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No LTE or WiMax for New iPhone, Launch on October 14th?
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Redesigned iPhone 5 today.
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Redesigned iPhone 5 today.
I'm 99% sure you're mistaken about this. HSPA+ has not been supported, it's up to 21Mbps down, vs. the ~7Mbps down we have now. In actuality on AT&T the most I've seen is about 4-5 down, but it's great when it's that fast, and a significant jump to HSPA+ speeds will be very, very nice, especially as I tether to my laptop and iPad.
No- you're wrong. The Verizon iPhone 4 supports HSPA+ (14.4 Mbps). There is a difference between the capability to do something (ex. a physical part) and seeing real tangible results (ex. 14.4 Mbps+ network speeds). There is no chance we will see data speeds that are 3x (or more in most cases) faster. But, I stand firm in saying that the iPhone 5 will support HSPA+ but it will not be a realistic expectation.
They could redesign it into a shape of an apple and no one would care.
Without LTE, why bother?
And why not release this POS in June and get to work on LTE?
Apple, so innovative in some areas and so behind in others.
I think the truth lies somewhere in the fact they can't control the LTE hardware people to give them the prices they want.
Without LTE, why bother?
And why not release this POS in June and get to work on LTE?
Apple, so innovative in some areas and so behind in others.
I think the truth lies somewhere in the fact they can't control the LTE hardware people to give them the prices they want.
Why? Not everybody wants the latest and greatest. This is a great way for Apple to get people hooked into the iPhone/iPad ecosystem.
And there is also a slot for a sim card on the rendering of the iOS device. Looks like an iPhone 5. Or iPod touch 3g
If you want longer battery life, you really do not want LTE. The LTE equipped phones have dismal battery life.
I believe now this is going be a whole lot of nothing. Just a presentation discussing launch dates of the new iOS and iPhone4s. Oh well.
Yes my cheap ass 150$ android company phone has HSPA+ and twice as fast as the iphone 4 . At least that should be in the iphone 4s .
Apple sold 20 million iPhones last quarter... at over $600 each.
During that same time Apple only sold 8 million iPods at a much lower price (and no clue how it was divided among iPod Touch, Nano, etc)
Why would Apple make a bigger iPod Touch... now?
No 4G. It'll probably have HSPA+.
It's ok, everyone. Last night I dreamed that only twelve minutes into the keynote, Apple announced the 4S along with a $9.99 data plan (they are becoming a carrier!) then they proceeded to talk about the 5...
Then I woke up.
And do you know why??
There's not enough LTE Coverage at this time and the Phone spends a lot of energy looking for the LTE Network when it's not there and it kills the battery.
Why do you think most LTE Android Phones have even lousier Battery life???
Exactly my point. They already spent an ENTIRE event talking about iOS 5 and iCloud. There isn't much left to talk about.
Granted, Assistant will probably take up 40 minutes of the keynote alone.
But for this event to not be hardware focused would be a huge fail for Apple.
Yeah, fool all those developers you need to fill such a store with apps designed for televisions. They'll be so surprised when we open that empty store they could be selling things in!
An expensive contract with a 2-3year old phone?
now its 150 $ difference between 4 and 3gs, but the 4s will only be 99$ difference? Doesnt really make sense.
Same with to just buy it outright : 650 vs 530, dropping that price to 450 and the 4 somewhere between will not atract a lot of customers to the 3gs . It will be outclassed by 150-200 phones.