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August 25, 2011 at 4:18 PM #725623August 25, 2011 at 4:55 PM #724437
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Guest[quote=SmellsFeeshy] The iPhone is pretty easy to jailbreak/unlock as well so I’m not sure how much easier an Android phone really is. [/quote]
Jailbreak on the iPhone is always months behind the release of software.
Not being to carrier unlock the iPhone is a huge drawback. People in Europe an Asia who travel and cross borders frequently need the ability to switch carrier sim cards. I know you can be unlocked iPhones, but it’s expensive and the micro sim is a problem.
Requiring the use of iTunes to sync and access the iPhone is huge drawback. IMO that will limit the reach of Apple.
In emerging markets where the growth is, say in Thailand or China, people just want to buy a phone at the store and have the vendor load up songs for them without needing to create an iTunes account and such.
Apple will remain a high-end only phone, unless they can broaden their reach. Apple is also hamstrung by their desire to access people’s wallets and sell them songs and other media.
Android throws it wide open, let consumers drap and drop files at will, and let the ball fall where it may.
August 25, 2011 at 4:55 PM #724527Guest[quote=SmellsFeeshy] The iPhone is pretty easy to jailbreak/unlock as well so I’m not sure how much easier an Android phone really is. [/quote]
Jailbreak on the iPhone is always months behind the release of software.
Not being to carrier unlock the iPhone is a huge drawback. People in Europe an Asia who travel and cross borders frequently need the ability to switch carrier sim cards. I know you can be unlocked iPhones, but it’s expensive and the micro sim is a problem.
Requiring the use of iTunes to sync and access the iPhone is huge drawback. IMO that will limit the reach of Apple.
In emerging markets where the growth is, say in Thailand or China, people just want to buy a phone at the store and have the vendor load up songs for them without needing to create an iTunes account and such.
Apple will remain a high-end only phone, unless they can broaden their reach. Apple is also hamstrung by their desire to access people’s wallets and sell them songs and other media.
Android throws it wide open, let consumers drap and drop files at will, and let the ball fall where it may.
August 25, 2011 at 4:55 PM #725123Guest[quote=SmellsFeeshy] The iPhone is pretty easy to jailbreak/unlock as well so I’m not sure how much easier an Android phone really is. [/quote]
Jailbreak on the iPhone is always months behind the release of software.
Not being to carrier unlock the iPhone is a huge drawback. People in Europe an Asia who travel and cross borders frequently need the ability to switch carrier sim cards. I know you can be unlocked iPhones, but it’s expensive and the micro sim is a problem.
Requiring the use of iTunes to sync and access the iPhone is huge drawback. IMO that will limit the reach of Apple.
In emerging markets where the growth is, say in Thailand or China, people just want to buy a phone at the store and have the vendor load up songs for them without needing to create an iTunes account and such.
Apple will remain a high-end only phone, unless they can broaden their reach. Apple is also hamstrung by their desire to access people’s wallets and sell them songs and other media.
Android throws it wide open, let consumers drap and drop files at will, and let the ball fall where it may.
August 25, 2011 at 4:55 PM #725278Guest[quote=SmellsFeeshy] The iPhone is pretty easy to jailbreak/unlock as well so I’m not sure how much easier an Android phone really is. [/quote]
Jailbreak on the iPhone is always months behind the release of software.
Not being to carrier unlock the iPhone is a huge drawback. People in Europe an Asia who travel and cross borders frequently need the ability to switch carrier sim cards. I know you can be unlocked iPhones, but it’s expensive and the micro sim is a problem.
Requiring the use of iTunes to sync and access the iPhone is huge drawback. IMO that will limit the reach of Apple.
In emerging markets where the growth is, say in Thailand or China, people just want to buy a phone at the store and have the vendor load up songs for them without needing to create an iTunes account and such.
Apple will remain a high-end only phone, unless they can broaden their reach. Apple is also hamstrung by their desire to access people’s wallets and sell them songs and other media.
Android throws it wide open, let consumers drap and drop files at will, and let the ball fall where it may.
August 25, 2011 at 4:55 PM #725642Guest[quote=SmellsFeeshy] The iPhone is pretty easy to jailbreak/unlock as well so I’m not sure how much easier an Android phone really is. [/quote]
Jailbreak on the iPhone is always months behind the release of software.
Not being to carrier unlock the iPhone is a huge drawback. People in Europe an Asia who travel and cross borders frequently need the ability to switch carrier sim cards. I know you can be unlocked iPhones, but it’s expensive and the micro sim is a problem.
Requiring the use of iTunes to sync and access the iPhone is huge drawback. IMO that will limit the reach of Apple.
In emerging markets where the growth is, say in Thailand or China, people just want to buy a phone at the store and have the vendor load up songs for them without needing to create an iTunes account and such.
Apple will remain a high-end only phone, unless they can broaden their reach. Apple is also hamstrung by their desire to access people’s wallets and sell them songs and other media.
Android throws it wide open, let consumers drap and drop files at will, and let the ball fall where it may.
December 11, 2011 at 5:16 PM #734493an
Participant[quote=CDMA ENG]Yes… You are correct but it is only because VZW has decided to play silly games. I really don’t know what they are afraid of… Even ATTs CEO said ATT wont catch up for years… The LTE its self is not any different.
As for the speculation it is speculation but there is a long history of companies doing this and in the end capitulating…
The device today are just different models of the same device so getting a phone on another network is kind of a mute point… There is an equilivent at the competitions…
Lastly, and you are probably aware of this… No matter who you go with the voice part of the phone is still on a 3G network… So for ATT your voice calls are still on UMTS… VZW… CDMA… With the data portion of being done by LTE…
BUT here is the dirty little seceret about that… For CMDA phones the smart phones monitor the EVDO channel… That channel burts a 16 Watt pilot as compared to the 2.4 Watt pilot of its voice equilavent… What the phone really tells in “in bars” is Signal to Noise… Now remember your phone is monitoring the Data channel and it is telling you the coverage in terms of the data channel… Problem is that unless Data usage is really heavy on your serving cell the Data coverage appears better than your voice!
I am not positive but I believe the LTE will work similiar until the network loads up and drive the SNR down.
What I am saying is don’t let the data network fool you into thinking your voice coverage is better…
If you really want LTE go VZW… By the time your contract is up… ATT will be everywhere and you will have your options! Plus VZW scores much higher interms of Network quality for SD County.
Regards AN.
CE[/quote]
An updated article on this LTE incompatibility topic: http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/11/wherever-i-wander-wherever-i-roam-lte-probably-wont-work/It seems like it’s more than just stupid companies not wanting to play nice. Here’s an excerpt:
[quote=article]A report by Wireless Intelligence predicts there’ll be 200 LTE networks around the world by 2015, running on as many as 38 different frequency combinations. Moreover, the most common 700-900MHz spectrum range could account for just 16 percent of these networks. This stands to make carrier locking and band incompatibility on handsets even bigger hassles than they are today.[/quote] -
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