It turns out Apple is keeping a very tight hold on who it allows to sell the iPhone 5 as an LTE device, making sure their networks are up to snuff before allowing the devices to work at high speeds. … [Read more...]
Apple Reported To Be Talking 4G LTE In Korea For iPhone 5
August 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
According to Korea Times, Apple is in the midst of talking with Korean carriers about LTE service for the new iPhone/iPhone 5. The two major carriers in Korea are SK Telecom and TK, and according to this report, Apple has been talking to both companies about LTE on the phone. An unidentified KT … [Read more...]
Verizon To Kill Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans Upon Move to LTE
May 16, 2012 by 2 Comments
Speaking at the J.P. Morgan Technology, Media and Telecom conference, Verizon's CFO Fred Shammo outlined the companies plan to "sunset grandfathered unlimited plans". These plans are all based on 3G, so the plan is to require the companies new 'data share' plan when a customer moves to a phone with … [Read more...]
Sprint Promises Unlimited Data With Next iPhone
April 25, 2012 by 1 Comment
While we know almost nothing about the upcoming iPhone release that's doubtless going to happen later this year, we do know that Sprint will keep offering unlimited data. Talking to CNET,CEO Dan Hesse confirmed that the unlimited data plans are set to stay. "I'm not anticipating the unlimited … [Read more...]
New iPad Won’t Run LTE Outside North America?
March 9, 2012 by 1 Comment
Part of the New iPad announcements was a handful of carriers in the USA and Canada — Verizon, Rogers, Bell, Telus and AT&T — would have LTE on the device. But what about the rest of the world? We naturally assumed that some carriers would be supported elsewhere, but that might not be the … [Read more...]
Apple Announces The New iPad With Retina Display and 4G LTE
March 7, 2012 by 2 Comments
At today's iPad event, Tim Cook started by discussing how popular the iPad is, including shipping 15.4 million units in Q4. He said that Apple has talked to users, and found that they love it for emails, browsing, reading, and gaming. There are over 200,000 apps designed specifically for the iPad. … [Read more...]
Reuters Sez iPad 3 To Get LTE
March 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Building on the ever increasing pile of reports that the iPad 3/iPad HD will pack LTE support, Reuters has now come out saying something similar. The publication is claiming: The newest iPad will be capable of operating on a high-speed 4G "LTE," or Long-Term Evolution network, according to a source … [Read more...]
Bloomberg: LTE iPad 3 in Production
January 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
According to Bloomberg, three sources have said that Apple's new iPad 3 is in production. They go on to say that the iPad 3 will have "a sharper screen with LTE access". … [Read more...]
10 Million iPhones On China Mobile
October 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
China Mobile has been talking to Reuters, and even though they don't have an official agreement with Apple, they claim to have a whopping 10 million iPhone users on their network, users who are crawling along at sub-3G speeds. While Apple has been making big pushes into China, they still haven't … [Read more...]
Analysts Already Talking Nonsense About Next iPhone
October 5, 2011 by 1 Comment
Okay, so we didn't get the iPhone 5 yesterday. The screen's not bigger, the body's not flatter, it's just an iPhone 4 with new internals. We're bummed, you're bummed, we get it. But rather than take this as a moment to cut back on the baseless rumors and constant rehashing of the same information, … [Read more...]
