iPhone 5 to be a dual-mode world phone?
Maybe they will make just one model that will work on all carriers
Maybe they will make just one model that will work on all carriers
If it's true there will be only one model, say goodbye to those rumors about it coming out on T-Mobile US. I can see it working on 2 different types of carriers, but not 3... I'm not sure if that's even possible.
Thats a good point. There's no way they could squeeze in all of the hardware/chips they would need to support more than two carriers.
Well if it is lte it could be two models one with lte and gsm and one with lte and cdma to cover all 4 carriers.
Well if it is lte it could be two models one with lte and gsm and one with lte and cdma to cover all 4 carriers.
As HankAZ said, T-Mobile uses a different 3G frequency than AT&T. So it's impossible to cover all 4 carriers with just 2 chipsets right now. Also, Sprint uses WiMax, VZW and ATT use LTE, and T-Mobile uses HSPA+... That just makes things even more complicated.
That's why at&t and verizon would be lte and tmo and sprint use 3g since sprint is changing to lte in the future.
That sounds good... but they need to cover the possibility of falling back to 3G speeds/technology... Just because AT&T and VZW are going to LTE for 4G doesn't mean that you can totally ignore their 3G technology... at least not yet. Just like today, we all sometimes fall back to EDGE (or the CDMA equivalent), we will still have to deal with the possibility of non-LTE coverage area... I highly doubt that any provider (or cell phone maker) will provide a LTE or nothing scenario.
Yes, we'll know what Apple is doing when they make the announcement. I was just pointing out the fallacy of covering all of the major wireless providers' needs with a single or dual handsets. I'm just saying that I don't see it working...