“Just hours before the launch the EDGE-capable iPhone, a number of users are reportedly seeing dramatic increases in EDGE throughput. After questioning whether the mobile was actually using WiFi, a New Yorker began to see if fellow AT&T customers across the nation were also noticing the substantial boost in speeds; sure enough, it looks like quite a few others are seeing speeds upwards of 200Kbps,” Engadget reports.
“We tried some speed tests on an EDGE handset ourselves, and though it’s been a little inconsistent, we’ve been shocked to find a number of runs over 200kbps. True, these kinds of speeds are theoretically possible (actually, little known fact, the ITU technically defines EDGE as a 3G standard), but we’d never expect to see them in practice.,” Engadget reports. “Should make the iPhone’s browsing experience a little more bearable if it holds up!”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “thereal” for the heads up.]
I feel a LITTLE better about having to downgrade to EDGE…
Amen, but what coverage areas will see this. I live in the sticks in Walla Walla.
And WE shall see a few things in the next few weeks – software and oter things…
heeh
The reality distortion field is now expanding!! To the EDGE!!!
Which is a basic premise of the experience!
Remember AT&T was working on it. People tend to have short memory of things.
Wow, reading this, I tried my Treo’s (650) internet again. It is a LOT faster. Not WiFi speeds, but a boost none the less.
They would have boosted the capacity of the network to allow for the hoards of iPhone customers buying in the next couple of days… no doubt it will get overloaded in a couple of weeks
You guys didn’t hear about Operation Fine Edge? Looks like it actually worked.
AT&T dressing up EDGE network
if this is true, and it looks like it is, it’s the marketing COUP of the century !
just incredible !
bloodbath – 6PM
This is pure propaganda and wishful thinking… non-sense….
This has been amazing to watch Apple (and AT&T) market this thing.
Everything that had ever been considered a negative for the iPhone has in the last couple of weeks been removed.
No MS Office capabilities
Short battery life
Slow EDGE network
Can’t do this
Can’t do that
And now it can do all that and more. Sweet. It’s almost like Apple had a script and knew what people were going to say and then had an answer already waiting. Beautiful. Schools will teach this in Marketing in the years to come.
EDGE is doing wonders overseas, particularly in places where 3G isn’t available and won’t be in the foreseeable future. It was the fault of AT&T who allowed their network speeds to remain as laggy as it’s been.
If this is a permanent change, not a temporary one that will be wiped out by millions of new iPhone users, then you can add another revolution to the list. There is nothing else short of their HSDPA network crumbling that could’ve gotten AT&T to do this.
I just tried my blackbully and it’s warp speed, WoooooooWweeee!
Unbelievable. If true, Apple has truly mastered the art of…everything?
Perhaps they are preparing for a massive increase in EDGE usage. When millions of new subscribers join at once it would be wise to increase bandwidth as they will dramatically drag it down. Speeds may stay the same as they were before once the iPhone users jump on. Of course, I could be wrong.
Could at&t be learning something from apple… underpromise, overdeliver, and sometimes just shut the fsck up?
Actually I remember an article long ago (written for people who understand the cellular technical world so I only grokked about half of it) about the actual bottlenecks in their network and how there were a lot of things they could do/were doing to increase data throughput.
Andy, you are a retard. Haven’t you heard Apple ugraded its battery capacity? and what can’t it do compared to its competitors?
Wait.. does it even have competitor?
Full resolution iPhone screen shots at Think Secret. Includes Calendar application.
http://www.thinksecret.com
Dolita, read Andy’s post again please.
@ Dolita : What Andy wrote was that Apple HAD upgraded it´s batterylife on iPhone. Please don´t call people you don´t know retards.
@Dolita
Steady on Tiger.
You didn’t read Andy’s post did ya.
Or you can’t read.
Or you hate Andy.
Or maybe Cupcake … youse is just a little bit sensitive today.
I was wondering how iPhone was going to accommodate YouTube videos in real time. This change in EDGE speed would help to explain that.
Hey all
What a day wowo wow wo, I have been a bit confident about this edge 2g thing, The internet is not as smiiple as fast or slow,
I believe edge may work out better for most people, for a number of reason:
First the data can be clean, I have had a 3g Phone and thrue it away, normally for me realiablity is best, When many people join the network this should be OK, The Iphone should not use allot of data.
So come to NZ Apple direct,
Thanks again, Hope us loyal mac users have fun.
Hey all
What a day wowo wow wo, I have been a bit confident about this edge 2g thing, The internet is not as smiiple as fast or slow,
I believe edge may work out better for most people, for a number of reason:
First the data can be clean, I have had a 3g Phone and thrue it away, normally for me realiablity is best, When many people join the network this should be OK, The Iphone should not use allot of data.
So come to NZ Apple direct,
Thanks again, Hope us loyal mac users have fun.
Hey all
What a day wowo wow wo, I have been a bit confident about this edge 2g thing, The internet is not as smiiple as fast or slow,
I believe edge may work out better for most people, for a number of reason:
First the data can be clean, I have had a 3g Phone and thrue it away, normally for me realiablity is best, When many people join the network this should be OK, The Iphone should not use allot of data.
So come to NZ Apple direct,
Thanks again, Hope us loyal mac users have fun.