In one respect, yes. However, the Verizon/Sprint iPhone has superior global roaming capabilities to most of those other phones, since despite having more radios and antennas, most don't support the European LTE frequencies that the new iPhone does. It is also smaller and thinner than other LTE phones, which some people may value. Every manufacturer makes their own design decisions and compromises.
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Verizon iPhone 5 Will Not Offer Simultaneous Voice and Data [Update: It Was A Hardware Decision]
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In one respect, yes. However, the Verizon/Sprint iPhone has superior global roaming capabilities to most of those other phones, since despite having more radios and antennas, most don't support the European LTE frequencies that the new iPhone does. It is also smaller and thinner than other LTE phones, which some people may value. Every manufacturer makes their own design decisions and compromises.
Yep a inferior design that is going to be a sales flop
What does technical superiority has to do with sale numbers? Well, they are related somewhat. Perhaps that's one reason Samsung sells way more smart phones than Apple? Is it ironic that iPhone 5 is crippled on Verizon - the most developed (and really, the only decent) LTE network in the World?
Cool good insight. Perhaps in a year we shall see. I hope sooner but I'll have to fall back to my iPad for my surf while I talk on my iPhone 5 I reckon...
those were made especially for verizon and at&t
the international versions of the S3 have a different CPU and radio chip
There corrected it for you.
Verizon is working on updating to support simultaneous voice and data. Other carriers are following suite as well, MetroPCS for example. More like a carrier issue. Not an issue with AT&T.
What do you think Samsung does with the phones they make? Eat them? Besides, sales data gets reported by analysts (like IDC) no Samsung so there is absolutely no doubt that Samsung sells more smartphones than Apple.
Verizon s indeed working on VoLTE. It may take a year or ten. It's absolutely not a carrier issue. iPhone does not send voice over LTE on AT&T either. Thy use a separate protocol (for both data and voice). Apple was just too cheap to add second radio chip to iPhone. That's all there is to it. No seconds radio chip, no NFC chip, half RAM (even this is just a hope at this point), lower resolution screen - really a superior phone for Apple (less hardware, more profits).
Samsung makes what 10x different smart phones vs Apple's 3 different iPhones. I sure as hell hope Samsung can sell more smart phones then Apple.
Hmm, so you hope Apple used less RAM? Thanks for clarifiying that. You really are here for one thing and one thing only, bashing Apple. I guess someone like you even needs to get out from under that bridge once in a while don't you.
Just imagine if Apple starting using cheap plastic casing how much more money they could have made on their iPhone.
Technically, they have it right now. 4G LTE and CDMA you can talk and surf at the same time. This is old technology. About 1.5 years old. Honestly, this is a mess up on Apple's end.
Umm GSM is not a type of network.
It is a standard.
EDGE for example which is GSM is also a TDMA type of network. GSM 3G is WCDMA. CDMA is newer than TDMA which is part of GSM
I'm sure there are many more like you and I, who have had a positive experience with AT&T but it's typical for complaints to be voiced louder than the praises. Sure, they nickel & dime us when possible but what company doesn't?? Even our beloved Apple and their $30 adapter, which probably costs pennies to make.
The article you are commenting on says it is because there are not enough antennas.
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Wrong as usual.
Samsung only reports shipped units not sold units. That's why their tablet numbers were so high but we found through the trial that only a small amount sold and the rest were sitting in warehouses or unsold on store shelves and many had been returned to stores, or in the bargain bin at Costco.
Apple only reports sold as in sold to individual real people.
IDC has been consistently way wrong on things like this as most people already know and was proven during the Samsung Apple trial.
Finally units shipped or sold only matters as related to profits and Apple takes in 70% of mobile device profits.
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Yep a inferior design that is going to be a sales flop
Heh, sheesh. Delusional isn't he? I'm not happy about this either but Apple will set sales records with the iPhone 5.
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Probably the same way TomTom handles it.
As if Apple maps is Tom Tom which it isn't. If you took the trouble to know what you are talking about you would know that Apple maps are open street maps, some Tom Tom licensed features, and the rest from apple. Show me Tom Tom doing 3D maps as apple maps does.
