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06-12-2007, 11:31 PM
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Iphone EDGE only - What????
Hi all, I'm a newbie to the site. I was just on the apple site and saw that the Iphone will only work on the EDGE network and not 3G, what's up with that?
 That seems really behind the times, especially seeing all of the features that the Iphone has to offer. They talk about internet access, streaming videos, etc, but if you are using EDGE, that will be painful. Anyone know why they are doing this? Any rumors that they will change this?Thanks! Jeff |
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06-12-2007, 11:33 PM
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well the phone also uses wi-fi and I dont know about any streaming video things. The edge network is plenty fast from what I have read to support sending/receiving e-mails and some browsing but the places I go 90% of the time have wi-fi so no worries there.
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06-12-2007, 11:38 PM
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3G is a MAJOR battery drain (currently) for most cell phones. Also EDGE is a WIDELY-distributed standard at this point, whereas alot of our users here on the board claim they can't get 3G access most of the time. |
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06-12-2007, 11:54 PM
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I just stumbled on the other 3G thread and it's a bit clearer now. That explains why my BlackJack came with two batteries!
What about a GPS Chip? For $500 bucks, you'd think that they would put a GPS chip in the phone, so that it could track you as well as give you directions. |
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06-12-2007, 11:55 PM
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06-12-2007, 11:59 PM
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Well there was a discussion about new threads on old info and we were told to look for the old thread which I couldn't find and post it in here or be nice. So I chose nice like Mr. Rogers.
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06-12-2007, 11:59 PM
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For all new members I recomend checking out A) The Macworld Keynote and B) The Tech Specs of the phone
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