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Re:Give people an iPhone 4S, tell them it's an iPhone 5 by rdl on Thursday September 13, 2012 @11:26AM (#4516618)
Absolutely true for the core "phone" functionality.

4S/5 are easy to justify from a security perspective, and the retina display on 4/4S/5 really is a huge improvement over the 3GS. LTE in the 5 also is a big win -- I'm going to try doing VoIP over LTE (G.722) so I don't have to play with Google Voice anymore.

I am amazed that the 3GS supports iOS 6, though -- I wonder if it will support the next big iOS now that it's no longer being sold.

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Re:Give people an iPhone 4S, tell them it's an iPhone 5 by Alex3917 on Thursday September 13, 2012 @11:35AM (#4516685)
"LTE in the 5 also is a big win"

At least on AT&T it's only supported in a handful of random town in the middle of nowhere. Not only does it not work in NYC, there aren't even plans to get it working any time soon. By the time it's actually up and running with a reasonable amount of coverage the iPhone 6 will be out.

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Re:Give people an iPhone 4S, tell them it's an iPhone 5 by rdl on Thursday September 13, 2012 @12:27PM (#4517040)
Right, Verizon is the "good" choice for the iPhone 5 (it supports GSM too when roaming), and Sprint is the unlimited (but slower, since LTE isn't rolled out yet) choice.

I'm going Verizon since they have better coverage in Yosemite and some other areas where no other network seems to have coverage.

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Re:Give people an iPhone 4S, tell them it's an iPhone 5 by mikeash on Thursday September 13, 2012 @12:26PM (#4517032)
That's not what AT&T says. They cover a ton of places with LTE, including New York City:

http://www.att.com/network/

I suppose they might be lying, but that would be pretty egregious even for a cell carrier.

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