Apple: iPhone News and Discussion Thread
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I hate craigs, buncha lowballers wasting my time. They are jailbroken, but not unlocked, I think at least one of them can't be because of the firmware level. Ebay it is.
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Some local kid has made six figures selling JB iPhone on c/l. He's goes to GMU and he's been able to pay his tuition with it.
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Apple’s iPhone 5 to support speedy 4G HSPA+ networks
While it’s not quite the LTE 4G iPhone many were hoping for, it appears that the iPhone 5 will support HSPA+ technology, which many carriers bill as 4G.
Speaking at Macworld Asia this week, a China Unicom executive showed off the above slide, which lists the iPhone 5 as supporting HSPA+ technology up to 21Mbps. In comparison, the iPhone 4 supports the slower HSPA standard with maximum speeds up to 7.2Mbps. The news was first reported by Japanese IT news site PC Watch and was then picked up by Japanese blog Macotakara, which is where it spread to US tech blogs.
While it’s far from conclusive, past rumors have pointed to Apple including HSPA+ technology in the iPhone 5. It wouldn’t be too difficult to do since, since unlike LTE chipsets, HSPA+ chips are easy to integrate into thin smartphone designs.
If true, the news means that the iPhone 5 would be able to take advantage of AT&T’s faster HSPA+ network, which it’s been marketing as 4G with smartphones like the Motorola Atrix and the HTC Inspire 4G. HSPA+ is a stop-gap technology for AT&T as it rolls out its LTE 4G network. T-Mobile, on the other hand, has banked its entire 4G strategy on HSPA+ with speeds up to 42Mbs.
But if the iPhone 5 does include the faster technology, users on CDMA networks like Verizon and Sprint will miss out since HSPA+ is based on 3G GSM technology, which is only supported by AT&T and T-Mobile in the US. If this happens, many Verizon iPhone users who were glad to abandon AT&T may end up cursing their purchase.
Speaking at Macworld Asia this week, a China Unicom executive showed off the above slide, which lists the iPhone 5 as supporting HSPA+ technology up to 21Mbps. In comparison, the iPhone 4 supports the slower HSPA standard with maximum speeds up to 7.2Mbps. The news was first reported by Japanese IT news site PC Watch and was then picked up by Japanese blog Macotakara, which is where it spread to US tech blogs.
While it’s far from conclusive, past rumors have pointed to Apple including HSPA+ technology in the iPhone 5. It wouldn’t be too difficult to do since, since unlike LTE chipsets, HSPA+ chips are easy to integrate into thin smartphone designs.
If true, the news means that the iPhone 5 would be able to take advantage of AT&T’s faster HSPA+ network, which it’s been marketing as 4G with smartphones like the Motorola Atrix and the HTC Inspire 4G. HSPA+ is a stop-gap technology for AT&T as it rolls out its LTE 4G network. T-Mobile, on the other hand, has banked its entire 4G strategy on HSPA+ with speeds up to 42Mbs.
But if the iPhone 5 does include the faster technology, users on CDMA networks like Verizon and Sprint will miss out since HSPA+ is based on 3G GSM technology, which is only supported by AT&T and T-Mobile in the US. If this happens, many Verizon iPhone users who were glad to abandon AT&T may end up cursing their purchase.
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Vodafone in Germany has it as a 4s. No word on specs yet. I keep hearing about a Google Voice control competitor. Some sort of more sophisticated voice controlled AI. But an A5 chip is a must for it meaning current 4's won't handle it. 
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Cmon iPhone 5!!! I just dropped my iPhone 4 for the first time last week, chipping and cracking the screen. I'm praying its a 5 and not just a 4S that Apple introduces.
Cmon iPhone 5!!! I just dropped my iPhone 4 for the first time last week, chipping and cracking the screen. I'm praying its a 5 and not just a 4S that Apple introduces.
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Manning walked over to Forstall and asked the question that's been bugging (some of) us for years. Here is Forstall's reply:
"We design the (product launch) keynotes so that the big reveal of the product happens around 40 minutes into the presentation. When the big image of the product appears on screen, we want the time shown to be close to the actual time on the audience's watches. But we know we won't hit 40 minutes exactly."
"So you add a couple of minutes?"
"Yeah! And for the iPhone, we made it 42 minutes. It turned out we were pretty accurate with that estimate, so for the iPad, we made it 41 minutes. And there you are - the secret of the magic time."
"We design the (product launch) keynotes so that the big reveal of the product happens around 40 minutes into the presentation. When the big image of the product appears on screen, we want the time shown to be close to the actual time on the audience's watches. But we know we won't hit 40 minutes exactly."
"So you add a couple of minutes?"
"Yeah! And for the iPhone, we made it 42 minutes. It turned out we were pretty accurate with that estimate, so for the iPad, we made it 41 minutes. And there you are - the secret of the magic time."
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you mean about 45 minutes. When they show the lock screen of the phone for the first time with the clock on it they want the time on the phone to match the actual time as close as possible. they usually spend the first part talking about how awesome they are and their sales, etc.
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you mean about 40 minutes. When they show the lock screen of the phone for the first time with the clock on it they want the time on the phone to match the actual time as close as possible. they usually spend the first part talking about how awesome they are and their sales, etc.