No FaceTime over 3G on iOS 5?

[chevy57]

FaceTime over 3G--It's a little curious that we didn't hear anything about FaceTime during the iOS 5 announcement. One of the features we wanted was FaceTime over 3G instead of just Wi-Fi, but we suspect this has more to do with the carriers than with Apple.

 

[ivandr]

FaceTime over 3G--It's a little curious that we didn't hear anything about FaceTime during the iOS 5 announcement. One of the features we wanted was FaceTime over 3G instead of just Wi-Fi, but we suspect this has more to do with the carriers than with Apple.

Uhhhm 3G Unrestrictor or many other programs available through Cydia allows this already in iOS 4... I've been video chatting while on the highway for months (as a passenger of course!) now...

oh and who is 'we'?

 

[chevy57]

Uhhhm 3G Unrestrictor or many other programs available through Cydia allows this already in iOS 4... I've been video chatting while on the highway for months (as a passenger of course!) now...

oh and who is 'we'?

Yes, I have My3G on my Iphone 4 but some friend won't want jailbreak.

 

[bigjnyc]

I'm pretty sure its a carrier thing, imagine all the bandwith that would use up, I suspect its also a combination of Apple not wanting the bad connection quality over 3G reflecting bad on the device as well... This is probably why they havent pushed back too hard. Plus I would imagine this would be a problem for people who have limited data plans.

 

[Small White Car]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure Facetime works fine over 3G on iOS 4 if the carriers wanted it to.

So it probably does work in iOS 5 just like it works in iOS 4. Which is to say it works but you can't have it.

So I can see why they didn't feel that was worth the time to talk about.

 

[chevy57]

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