And here's the image...
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Apple-LTE.jpg
A quick google later.. I'd be more impressed if they had an iphone 5 testing it in the picture too....
A photograph of LTE equipment being fitted in a US Apple store has reinvigorated rumours that the next iPhone will come with 4G technology built in, for AT&T at least. The pic was sent to Engadget, with a note saying that the kit being fitted supports LTE in the 700MHz and 3G bands (known in the US as Advanced Wireless Service …
It's listed as "available in some areas" in the small town I grew up in, my London Zone 2 flat's exchange will be upgraded in March (which will be nice, as I currently get 3 Mbps, being more than 1.5km from the exchange), and I know they've done a similar thing in Manchester and Liverpool upgrading from the outside inward and are expecting to get to the centre of both during 2012.
never mind that, i would be very happy with a semi-decent 2G signal where i live, without having to hang out of the window or go to the other side of the village!
however the upside of this is i can ignore sms and phone calls with the excuse "i didnt have any signal"
ooh its a tough life :)
"The US has more 4G than the UK has 3G (except for London)."
Be careful, the Yanks even label 3G and 3.5G networks as '4G' so you're comparing apples to oranges. In Europe, '4G' means LTE, '3.5G' means HSDPA/HSUPA, '3G' means UMTS, and 2G means GSM with GPRS or EDGE. In the USA. '4G' means LTE but also means HSDPA/HSUPA and even UMTS, '3G' means 'EDGE' and '2G' means GSM+GPRS and WCDMA. Apples and oranges.
Additionally, what many in the UK consider to be '3G' (which really is plain UMTS) is in fact already 3.5G (HSDPA/HSUPA). And it's even broadly available in the UK countryside already (and coverage is growing).
Add to this that many areas in the US don't even have any basic GSM or WMCDA cell phone coverage at all (and thanks to the American oligopol they have thanks to the 'free unregulated market' they so strongly believe in, and which already presents them with ridiculously expensive price plans and no real choice, this won't change soon), and the picture for good ol' UK looks much brighter.
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