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Verizon iPhone Launches with Mobile Hotspot and Redesigned Antenna

zacman said:
No LTE? Still only a 800 MHz singlecore CPU and an old GPU? Still no rSAP? Hello Apple, we're living in 2011 and not in 2009 anymore.
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I'm so glad the guys that troll about laptop and desktop specs have brought their specification envy over to phones too.

This just in: if you thought the average person had virtually no knowledge of computer specs, they know absolutely nothing about the processor in their phone and don't care and never will care.

They care about a nice screen and a phone that feels responsive. Done and done. My Nexus One has a 1GHz processor. It is IN NO WAY as smooth as an iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4's screen (the piece of hardware that you'll be interacting with the most) is so vastly superior I can't even put it into words.

If you're a specification and bullet list fanatic you shouldn't even be touching Apple's stuff.
 
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I'm gonna avoid this thing like the plague. I hate CDMA. It is slower and has no simultaneous voice/data. Big deal about the MiFi. I bet AT&T is gonna be competitive and add it.
 
The mobile hot spot thing would have me tempted enough to check out Verizon's pricing and data plans if I wasn't stuck with AT&T, that's a great move by them. Of course if they have as limited data plans as AT&T it would not be tempting (I'd really not want to try to use internet on my laptop with only 2 GBs of data). Or if I couldn't find a plan that gave me enough data that matched AT&T's price... I dunno, last time I looked at Verizon it was 8-9 years ago and they were 20 dollars more a month for a voice plan which is why I didn't go with them.

Hopefully this encourages AT&T to actually try to match (not that I'm sure that would help me since I'm already stuck in contract and I'd wonder if they'd only match for those with new contracts).
 
Before i'd get all excited over the hotspot feature, i'd have to see what that does to the battery life. Probably good enough to check e-mail and do other simple functions for a short period of time. I don't see using this to replace the 3G on my iPad--since i only use that when i'm streaming netflix or surfing heavily while traveling. I bet that'll suck up my phone's battery far too much.


And with this rumor finally put to bed, lets move on to the iPad 2!! :p
 
So is it only the Verizon model that has the redesigned antenna,
or will that become standard on all new iPhone 4's from this point on?
 
troop231 said:
Looks like the Verizon iPhone has a newer firmware version (4.2.5) which has the Personal Hotspot built into the firmware! I see an update coming for ATT users :cool:
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Thank GOD
 
cvaldes said:
Something else is using data, not GPS.

I have an iPad 3G with no cellular data plan and the GPS works fine.
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Interesting, I turned all notification services and push off. If GPS does not use data, even better. :)
 
STC1709 said:
yesss

Will existing customers be able to redeem their New Every Two credit?

Yes, existing customers will be able to take advantage of their New Every Two credit if eligible, and use it towards the purchase of iPhone (may not be available at all agent locations).
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Thanks! I'm ecstatic!!
 
rjohnstone said:
GPS doesn't require a "data" connection to determine your location.
There is a GPS receiver in your phone that gets location info from GPS satellites.
A-GPS will combine Cell Tower info along with the GPS signal to help improve location accuracy if the GPS signal is weak.
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Thanks for the explanation!
 
Mi-Fi is a great idea! Is it true that Verizon doesn't require a SIM card? If so, does this version of the iPhone 4 not have a SIM card slot? That would be an interesting way of preventing people to use the iPhone jail-broken to work on other networks...
 
News flash

12 Jan 2011 - This just in folks, MacRumors postings decline by 72.38% due to the announcement of the viPhone. Lack of B.S. rumors cited.

In other news, Moose runs wild in downtown Seattle Starbucks.
 
rjohnstone said:
GPS doesn't require a "data" connection to determine your location.
There is a GPS receiver in your phone that gets location info from GPS satellites.
A-GPS will combine Cell Tower info along with the GPS signal to help improve location accuracy if the GPS signal is weak.
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Additionally, the iDevice will use WiFi triangulation for location info.

The latter is how location-based services work on the iPod touch and WiFi-only iPad. You do not need cellular data nor a GPS chip to generate a location.

The iPhone and iPad 3G have GPS chips. If you're on a boat in the middle of the ocean, location identification will still work.
 
bpfesq said:
Before i'd get all excited over the hotspot feature, i'd have to see what that does to the battery life. Probably good enough to check e-mail and do other simple functions for a short period of time. I don't see using this to replace the 3G on my iPad--since i only use that when i'm streaming netflix or surfing heavily while traveling. I bet that'll suck up my phone's battery far too much.


And with this rumor finally put to bed, lets move on to the iPad 2!! :p
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Tethering isn't new to the iPhone you just have to pay for it on at&t (not sure about other carriers) and the location of the feature has been made more convenient on iOS 4.2.5.

All that to say that it kills the battery life. It's pretty much recommended that you charge it during hotspot usage.
 
AT&T's HSDPA network allows users to browse the Web or load up applications via its 3G network while on a call, but Verizon's CDMA network does not. That also means that the 3G Wi-Fi hotspot feature would be disabled when a call comes in on the new iPhone. ~ AppleInsider

It's new on the scene, but this CDMA iPhone is currently old school to me. I think it's not revolutionary nor magical to not be able to multi-task with data while on a call. The iPhone 4 just went back to the future.

I'm surprised :apple: allowed this, but money talks and I guess Verizon CDMA complaints can .....!
 
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