iOS 5.1 Turns iPhone 4S into a 4G iPhone on AT&T's Network
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iOS 5.1 Turns iPhone 4S into a 4G iPhone on AT&T's Network
Back in October, just after Apple had launched iPhone 4S, a report claimed that AT&T was working with Apple to change the network indicator to "4G" from "3G" for iPhone 4S.
Apple has included that change in iOS 5.1 according to the release notes.
As you may recall, the iPhone 4S supports 14.4 Mbps HSDPA, which is marketed by some carriers around the world as "4G" technology even though technically speaking it's not "4G".
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That's crap!
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bogus...
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A waste of time putting that in the code especially when they throttle the ones with unlimited data package
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Well considering LTE isn't 4G either, what is the big deal? After all the HSPA+ spec is still faster than LTE.LTE Advanced is the only technology right now that qualifies for the 3GPP 4G spec and it isn't out yet.
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So am I understanding this right? The iPhone 4S is getting a 4G icon, even though it's the same speed as the iPhone4 on the same network but the iPhone4 will keep the 3G icon?
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The 4s has faster speeds
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So this just leaves me to wonder whether or not when whatever-gen iPhone actually does 4G, will we be able to keep our unlimited data or have to upgrade to a "4G" plan...
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Ja Ja Ja WTF?
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I think this is just scam on AT&T's part... By calling it "4G" they can force all users with the "unlimited 3G" plan to get one of the dreaded tiered plans.
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I wish Steve Jobs hears about this!!!!
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nope u don't get it actually
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I don't think Steve jobs would have alowed this and it makes no sence because you still have and are paying for 3G service you don't get the perks of having 4G a higher data cap
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So now I can use 5gb before being throttled
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AT&T HSPA+ sucks balls!! Is not fast at all. I have AT&T right now and when the next iPhone comes out with 4G, I'll be switching to Verizon.
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I think you're right in saying that Steve probably wouldn't have allowed it.
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Wow now we can all front like we have 4G. Epic fail!
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I like it !!!!! What the hell it is faster then Sprints iPhone 4S and Verizon .. Everyone one else is calling HSPA+ 4G ... Why not AT&T iPhone 4S
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We dont have 4G in India.
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If anyone gets throttled after 3GB speeds.. I smell another lawsuit.
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I have clocked 14 Mbps on my 4s in Saudi Arabia and I can report that it is more than enough .. And the antennas get 3G everywhere
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I have clocked 14 Mbps on my 4s in Saudi Arabia and I can report that it is more than enough ..I haven't tried LTE yet but I don't see a need for it
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I have clocked 14 Mbps on my 4s in Saudi Arabia and I can report that it is more than enough ..
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Its almost like my friends using Verizon and sprint and only having about a block radius to be able to actually be in 4G. Lol. I'll keel my Iphone4S and my AT&T service.
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Teamiphone.
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Really bunch of bulls**t. Fake 4g!!! Still I don't care if it's true 4g as long as I can browse the Internet and talk at the same time.
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Actually the 4s can get faster speeds then the 4 depending on the area. Sometimes if I do a speedtest from my house on the cell network I can get 7-8Mbps down on my iPhone 4s, while the iPhone 4 can do 7.2 Mbps max but in reality if I did a speedtest on the iPhone 4 it wouldn't even reach anywhere near 7.2Mbps. Though the icon change is pretty much pointless because in most areas AT&T is slow as f**k. I live in NYC and whenever I leave my neighborhood my data speed are way below Verizon 3G speeds and even sometimes even lower than Sprint 3G. It's rare that I find an area where the speeds are even above 3Mbps besides around my house, which is useless considering I can just connect to my wifi in that case.
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iPhone4S is not 4G capable.... it's all a scam designed to deceive AT&T consumers into thinking they have a service they really don't...... full story here: http://www.sleepyshark.com/att-4g-on-iphone-4s-masters-of-deception/
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No, you can't. the 5 gig limit is for 4G LTE, not 4G.
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Haha, i Belgium i get 200-380 kbps max on 3g, how does that even qualifymas 3g...and i travel around the coutry quite often... Even in the capital its sometimes worse...such a small country yet they cant built 3 powerfull antenas atleast in the centre or something... The cemter of europe my ***, more like centre of manure
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Leave it to AT&T to make a mess of this U got to love it sadly the other iPhone carriers suck much worse so not much one can do
