2011 September | iPhone News Updated

Chinese carrier says Apple’s iPhone 5 will support 4G-like HSPA+

Posted in iPhone News by admin. Published September 30th, 2011

Apple’s fifth-generation iPhone will feature support for fast HSPA+ 21Mbps network speeds, sometimes advertised as “4G,” carrier China Unicom has revealed.

The carrier revealed the information in a presentation given at this week’s Macworld Asia. A slide shown by the carrier, spotted by Macotakara, displays the evolution of the iPhone, from the first-generation model in 2007 onward.

Included in the slide is a blank spot for Apple’s so-called “iPhone 5,” which the company will officially unveil at an event next Tuesday. No photo or details on the iPhone 5 are provided, except for a mention that it will access HSPA+ networks, which have theoretical maximum download speeds of 21Mbps.

That compares to the 7.2Mbps maximum theoretical speed the WCDMA radio has provided in the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G. The first-generation iPhone featured EDGE data connections for 480Kbps.

In the U.S., AT&T and T-Mobile have their own HSPA+ networks which the carriers advertise as having “4G” speeds, even though they aren’t true fourth-generation technology. AT&T is currently rolling out a true LTE 4G network in the U.S., and the carrier’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile would give it more spectrum to expand its coverage.

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iPhone 5 Rumor: Launch Will Be A “Game Changer”

Posted in iPhone News by admin. Published September 29th, 2011

When the new iPhone is finally unveiled at the just-announced “Let’s Talk iPhone” media event scheduled for October 4th, there’s no doubt that it will already have a massive amount of excitement and buzz surrounding it.

People want the new iPhone. Those iPhone 4s and (god-forbid) iPhone 3Gs might at well be Motorola RAZRs sitting in people’s pockets.

But how much of a “game changer” will the new iPhone really be? What will the much-anticipated phone bring to the table that will position itself as a true “next-gen” device?

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