Re:Why Apple Made Three iPhone 5 Models
by gnu8 on Thursday September 13, 2012 @09:42PM
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I expected a lot more interoperability between LTE devices and networks, something more akin to WiFi. Is there even a good technical reason why an LTE phone that supports AT&T's two channels cannot also support Verizon's five?
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Re:Why Apple Made Three iPhone 5 Models
by omarqazi on Thursday September 13, 2012 @10:11PM
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Yes, the networks use different frequency bands. Ostensibly, nobody has yet developed a chip that works on both LTE bands. The iPhone 4S shipped with a chipset that worked with both Verizon and AT&T's 3G bands, so I'm sure somebody is working on the same for LTE. This is just an effect of the technology being newer.