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Wall Street Journal Confirms 4G LTE iPad for AT&T and Verizon

macduke said:
For those complaining about battery life—I'm sure there will be a 4G on/off switch. So if it's an issue, then just toggle it off when you need a longer battery life over faster speed. But those lower power Qualcomm LTE chips are supposed to just be coming off the line. Unless Apple paid up big for some early orders—which is entirely possible. I mean, $100 billion can make just about anything happen. Either that or the iPad won't come out until nearly a month after this rumored March 7th launch date.
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If I had it, I'd always turn 4G off. Too late though, I already paid extra for that. :mad:
Another reason why I would NEVER buy a Droid. A phone that is advertised only by its 4G capability, which is useless, just makes it seem even less appealing.

I just recently got an iPhone 4, but I will never buy an iPad. I think it's a great product for many people, but not me.
 
macduke said:
This looks to be the first Apple product that is unlocked and supports both AT&T and Verizon, right? So how does this work? Can you flip back and forth between different networks whenever you want? Can you be subscribed to both at once and just flip a switch? Because that would be great for trips where the coverage varies. It would also be nice to try out Verizon in my area on the iPad before the iPhone 5 comes out. Then I could decide on whether I should dump AT&T (likely) or stay with the stupid Death Star.
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I have thought about the same thing. I would like to try them both out and have the option to turn either one which ever month I want. I know it requires two sims which I could care less about.
 
AJH1993 said:
Would prefer a 4G LTE iPhone instead...

Let the downvotes commence
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Me too! And we’ll have it :) But not with current LTE chips! Ugh. I don’t want a bulky battery that still won’t last the day—just look at early-adopter LTE phones and be glad we missed that wave! And the current iPhone 4S gets 4G speeds already in some areas.

The iPad is bigger and can better tolerate battery-sucking chips if need be. But March 2012 is a long way past when the iPhone 4S came out; and a long way past the current crop of LTE Android phones. That’s time to see improvement.
 
But will they add WiFi hotspot to it?

I've said it before and I'll say it again: If the iPad 3 has LTE and can be a hotspot, then I will buy one. If not; then I won't. Which, I'm sure, will certainly make or break it. :/
 
Just wait for the jailbreak. ;)

nsayer said:
But will they add WiFi hotspot to it?

I've said it before and I'll say it again: If the iPad 3 has LTE and can be a hotspot, then I will buy one. If not; then I won't. Which, I'm sure, will certainly make or break it. :/
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Nielsenius said:
Hopefully this means a LTE in the iPhone 5. That's what we think it's gonna be called, right? iPhone 5 or is it 6?
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6th generation iPhone, so I'm not sure where people are getting this 5 number from (maybe the blogs don't think clearly) :confused:

1. iPhone
2. iPhone 3G
3. iPhone 3GS
4. iPhone 4
5. iPhone 4S
6. ( 6 is greater than 5, so how can it be the iPhone "5"? )
 
troop231 said:
6th generation iPhone, so I'm not sure where people are getting this 5 number from (maybe the blogs don't think clearly) :confused:

1. iPhone
2. iPhone 3G
3. iPhone 3GS
4. iPhone 4
5. iPhone 4S
6. ( 6 is greater than 5, so how can it be the iPhone "5"? )
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I never noticed that, actually, because people were talking about the "iPhone 5" so much :eek:

It will be iPhone 6 or iPhone 4G.
 
faroZ06 said:
Meh, I don't even WANT 4G. It makes it more expensive and isn't even faster where I live (Los Angeles). The bottleneck is at the station in busy areas, not the air. And when it is faster, it makes it easier to accidentally waste your data plan on some video you click on by mistake.

Besides, according to a survey, >50% of iPhone 4 users think that they have 4G... or I think it was only in America. Semiconfusing name FTW.
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I want LTE! I've seen speeds as fast as 40Mbps on ATT in LA. You'll never use a hotspot again.
 
I hope all these rumors come true for the iPad 3. I wonder, hypothetically, if Tim Cook would hold back some of these features for the iPad 4 compared to Steve Jobs? We'll never know….

I can't wait for this iPad 3! I'm going from iPad 1, skipping iPad 2 and straight into iPad 3 …. it's going to be a dramatic change for me. This time I will get the 3G version. I like to have the option of using it only when I travel. Most of the time I probably won't pay the monthly service.

Do you all think that Apple will have 3 versions of the iPad 3? iPad3 + WiFi, iPad3 + WiFi + 3G, iPad3 + WiFi + 3G + LTE?
 
Mr Fusion said:
nsayer said:
But will they add WiFi hotspot to it?
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Just wait for the jailbreak. ;)
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See, I'm old enough at this point that life is too short to have to get on that particular treadmill. I have a couple of other friends that do the jailbreak thing, and they're forever extolling the virtues of the extra stuff they can do.

I have a MiFi 4510L at the moment, so I have an LTE hotspot. It'd be worth it to replace it with an iPad 3 with LTE and hotspot capabilities. But the value proposition drops below acceptability if I now have to jump through a bunch of extra ridiculous hoops.
 
besweeeet said:
iPad 2S**

*Can't imagine a device that won't have an updated design to be called an iPad 3.

Meh, nevermind.
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If you feel as though you must end an opinion with "Meh, never mind", maybe not hitting the Submit Reply button is more appropriate. I can only assume you are either attempting to avoiding a -1 or you are don't believe your own opinion. :eek:
 
Dmunjal said:
I want LTE! I've seen speeds as fast as 40Mbps on ATT in LA. You'll never use a hotspot again.
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We'll see. I know for a fact that the bottleneck is at the copper going to the stations, not the air, in crowded areas.

Also, just think about it. Anything that you would need to have faster bandwidth for is probably not something you should be loading on cellular data. If I go to an area where I get that kind of bandwidth, I'd waste my monthly plan in 10 seconds at 40mbps if I just load a video or something by accident.

It doesn't speed up your receiving of text-based data like those idiotic AT&T ads suggest. OMG, THAT WAS SO 30 SECONDS AGO. It takes you 30 seconds extra on 3G to load a kilobyte of data? Nope.
 
The Wall Street Journal can't confirm anything Apple plans on doing. Only Apple can do that. They are just reporting, rehashing the same rumors everyone else is. It's self referential.
 
troop231 said:
6th generation iPhone, so I'm not sure where people are getting this 5 number from (maybe the blogs don't think clearly) :confused:

1. iPhone
2. iPhone 3G
3. iPhone 3GS
4. iPhone 4
5. iPhone 4S
6. ( 6 is greater than 5, so how can it be the iPhone "5"? )
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It won't be the 6th generation, it will be the 6th version. It will be the 4th generation so split the difference and you get 5! ;)
 
Controlled leaks?


Like when that apple engineer supposedly forgot his iphone 4 prototype in a bar on accident so that someone from a tech blog could coincidentally get their hands on it and report it to the world?
 
saud0488 said:
Controlled leaks?


Like when that apple engineer supposedly forgot his iphone 4 prototype in a bar on accident so that someone from a tech blog could coincidentally get their hands on it and report it to the world?
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Then Apple sued them :D
Ultimate strategy.
 
I am planning on buying a Verizon iPad 3 with LTE regardless because they LTE service in my area whereas AT&T does not, but am wondering what the billing at Verizon is like. With AT&T, the 3G service is simply $25.00 with no taxes or fees. Is Verizon similar, or do they add on all those other fees that they would do for a phone/wifi hotspot?
 
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