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Yes it is unreasonable to expect LTE. The current chips wouldn't fit in the iPhone 4 form factor and would use more power (i.e. less battery life). And of cou
by gwright 15y ago
Yes it is unreasonable to expect LTE. The current chips wouldn't fit in the iPhone 4 form factor and would use more power (i.e. less battery life). And of course LTE coverage is a lot less than 3G coverage.
So the tradeoff doesn't seem reasonable to me at this point in time. Next summer there will be different chips, a redesigned form factor (probably) and better LTE coverage and so the tradeoff will go the other way.
- drivebyacct2 15y agoPhones on the market and phones that will be on the market in 23 days beg to differ on those claims. Thinner chassis, LTE, at-least-tolerable battery life, twice the ram, twice the proc speed (and dual core), etc.
- gwright 15y agoI was thinking in the context of Apple. Redesigning the form factor every 12-15 months has a cost. For this reason, redesigning the iPhone to incorporate the LTE chips wouldn't make sense since Apple seems to aim for a 24-28 month refresh on the form factor. I wasn't suggesting that it was impossible if you were designing from scratch. Battery life is important. So yes you can sacrifice battery life for more power hungry 1st generation chips but it isn't wrong to decide that the battery life is more important. Seems like the effective CPU+GPU capability of the iPhone 4S is at the head of the pack. When you add in the overhead that Android software has I don't think it is necessary for Apple to goose the processor specs in order to get fantastic end-user experience. This also saves power. Again tradeoffs that have to be made and the ones Apple picked seem entirely reasonable to lots of customers (based on pre-sales orders).
- vetinari 15y agoCPU+GPU wise iPhone 4S is lacking. There are phones on the market right now with Exynos at 1.2 GHz (Exynos is basically A5 minus Apple logo), which is in part reason for the disappointment with 4S.