Surf & Talk On Verizon?

[StevieB]

So will the newly announce 4S enable me to 'talk and surf the web at the same time' on the Verizon network?

 

[Intell]

Most likely not.

 

[r.j.s]

If I understand right, no, since that is a technical limitation of CDMA networks, not the phone.

 

[aztooh]

No No No


You can however talk and surf when connected to wifi.

 

[Munchkinsdad]

No No No


You can however talk and surf when connected to wifi.

Wow...I gotta try that out. I didn't know.... Thanks!

 

[Applejuiced]

No on either Verizon or Sprint.

 

[aztooh]

Wow...I gotta try that out. I didn't know.... Thanks!

You're welcome 😉

 

[kdarling]

If I understand right, no, since that is a technical limitation of CDMA networks, not the phone.

Nowadays it's only a (common) phone limitation.

If a phone has a chipset that supports SVDO, it can do voice+data at the same time. The HTC Thunderbolt is an example.

The main reason we don't see it on the iPhone is because it has a chipset that supports CDMA + GSM. AFAIK, right now the only SVDO chipsets are those that support CDMA or CDMA + LTE (no GSM).

 

[StevieB]

If I understand right, no, since that is a technical limitation of CDMA networks, not the phone.

OK . . . But isn't that 'surf and talk' capability the 'promise' of the iPhone 5 for The Verizon network and users?