Comments on: Chip vendors gearing up for Apple’s next-gen iPhone, sources say

By: RJ

RJ — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 04:01:42 +0000

It’s not just dependant on the systems used (Australia uses the same system), But also the frequencies allocated to the carriers. Not all countries have the same unused frequencies available. This is something that the phone manufactures should be well aware of.

By: Rorschach

Rorschach — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:08:47 +0000

You only have to look at the fiasco in Australia to see this happening, where they sued Apple because their ’4G’ standard doesn’t match what others are using. We don’t even have the beginning of a 4G infrastructure here in the UK, because the frequencies have not been offered for sale yet.
I can see a similar clusterfuck here, unless the telcos take notice of what the iPhone operates on. And as they all sell it, they ought to know…

By: Now, Now...

Now, Now... — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:06:01 +0000

With the implementation of LTE by the Telcos and now the smartphone makers, will the LTE Telcos be as fragmented as the current state of affairs we enjoy in the USA? Ie. Sprint buys Nextel but two different systems hard to merge. Apple intros iPhone to ATT. Sorry Verizon you are CDMA. T-Mobile? Hell you are in your own whacky universe even though like ATT you are GSM. Will this crap be gone forever and Apple only needs to create one iPhone for the US market or are we stuck with fragmentation for the foreseeable future?