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post #41 of 64
10/4/11 at 8:23am
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Originally Posted by RichL View Post

Download speeds aren't the bottleneck on mobile devices at the moment. When people complain about web browsing being slow, the real culprit is usually latency. HSPA+ doesn't solve the latency issue.

For the less-than-fully-tech-literate amongst us, where might we read about what is the nature of this Latency Issue? Thanks.
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post #42 of 64
10/4/11 at 8:24am
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Originally Posted by cvaldes1831 View Post

And as a person who cares about battery life and the bulkiness of the handset, I'm thrilled too.


As a person who's had to keep charging every iPhone ever owned all day long regardless I could care less.
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post #43 of 64
10/4/11 at 8:24am
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

As a person who won't live in an area with LTE until late, LATE 2014, I'm thrilled.

Have fun with that. I have LTE speeds today on an iPad and MacBook Air.
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post #44 of 64
10/4/11 at 8:29am
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

And in two years when phones that can be used for more than two hours on LTE come out, you'll think yourself a fool for desiring one now.

I don't understand these statements. I have a phone with LTE, that surely does last over 24 hours. If I need to go longer, I can just replace the battery or plug it in.
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post #45 of 64
10/4/11 at 8:31am
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Originally Posted by PBRSTREETG View Post

Have fun with that. I have LTE speeds today on an iPad and MacBook Air.

And I don't care about paying $50 a month for 5GB, nor do I care at all about having Internet access absolutely everywhere I am. To each his own.
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post #46 of 64
10/4/11 at 8:34am
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Originally Posted by bryanl View Post

I don't understand these statements. I have a phone with LTE.....

Why would you? You've entered another dimension- now shut up, buy an iPhone and get with the program!
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post #47 of 64
10/4/11 at 8:36am
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Originally Posted by iKol View Post

Umm, any camera phone with a built in flash?

A flash is a secondary feature to a secondary feature. Download capability is a defining aspect of a central feature.

Without fast downloads, a "smart"phone is, well, kind of like your friend's "slow" girlfriend. Pretty? Yes. Charming? Maybe, but boring in the long run.
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post #48 of 64
10/4/11 at 8:37am
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Originally Posted by shen View Post

As an American, I will have you know that the world stops existing at our border. Except for the occasional rift in space/time that creates a small oil rich country for us to use as bombing practice. Spread your "international" lies elsewhere.


I will have to categorically say that, as an American, you're a disgrace to our society. If the world stops existing at your border, where was the computer you are using to write your nonsense come from. You should be ashamed of your stupidity.

And for your bombing practice, I am sure idiots like you don't even volunteer to join the military.
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post #49 of 64
10/4/11 at 8:42am
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Originally Posted by bryanl View Post

I don't understand these statements. I have a phone with LTE, that surely does last over 24 hours. If I need to go longer, I can just replace the battery or plug it in.

I have a phone with LTE also but it doesn't keep it's charge for more than 2-3 hours when using the LTE capability.
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post #50 of 64
10/4/11 at 8:46am
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Originally Posted by ConradJoe View Post

Without fast downloads, a "smart"phone is, well, kind of like your friend's "slow" nephew. Charming, maybe, but boring in the long run.

We are not getting anywhere close to the advertised speed right now over 3G and it is not because the handset is slow. When LTE is available I don't expect much of a speed increase then. Unless they can construct more cell towers and increase the back end bandwidth by a factor of 100, we will be right where we are today. More mobile devices and more usage time on ever more crowded towers means 4G is just an advertising buzz word with no real improvement in usability. Fortunately I don't need much bandwidth on my phone, but it would be nice for my MBP and iPad.

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post #51 of 64
10/4/11 at 8:49am
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Originally Posted by bryanl View Post

I don't understand these statements. I have a phone with LTE, that surely does last over 24 hours. If I need to go longer, I can just replace the battery or plug it in.

