Comments on: Next Gen iPhone to Rock Low-Power 802.11n WiFi!

By: Jule Bake

Jule Bake — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:15:43 +0000

amazing

By: icebike

icebike — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:01:36 +0000

@Ben:

Then I remembered I don’t have a wireless N router.

And neither does any free or paid wifi hotspot. Nor are they likely to any time soon, as they are not interested in serving customers not in their stores.

When they max out G speeds, this might be important. Right now its meaningless.

802.11n requires multiple antennas and the body of the iPhone is not conducive to and meaningful separation of multiple antennas (as is required). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11n

Furthermore with CSIRO suing every body over patents it just seems like an additional headache that Apple does not need.

Why not put in a LTE chipset in addition to 3G and actually be ahead of the curve. The money is likely to be the same (mere pennies per unit) as an all in one broadcom chipset.

I'll take the FM receiver tho. That would be usefull. FM transmitter? Not so much. Of course there is no reason to believe Apple would actually go with a Broadcom solution, they might just opt for low-bidder again like Infinion.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:23:32 +0000

@striatic Because they’re dirty liars.

By: striatic

striatic — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:38:04 +0000

the isn’t related to wifi, but can anyone explain how an app like swirly mms can give a first generation iphone mms capabilities, and yet apple claims that it isn’t possible for them to upgrade the first generation iphone in this way?

By: d{~_~}b datajockey

d{~_~}b datajockey — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:16:30 +0000

gonna be fresh ditching the lil’ bit of lag these kits have. Tighten up the rythm. It will truley become such a dialed way of life. Zip…zip….zip…..beam…..

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:29:42 +0000

@Blake 2: Uhhhhh…. I never said it wasn’t.

@Mav: Uhhhh… I never said “speed” is trivial.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:30:31 +0000

When the rumors started popping up I got really excited.

Then I remembered I don’t have a wireless N router.

By: Mile

Mile — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 05:08:56 +0000

@Muero I agree. Right now “n” is next to useless because the majority of hotspots don’t support it. In time it’ll be worthwhile but by then there will be newer generation iPhones out and even faster wifi protocol.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:54:23 +0000

I have to wonder how much the new iPhone is going to be… If it is under $300 I will probably get it… I should say, with a contract…

By: carl

carl — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:27:06 +0000

should i get the iphone 3g or w8 for this new iphone 2 come out?? i cant decide but i dont want to get the new iphone if its way more expensive

By: Mav

Mav — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:09:33 +0000

For what it’s worth, in 3.0 the web browser (and related apps) works MUCH faster then in 2.1. Speed is not trivial. It kills.

By: Muero

Muero — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:34:25 +0000

Not that I would complain about any higher technology, but is 802.11n really that important right now? Who needs more than 802.11g’s 54 Mbps bandwidth? Even for streaming video, “G” WiFi seems plenty fast, and Mobile Safari is limited much more by the iPhone’s processing than WiFi speed. Or is the increased range on an “N” network a significant enough reason to upgrade to this still-young technology?

By: Blake 2

Blake 2 — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:28:05 +0000

Faster is not trivial to most.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:36:22 +0000

More speed better mean more expansion and perfection of MobileMe. Otherwise “faster” is just trivial to me personally.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:45:14 +0000

@Click: Verizon was offered the iPhone first and refused it, reportedly :/

By: Click

Click — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:30:03 +0000

Any good word that us VZW users will have a iPhone before the end of the world?! lol AT&T sucks in my area…

By: wakuwaku

wakuwaku — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:18:03 +0000

The more good rumored features, the earlier Apple has to built it in!

By: Sean peters

Sean peters — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:17:53 +0000

Edisontiger – this capability is called “tethering”, and I believe we’re getting it in the 3.0 version of the iPhone software. I think you can already do it if you jailbreak.

By: Edisontiger

Edisontiger — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:03:38 +0000

Does this mean people will have the ability to link there phones to a laptop and use the phones signal to surf the net?

By: Vernon Dozier

Vernon Dozier — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:03:24 +0000

Keep bringing the rumors you guys, this keeps getting better and better, any chance you guys will pay for me to go to wwdc this year?

By: Tunnelrunner

Tunnelrunner — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:02:56 +0000

:sighs.

Okay, I give up; I guess I'm gonna have to camp out in line again on opening day this year to get the new iPhone and fork over my hard-earned cash. I vowed I would never put myself through that again (camping overnight outside the AT&T store), but dammit these iPhones are simply too addicting...