{"id":6893,"date":"2011-01-11T17:57:22","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T17:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/11\/verizon-iphone-4g-myths\/"},"modified":"2011-01-11T17:57:22","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T17:57:22","slug":"verizon-iphone-4g-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/11\/verizon-iphone-4g-myths\/","title":{"rendered":"Verizon iPhone & 4G “Myths”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Verizon iPhone & 4G “Myths”<\/a><\/p>\n

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In case you hadn’t heard, Verizon will finally offer an iPhone next month<\/a>. \u00a0However, it won’t take advantage of Verizon’s much-touted new LTE 4G network. \u00a0That’s definitely a disappointment, although this story<\/a> details some of the very confusing aspects of what mobile carriers are calling “4G:”<\/p>\n

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Here’s the secret the carriers don’t advertise: 4G is a myth. Like the unicorn, it hasn’t been spotted anywhere in the wild just yet – and won’t be any time in the near future.<\/p>\n

The International Telecommunication Union, the global wireless standards-setting organization, determined last month that\u00a04G is defined<\/a>\u00a0as a network capable of download speeds of 100 megabits per second (Mbps). That’s fast enough to download an average high-definition movie in about three minutes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I’m on the fence about jumping on the Verizon iPhone bandwagon. \u00a0I’m due for a phone upgrade in July and am heavily biased towards Verizon’s new Android offerings that run on the LTE 4G network. \u00a0On the other hand, I have an iTouch, and the interface Just Works and is very well designed. \u00a0It doesn’t have widgets, though. \u00a0I could go on… \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Verizon iPhone & 4G “Myths” In case you hadn’t heard, Verizon will finally offer an iPhone next month. \u00a0However, it won’t take advantage of Verizon’s much-touted new LTE 4G network. \u00a0That’s definitely a disappointment, although this story details some of the very confusing aspects of what mobile carriers are calling “4G:” Here’s the secret the … <\/p>\n

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