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Exactly. Or voice and looking something up while you are on a conference call driving, etc. Besides speed I was really looking forward to this on the iPhone 5. So I either go Android or AT&T and I want neither. I got off AT&T the second the iPhone became available on Verizon.
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The new connector is trivial. They had the same one for almost 10 years and the one is far better and allows a thinner phone.
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App,e maps have extensive caching so in most cases you will be ok.
Actually, TomTom has a built in map. I don't believe Apple's solution does. So the question is does it have to access data at all.Probably the same way TomTom handles it.
That's not really related to whether you can access them while on the phone, though.
I have used both AT&T and Verizon and both have places where one is better than the other. AT&T didn't work as well for me in some places that I go often so I decided to switch. That doesn't make AT&T bad and it doesn't make Verizon great. If I lived somewhere else then it might be different.
It would have been nice to have the simultaneous voice and data on Verizon but I will just have to adjust. I didn't want to switch to a GSIII and that was my choice. No one needs android fans coming in here telling us how great Samsung is any more than android forums love having apple fanboys come on their boards and say that android phones are cheap plastic junk.
It would have been nice to have the simultaneous voice and data on Verizon but I will just have to adjust. I didn't want to switch to a GSIII and that was my choice. No one needs android fans coming in here telling us how great Samsung is any more than android forums love having apple fanboys come on their boards and say that android phones are cheap plastic junk.
Well that sucks too then... I expected the AT&T version to have LTE speeds while on call.
I don't miss not having to plug my phone into iTunes any
Never thought I'd say this... but I'm thinking of going for the Razr Maxx HD or S3. Just seems to beat the iPhone 5 in every way. I might wait for something without a pentile display though (GSIV?)
This is the first time I didn't preorder the latest iPhone since switching.
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Yipper, wish I had some Yuengling Black and Tan to go with that. Extra butter please
I'm out and about I will pick u some up...
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I really enjoyed the droid razr. Smart actions were a great battery saver..
I was the same way had all the iPhones since the 3G. Never thought I'd switch. Happy I did though. BTW I'm not here to bash I still love my iPad and Mac etc...I just like the Galaxy more right now
If it were capable of that then the Verizon version would also be able to do simultaneous voice and data. I think that is what we were all expecting but Apple chose not to do that. Oh well either people are ok with it or they will buy an android phone.
I spent quite a bit of time yesterday playing with both a GS3 and the Nokia Lumia. I liked the Lumia a lot. One can tell that Microsoft put a lot of work and thought into designing their OS. The GUI performance was very nice, smooth, polished. The hardware was nice, certainly better than what Samsung has. Not up to the iPhone level, but closer.
Samsung's GS3 was an absolute joke. Not only being made out of cheap plastic that felt like it would snap in two, but the performance of Android simply had me shaking my head in disappointment. Is this what you fandroid-koolaid drinkers defend? The performance was choppy, scrolling stutters, animation was crude, it's just pathetic in every way. Its so large you have to use two hands to use the device! Using the GS3 was painful. Google should be ashamed of themselves for making such a sloppy system. It's the ghetto of OS's
Shame on the fandroids for defending such a crappy system.
Voice and data at the same time, give me a break, that is such a useless feature.
Samsung's GS3 was an absolute joke. Not only being made out of cheap plastic that felt like it would snap in two, but the performance of Android simply had me shaking my head in disappointment. Is this what you fandroid-koolaid drinkers defend? The performance was choppy, scrolling stutters, animation was crude, it's just pathetic in every way. Its so large you have to use two hands to use the device! Using the GS3 was painful. Google should be ashamed of themselves for making such a sloppy system. It's the ghetto of OS's
Shame on the fandroids for defending such a crappy system.
Voice and data at the same time, give me a break, that is such a useless feature.
False
Do your homework, there are plenty more.
http://businessportals.verizonwireless.com/international/technology/cdma.html
http://phone-solutions.pavemyway.com/Cdma-Operators/Cdma-Operators-List.php
I am in Indonesia and there are a few here.
Edit: hchung beat me to it.
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