Most other AT&T phones support the 3.6Mbps and many are capable of 7.2Mbps already (like the Tilt via a hack). Unfortunately you can't hack a hardware cap like the iPhone has, though.

They did it that way so they could naturally throttle the usage of high demand devices and avoid cell tower congestion. The popularity of the iPhone is its own worst enemy.

reference: http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/340/C15501/
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Thanks for that!!
I somehow totally missed that fact in all the hype surrounding the 3G iphone.
Here's another link FYI:
http://www.9to5mac.com/3g-iPhone

I am seriously considering giving up my 3G iphone.
The 3G portion has been extremely pathetic.
If I cannot get the sling stream to work, then it's off to another phone.
 
sam-i-am said:
The current iPhone hardware is capped at 1.4Mbps. Most other AT&T phones support the 3.6Mbps and many are capable of 7.2Mbps already (like the Tilt via a hack). Unfortunately you can't hack a hardware cap like the iPhone has, though.

They did it that way so they could naturally throttle the usage of high demand devices and avoid cell tower congestion. The popularity of the iPhone is its own worst enemy.

reference: http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/340/C15501/
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That's not entirely accurate. AT&T caps phones on their end during higher network load (not on the handset), but I've gotten speeds over 2mbps during off-peak hours on their network before. Consistent 1.5-1.8 isn't uncommon if you're in a city where their 3G network is built well.
 
Oh if only I didn't have to give $500 deposit I would for sure get next iPhone.
 
Faster Internet Speeds Confirmation

Not supposed to be telling anyone this, however i have a close friend that works in a T Life store in sydney, who advised that they recently received an update on the version 3 of the iPhone. Apparently shortly after the standard Gen 3 iPhone is released, Telstra in Australia will have its one model developed to work on its faster 3G service.:)

But with all things Telstra you can get bet you will be charged through the nose to use the fater service.:(
 
faster internet speeds would be pretty awesome.

but i think with a faster processor and or more RAM the whole SYSTEM could benefit.

i'm very excited to see what Apple has in store for us these next few months.

although, i'm not about to purchase Leopard when Snow Leopard could come out sometime this year. sooo 10.4.11 for my mac mini will have to do for now :)

planning on upgrading to a 500GB 7200RPM too.. but why clone my MacBook when i'll have to format my Mac Mini again to install the new OS

oh well.. guess i can't complain too much :rolleyes:
 
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