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Quote: Originally Posted by amiga_tone What do you mean "the hodgepodge of different LTE frequency bands used by various carriers globally"? It seems the rest of the world (yes that is more than 3 countries) are using bands…
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Quote: Originally Posted by markbyrn Did the UK regulators find some Samsung, Motorola, HTC 'consumers' that were 'confused' by the 4G wording? Have you an example of a smartphone or tablet made by these companies, that…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta Wrong. ITC defines 4G to include HSPA+. Since Sweden and most of the other countries listed have HSPA+, they meet the standard international definition of 4G. So unless …
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Quote: Originally Posted by John.B That's news. You're saying the European and Australian LTE deployments will use identical tech and frequency bands -- across all of the EU and AUS? When did that happen? In…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX They didn't. They listed 4G, which is completely acceptable within the ITU-R definition. They never advertised 4G LTE outside the US and Canada. Also note that 4G is such a generic term that LTE is append…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX Except that it does get 4G in Australia (and the rest of the world) according to the ITU's definition. Why is that all of a sudden not an acceptable definition for the rest of the world? The unfortunate s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX They changed in December 2010 to include HSPA+ and LTE with some caveat that the carrier had to be working toward LTE-Advanced or something.http://www.intomobile.com/2010/12/18...pa-are-now-4g/ Oh, right…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX So even there, in the US, they are referring to HSPA+ as 3G even though iOS 5.1 changed it to 4G for AT&T and the iTU says it's 4G. Do they now? I thought, according to ITU, even LTE is not quite 4G, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX What country do you live in that claims HSPA+ is not 4G? Germany, for example. This is the coverage map of Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile): http://www.t-mobile.de/funkversorgun...5400-_,00.html You c…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Blastdoor I'm confused -- I thought China Mobile used an entirely different technology that was incompatible with the iPhone. I thought it was some CDMA-derivative. So how could they just "trim a SIM" and get the iPhon…
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Concerning the theories that a mini-USB port would be due to EU regulations: 1. There is no EU regulation. There is just a voluntary agreement by most cell phone manufacturers to use a common charging plug. (Although this voluntary agreement came…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Core2 In Europe , both uplink and downlink are in the 2100 band. In North America, the uplink is in the 1700 band and the downlink is in the 2100 band, just because the 2100 frequency is supported for Europe does not …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Abster2core Not only that, but many European countries had such poor landline services relative to the US and in particular Canada, that wireless became the law. Dictated by their governments, paid for by the taxpayer …
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Quote: Originally Posted by tezgno AT&T uses the world standard for 3G (UMTS/HSDPA with some HSPA showing up) that operate on the 850, 1900, and 2100MHz frequency bands (mostly 850 and 2100 from what I have seen). T-Mobile, on the other hand,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tailpipe I think Vodafone's attempt to force T-Mobile to sell unlocked iPhones effectively stalled sales in Germany until the matter was resolved. After all, why buy a mobile that's only available on T-Mobile if there …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Rot'nApple Two Hours Talk Time?!! Tell me if anyone knows, does UK, Germany and/or France allow for FREE incoming calls? It seems all the various country's plans have very small talk time, so I'm just wondering. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram These are -- for better or worse, like them or hate them -- some of the heavy-hitters in the mobile phone business (yes, Apple included). It is a bit odd to go public with something supposedly so big …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Thorsten T-Mobile is first of all teh standard choice as it was the monopoly of the state, and for landline t-Com still has this monopol you usually don't have a choice and have to use T-Com if you want a proper landli…
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Quote: Originally Posted by anantksundaram Hmmm.... I am waiting to hear from all our "we're-oh-so-advanced-and-inexpensive" European brethren to explain how T-Mobile can get away with these prices! By comparison, I can say that I am getting…