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Ahead of iPhone 5 launch, AT&T rolls out LTE to Seattle, Pittsburgh and more
Folks that pre-ordered, or plan to get, an iPhone 5 on AT&T's network will be happy to hear that the carrier has been beefing up its LTE footprint over the past few days.
Apple's latest handset is the first from the company that supports the next-generation wireless technology, and now AT&T customers can enjoy it in more places...
Unlisted iPhone 5 specs hint at AT&T network overhaul
Earlier in the week we reported that, due to LTE fragmentation, Apple was forced to make three different versions of the iPhone 5. A CDMA handset, and two GSM models, one specifically for AT&T.
As it turns out, there's something weird about the AT&T model. It's been recently discovered, via leaked FCC documentation, that it supports LTE on two unlisted bands, cellular and PCS..
A concise iPhone 5 hardware overview
We've already brought you a truck load of coverage from today's iPhone 5 event, so how about a concise wrap-up of the iPhone 5's hardware features as a night cap?
What do you think? Are you satisfied with Apple's hardware offerings for the iPhone 5?
LTE tech forced Apple to produce three versions of the iPhone 5
Apple may have only announced two versions of the new iPhone 5, CDMA and GSM, but some sharp folks have pointed out that there are actually three different versions of the handset.
As it turns out, fragmented LTE technology has forced the company to manufacture not one, but two different versions of the GSM iPhone, in addition to the CDMA one. Here's why...
iPhone 5 has built-in LTE and Ultrafast Wireless
Apple's Senior VP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller is now on stage at the iPhone 5 event, and is starting to run down the specifics of the new handset.
Just as we expected, the phone features a 4-inch 1136 x 640 display, is extremely thin and is made of aluminum and glass. Oh, and it also supports LTE...
New iPhone 5 logic board photo: A6 chip, Qualcomm LTE modem, Hynix flash
We're less than three hours away from Apple's big presser and, conveniently, a new high-quality photo surfaced alleging to represent the iPhone 5 logic board. From what can be gleaned, the board clearly shows an Apple-designed chip labeled "A6", in addition to other chips that indicate LTE world-phone functionality, also proving that Apple could indeed be reducing its dependency on fellow smartphone maker and frenemy Samsung, which supplies Cupertino with more than one-third of components that go inside the current-generation iPhone...
Apple website confirms iPhone 5 name, LTE, iTunes 11, new iPod touch and iPod Nano
Who would believe that Apple's own website could be such a great source of information when it comes to finding out what we can expect from today's event?
As if there were any doubts that the new iPhone will indeed be called the "iPhone 5", a quick search on Apple's website gives us the confirmation we need...
Samsung re-iterates plans to sue Apple over 4G LTE in the iPhone 5
The world's leading cell phone and smartphone maker wasn't kidding when it promised to sue Apple as soon as the iPhone 5 comes out over an alleged breach of its wireless patents related to the fourth-generation Long-Term Evolution (LTE) radio technology.
This morning, unnamed Samsung executives told a Samsung-friendly publication that the Galaxy maker will target Apple's key markets in Europe and even the U.S., Apple's home-turf. With Apple struggling to invalidate HTC's two LTE-related patents in another suit, perhaps Samsung has a shot at disrupting the iPhone 5 launch?
Sprint names a hundred cities getting 4G LTE in “coming months”
Sprint two weeks ago added four more United States cities to its 4G LTE network deployment efforts and today the company announced that it will deploy the speedy network technology across a hundred major cities in "coming months", including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Sprint is late to the LTE party, having commenced the high-speed network deployment on July 15. Contrast this to AT&T and Verizon, the nation's leading carriers, that began upgrading their towers to 4G LTE last summer and are expected to wrap up commercial deployment of their nationwide 4G LTE by the end of 2012 or in early 2013...
WSJ says the iPhone 5 will support LTE around the world
While it's been assumed for quite some time that Apple's next smartphone would run on LTE networks here in the US, it's been a mystery as to whether it would do so outside of the US. The latest iPad's LTE only works in the US and Canada.
Well it doesn't look like that's going to be the case with the new iPhone. According to a new report, citing the usual "people familiar with the matter," Apple's sixth-generation handset will support long term evolution networks around the globe....
Korea launches probe into Samsung over wireless patents abuse
Samsung is under fire in its home turf of South Korea over an alleged abuse of its wireless patents, Reuters reported today. The Korea Fair Trade Commission confirmed that the country's watchdog has launched an investigation based on Apple's antitrust complaints against Samsung which alleges that the Galaxy maker is abusing its patents to gain an unfair advantage in the marketplace.
Of course, Apple won a landmark victory in a high-stake U.S. trial last month that found Samsung guilty of breaching Apple's design and utility patents. The jury awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages and ruled that the iPhone maker had not violated any of Samsung's patents.
Samsung later promised to sue Apple immediately if the next iPhone is released with support for fourth-generation Long-Term Evolution (LTE) radio technology...