Reality is not important. What is important is to tell oneself that the grapes are sour, and to believe it.
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post #52 of 64
10/4/11 at 8:49am
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Originally Posted by OC4Theo View Post

I will have to categorically say that, as an American, you're a disgrace to our society. If the world stops existing at your border, where was the computer you are using to write your nonsense come from. You should be ashamed of your stupidity.

And for your bombing practice, I am sure idiots like you don't even volunteer to join the military.

He was joking..I'm almost certain. At least I thought it was funny.
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post #53 of 64
10/4/11 at 8:56am
If accurate, I'm not going to lose sleep over this. Until LTE can be handled without butchering battery life I'd rather hold off. Function of the phone is more important and faster/greater internals will help to support faster speeds for basic browsing. Would be nice if Apple found a way to make it work, though. It also makes some sense from a production standpoint to consider how prolific LTE is across the world for a phone marketed across the world.

Guess we'll see quite soon.

Edit: I've seen some folks commenting on how their LTE handset somehow gets marvelous battery life. I know numerous people with LTE handsets and the only time they get decent battery life is when they're not making much use of the LTE network. I guess we generally want the things we have to be great and want the things we don't have to be poor.
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post #54 of 64
10/4/11 at 9:01am
off topic, but the Live Coverage page has two big-a** vertical banner ads on each side, "Get cash for your iPhone"
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post #55 of 64
10/4/11 at 9:05am
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Originally Posted by ranReloaded View Post

off topic, but the Live Coverage page has two big-a** vertical banner ads on each side, "Get cash for your iPhone"

I have two horizontal ones saying "We buy loved iPhones"

Talk about a big business..
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post #56 of 64
10/4/11 at 9:10am
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Originally Posted by alcstarheel View Post

I have two horizontal ones saying "We buy loved iPhones"

Talk about a big business..

I've got that too, on the top.
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post #57 of 64
10/4/11 at 9:12am
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Originally Posted by geekdad View Post

Just ignore it and they will not commect like that anymore.......

I'm capable of ignoring obvious trolls but I don't want to have to combat wave after wave of anti android disinformation and half truths being an Android fan.
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post #58 of 64
10/4/11 at 9:15am
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Originally Posted by iKol View Post

Umm, any camera phone with a built in flash?

No, Steve hates Flash, says it drains the battery. Plus, you end up with that unflattering "deer in the headlights" look when you use it.

Friends don't let friends use Flash.

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post #59 of 64
10/4/11 at 9:22am
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Originally Posted by AbsoluteDesignz View Post

I'm capable of ignoring obvious trolls but I don't want to have to combat wave after wave of anti android disinformation and half truths being an Android fan.

Yep...I am with you on that....just look at my sig....

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post #60 of 64
10/4/11 at 9:23am
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Originally Posted by ranReloaded View Post

off topic, but the Live Coverage page has two big-a** vertical banner ads on each side, "Get cash for your iPhone"

I have four different "live" coverage pages side by side to see which one will be the best. (nice to have 30" Cinema)

I found this list of different sites

http://newyork.ibtimes.com/articles/...lease-date.htm

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post #61 of 64
10/4/11 at 9:33am
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I have four different "live" coverage pages side by side to see which one will be the best. (nice to have 30" Cinema)


27" is big enough for the vast majority of users.
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post #62 of 64
10/4/11 at 9:37am
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27" is big enough for the vast majority of users.

Wow. You actually took the time to reply and post this little quibble over THREE INCHES?
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post #63 of 64
10/4/11 at 9:40am
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Originally Posted by CosmoNut View Post

Wow. You actually took the time to reply and post this little quibble over THREE INCHES?

He's mocking something Apple said years ago. Again. Ignore him.
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post #64 of 64
10/4/11 at 9:56am
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Originally Posted by arrowspark View Post

as a person who lives in an area with LTE, I have to say I am disappointed

as a person who doesn't want to carry around a spare car/motorcycle battery to power LTE use for an entire workday, have to say I'm thrilled.
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