[geeks] FS: iPhone 4 (16G black CDMA)

Andrew Jones andrew at jones.ec
Thu Dec 22 14:43:31 CST 2011


On 12/21/2011 01:18 PM, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 02:06:29PM +0000, Mark Benson wrote:
>> It's worse that the iPhone 4(not S) with iOS?? Dear gods :\
>
> Turns out it helps a LOT if I turn off LTE and just go with CDMA unless I'm
> doing something that NEEDS the extra speed.
>

No U.S. providers have voice over LTE yet, so having LTE service means 
having two radios running at the same time: CDMA/GSM for voice, LTE for 
data.

Weight and battery life are a tricky compromise on every LTE phone.

(This is probably why there's no LTE iPhone yet.)


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