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| An LTE iPhone could disrupt the UK mobile market |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-08-21 15:27:59 |
| Vlad Savov at The Verge: "Today's been rather a momentous day in the UK mobile arena, following local regulator Ofcom's approval of Everything Everywhere's plans to use existing spectrum to roll out LTE service early. Vodafone, O2 and Three have complained in unison against the market distortions that would result from one carrier having 4G while everyone else waits for an oft-delayed auction, but their biggest fear may yet remain unspoken: a de facto exclusive on the next iPhone." |
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| Hyperbole much? |
| By HangLoose on 2012-08-21 15:44:28 |
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Stop the presses Oxford we just found a new meaning for disruptive: Whatever geek fetish that comes out from Savov's mind. Example: an Unicorn with an iPhone strapped to it's forehead. Savov notorious iLover since his time in Engadget. </sarcasm> |
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| Comment by MOS6510 |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-08-21 15:47:56 |
| For me 3G is fast enough. I'd rather have 3G everywhere, there are still some black holes. As they couldn't fix these over the last few years I doubt 4G coverage would be better than 3G's. |
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| RE: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By Thom_Holwerda on 2012-08-21 15:49:48 |
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Four gees? My town dun' even get three gees. :( |
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| RE[2]: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-08-21 15:56:54 |
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It's a silly place. I do have 3G where I live, well around my house. Other places in my village are suspect at best. Even worse where my wife's parents used to live there was no 3G, try surviving for hours with your in-laws without 3G. They recently moved, so I thought the 3G thing would be solved, but their new place is in a dead zone as well. Sometimes 3G appears, but then nothing happens and then 3G goes away again. And why does my wife get upset if I stare at my phone all the time? The rest read folders and watch Carlo & Irene. Talk about mental torture. |
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| RE[2]: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By Brendan on 2012-08-21 15:59:08 |
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My town uses the standard 9.8 m/s/s "1g". If they increased it to 4g, the extra weight would make it too hard for people to get off of the couch. - Brendan |
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| RE[3]: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By judgen on 2012-08-21 16:25:06 |
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I still use my old NMT450 phone, as it is the only one i have tried with coverage on the ocean and in the mountains. Oh well.. It would be nice with faster calling and SMS =P No really, i got internet at home, i do not need it on my phone as well. I might get antisocial. (Or should i say even more so) But i do understand people that want it. |
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| RE: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By Yehppael on 2012-08-21 16:53:05 |
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Yup, 3G speed is quite enough for what you can do on a phone. What I'm curious, is how much they plan to increase their prices in the 3G networks to support the 4G one ... |
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| RE: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By zima on 2012-08-21 18:24:29 |
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> For me 3G is fast enough. I'd rather have 3G everywhere, there are still some black holes. As they couldn't fix these over the last few years I doubt 4G coverage would be better than 3G's. I doubt 4G is very much about increasing theoretical maximum speed for individual subscriber, as far as the telecoms are concerned... in their eyes, LTE has greater spectral efficiency - hence the ability to squeeze more users (each getting "acceptable" speed) in a given chunk of spectrum, particularly in dense locations. Short-term, probably not that much of a difference for subscribers; not likely to disrupt anything (especially since the new iPhone will certainly work just fine on older networks, and probably use noticeably more battery on the newer) |
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| RE[3]: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By zima on 2012-08-21 18:27:55 |
| So, they don't even let you use their WiFi... I take it they are still upset about that stealing from them their daughter thing? :P |
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| RE[4]: Comment by MOS6510 |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-08-21 18:51:33 |
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WiFi??? They don't have WiFi, Internet or even a computer! And a good thing too, they'd be a perfect and willing phishing target. He calls my iPod "a little radio", they sold their caravan on the German Internet(!) and think websites are closed on Sundays. |
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