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Will the iPhone 4S dual antenna design improve your call experience?

By chrisoldroyd, Friday, Oct 7, 2011 a 4:31 am

One of the big talking points after the release of the iPhone 4 was the so called antennagate problems. You must remember that; Apple introduced its free bumper program to quell the discontent. Apple claims to have improved the antenna on the iPhone 4S but what have they done and how does it work?

AT&T vs. Verizon vs. Sprint: Which iPhone 4S should you choose?

By Leanna Lofte, Thursday, Oct 6, 2011 a 11:05 pm

Once you've decided you should get an iPhone 4S, in the US the question becomes -- AT&T, Verizon, or Sprint, which carrier should you choose? Back in January we compared the AT&T iPhone to the Verizon iPhone, and if you're already tied to one carrier and don't want to pay early termination fees, the decision may be easy; if not, the information can be daunting and overwhelming. TiPb is here to help!

To see a breakdown of prices and features, follow along after the break!

Sprint will indeed offer unlimited data for iPhone users

By Andrew Wray, Wednesday, Oct 5, 2011 a 6:10 pm

Phone Scoop was able to confirm that Sprint, as rumored, will be offering iPhone customers unlimited data plans starting at $69.99.

Sprint today confirmed to Phone Scoop via telephone that the Apple iPhone 4S will have access to all the same voice and data plans (at the same rates) that Sprint's current smartphones do -- including unlimited 3G data and the 5GB mobile hotspot cap.

No WiMax or LTE for iPhone this year?

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Oct 4, 2011 a 10:03 am

Just like our good friends over at The Cell Phone Junkie have been saying pretty much all along, the Wall Street Journal's own people familiar with those briefed on the sources are now chiming in with WiMax- and LTE- (Long Term Evolution) busting reports of their own.

[The next generation iPhone] won’t operate on long-term evolution or WiMAX fourth-generation networks.

Which has always made sense, given the proper chipset for lower-powered LTE won't be ready until 2012 and WiMax has no real footprint outside of Sprint.

Verizon sides with Samsung, against Apple in legal dispute

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Sep 24, 2011 a 9:59 am

Florian Mueller from FOSS Patents reports on Verizon's filing of an amicus brief in the long going Apple vs. Samsung legal dispute, claiming any injunction would harm Verizon's ability to deploy LTE, and no doubt otherwise injure small children and puppy dogs:

Radio Shack preparing to offer Verizon iPhone 4

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, Sep 9, 2011 a 9:13 am

New internal documents and screenshots seem to indicate that Radio Shack will soon be adding the Verizon iPhone 4 to their lineup. They recently announced that they would be carrying Verizon devices starting in December so it doesn't come as much of a surprise.

What is interesting is the timing. With all these iPhone 5 rumors and 8GB iPhone 4 rumors it doesn't really make much sense that they'll start receiving the 16 and 32GB versions. They could always lower the price (as Apple usually does) when the iPhone 5 launches and just add the 8GB version to the current lineup at a lower price point.

Verizon airs iPad 2 commercial

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Sep 7, 2011 a 12:38 am

Seemingly not content with Apple's stellar run of Peter Coyote voiced iPad 2 commercials, Verizon has struck out on a commercial of their own (pun semi intended) simply entitled iPad2. (Lack of proper spacing theirs, not ours.)

4G LTE Verizon iPhone probably not leaked via App Store screenshot

By Georgia, Wednesday, Aug 31, 2011 a 8:20 am

We love our TiPb Nation tipsters and commenters because nothing gets past you guys -- including screenshots in the App Store of the new Dolphin Browser for iPhone that have the words Verizon and 4G in the top bar.

Did the developer somehow have access to pre-release Verizon LTE hardware from Apple, and some bumbling Will Farrell type intern forgot to remove the SIM card for one screenshot? Did a similarly bumbling Tina Fey style apprentice App Store reviewer fail to notice it during the infamous approval process and let it into the store?

Why would AT&T be installing LTE equipment at Apple Stores? [Updated]

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Aug 16, 2011 a 1:56 pm

A while back TiPb heard something that sounded so outlandish, so beyond the realm of possibility, that we decided not to publish it -- that AT&T's 4G LTE launch hero device could, in fact, be the iPhone. It still sounds outlandish, even though there hasn't been word one about which phone AT&T will launch with, but given the availability of the logical Qualcomm LTE chipset, it still seems beyond the realm of possibility.

Verizon to stop jailbreak tethering on its network from today?

By chrisoldroyd, Tuesday, Aug 9, 2011 a 9:19 am

According to a report by Forbes, from today Verizon will be rolling out a system to prevent jailbreak tethering apps like MyWi from working on its network. When using one of these apps as of today, you will be redirected from the webpage that you wanted to visit to a specially prepared Verizon webpage where you will be asked to upgrade to an official tethering plan.