IPad '4G' claims face scrutiny from UK regulator

Re:IPad '4G' claims face scrutiny from UK regulator by sipefree on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @07:15AM (#3913775)

There's no one standard definition of "4G". A myriad of differing technologies all claim to be 4G, which is why it's just about impossible for a vendor to produce a device compatible with every one worldwide. If "4G" had a solid definition, and everybody was using it, but iPad didn't support it, then it would be understandable.

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Re:IPad '4G' claims face scrutiny from UK regulator by CraigRood on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @09:23AM (#3914175)

While I agree theres no standard definition, theres a general agreement between all parties that LTE is "4G" and HSDPA+ is "3G" (or "3.5G" if you will).

To argue the semantics of what "3G" and "4G" really is only confuses customers even more - and thats exactly what Australia and the UK are trying to prevent.

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Re:IPad '4G' claims face scrutiny from UK regulator by chris_wot on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @09:40AM (#3914233)

Exactly. By stating that something is 4G compliant, when there is no real defined way of easily defining the term, then it's pretty misleading!

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