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Which feature on the new iPhone won't be supported by AT&T

TonyC28

TonyC28

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Which cool new feature will Apple announce with the new iPhone that AT&T's network won't be able support until a "later date"?

They weren't even ready for MMS when 3.0 came out. Is video chatting with that new front-facing camera going to be a reality any time soon?
 
Video Chatting shouldnt be an issue for AT & T, theyll get killed in the first month after release but after that no one will use it as much.
 
ARF900 said:
Video Chatting shouldnt be an issue for AT & T, theyll get killed in the first month after release but after that no one will use it as much.
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Video calling is the one thing that I can think won't be supported by ANY U.S. carrier until their 4G networks are stable.
 
Warbrain said:
Video calling is the one thing that I can think won't be supported by ANY U.S. carrier until their 4G networks are stable.
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They'll be such a small amount of people using it, that I think it won't be a problem. Later, when it gets more mainstream, the networks will be ready for it. I look forward to the days when some kid says, "What is texting?"
 
Ummmm wouldnt video chatting (the "feature" that isnt even an official feature) the only new thing that would be network related.......so obviously the answer you are looking you and everyone else already knows since its the only option..

Just Sayin
 
-aggie- said:
They'll be such a small amount of people using it, that I think it won't be a problem. Later, when it gets more mainstream, the networks will be ready for it. I look forward to the days when some kid says, "What is texting?"
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Perhaps, perhaps not. The way kids are going nowadays, they won't have the skills to speak person to person. So if they can't do it now, how can they expect to speak to someone by video? In this case, technology is really killing the human factor.

BL.
 
Watch the video chat option be wi-fi only until AT&T approves it for use on their network. The only thing holding the capabilities back of the iPhone is Apple for not giving it to more carriers in the US. Then we wouldn't be restricted from certain features.
 
phrint said:
Watch the video chat option be wi-fi only until AT&T approves it for use on their network.
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Its a possibility.
Not sure how well it would work cause for video calls you will need to upload and download at the same time. And even though AT&T's download speeds are good not sure how well the upload would be. On wifi it shouldnt be a problem.
 
Warbrain said:
Video calling is the one thing that I can think won't be supported by ANY U.S. carrier until their 4G networks are stable.
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ATT has had video calling for years, I've been using it when I go out of town too video chat with the wife and kids since 2006. It will be nice to be able to do it from my iPhone and without switching sims and phones around.
 
Hahaha...just looking through old posts. Looks like video calling was the winner
 
FaceTime will likely never be supported by any of the carriers. Why should they and put yourself in their position. Require someone to make a phone call and use minuets on their cell plan or allow someone to use FaceTime for free and use 50x the bandwidth?
 
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