Analyst Sees iPhone 5 Going to be 4G, on Verizon
It's 3G on the 4, but maybe 4G on the 5.
There should never be any sort of surprise that there are already rumblings about the next iPhone. As in usual fashion, Apple is expected to launch the next-generation of iPhone next summer, and now analysts are already taking their best stabs at what it'll be like.
For one thing, the bets are on Apple sourcing its cell phone communication hardware from Qualcomm instead of Infineon. This could both point to there being a CDMA version that's compatible with Verizon, as well as one that would work on 4G networks.
"We believe the company has selected Qualcomm as its modem supplier for the CDMA iPhone as well as for the iPhone 5," Ashok Kumar, a managing director and analyst at Rodman & Renshaw, wrote, according to Cnet. "The iPhone 5 will likely use a two-chip modem, allowing the company to create 3G and 4G products."
With 4G phones just hitting the market this year, Apple probably saw it as too early to integrate 4G capabilities in the iPhone 4. By this time next year, the 4G picture may be a little better, perhaps giving a reason for the iPhone 5 to hop onto 4G.
Kumar also added that he believes that Apple will unveil a 7-inch iPad equipped with cameras sometime early 2011.
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i hope the antenna works on the next one that isn't going to drop to 0 when i hold it normally
I'll believe it when I see it
I like turtles.
Its still iShit....no reason to follow up with news about apple products anyway.
great....
same craptastic phone...but on different network...
FUN FUN FUN!!!!!
Analysts are generally a waste of time, and usually only speak to give people something to say about them. Very self-serving.
Wasn't the iPhone supposed to be on T-Mobile or Verizon or whoever by now?
Who cares about what chipset it uses, the bigger question is: Will it be able to make a phone call?
the same analysts that said it would be coming to verizon any day now.... almost 2 years ago?? If this "new news" is true, verizon customer had better enjoy their good service while it lasts
They can do what they want with the phone, just make it work correctly please! As for a 7" ipad with cameras, did not someone disassemble the ipad upon release and found that it has a space for a camera? That is one of the things about Apple that bothers me, I wish they would not do that to their veryloyal customers. Seems kind of...how you say A**hole move?
LTE isn't 4G. LTE Advanced (the next iteration of LTE) is 4G.
They can do what they want with the phone, just make it work correctly please! As for a 7" ipad with cameras, did not someone disassemble the ipad upon release and found that it has a space for a camera? That is one of the things about Apple that bothers me, I wish they would not do that to their veryloyal customers. Seems kind of...how you say A**hole move?
They know their very loyal customers will buy from tthem anyways, for apple, might as well squeeze every last penny.
Yess finally a G more for the iphony, htc has been flaunting their multiple G`ees for a while now
More g`ees and more GB`s for the wifi`s...and i will get the smugness comming out the walls ..
Its still iShit....no reason to follow up with news about apple products anyway.
Then why do you do it?
I always thought it would go ipone 4, iphone 4g (to fix the problems of the 4 and add functionality) and then iphone 4gs (to fix the problems of the 4g)
I always thought it would go ipone 4, iphone 4g (to fix the problems of the 4 and add functionality) and then iphone 4gs (to fix the problems of the 4g)
Exactly!
To be honest, i originally thought the Iphone 4 would be 4G considering the (somewhat nominal) presence of 4G capable phones on the market already. As long as Apple has loyal customers, they'll have cause to pull this sort of stuff.
Im hoping that it dosen't spread much further then verizon. i have T-Mobile, and i wrather not have all the bandwith taken up by the thousands of local highschool teens twittering to a bunch of people who really dont care what they say. but i might be boned on this wish.
I always thought the iPhone and Verizon would be a perfect match. A locked down OS along with a locked down network/phones.
Verizon will surely remove Bluetooth file transfer from the iPhone 5.
I like turtles.
Amazing how such an off the wall comment can seem so cool when compared to another Apple article.
Amazing how such an off the wall comment can seem so cool when compared to another Apple article.
dont turtles like to eat apples?
who gives a shit what the next iphone will be like, we all know the iPhone is shit, all the prev, current and future versions
Rigggght. Just like they've been locking down all the new Android headsets right? get a clue.
I like turtles.
damn it..why didnt i think of this first. im losing my freakin edge
Turtles are nice
a dual modem for 3g and 4g models. Great so that mean i gotta pay extre 300 bucks just for the exact same phone but with the 4g antenna activated. See this is why jailbraking is so friggin populur.
I like turtles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezAJeaCySV4
the biggest question of all is that can it be jailbroken ?