Last week Apple made the new iOS 5.1 available to all. One of its main features is the change of the connectivity icon on iPhones 4s, which went from indicating 3G to 4G. Of course, only for AT&T customers in the United States. Many questions arose around the article that we published last week in Actualidad iPhone and we are going to clear up all kinds of doubts.
To start this change only affects iPhones 4s, not those users with an iPhone 4. Does the iPhone 4s have 4G connectivity? The answer is no, but it is not appropriate to qualify it as 3G, because it actually operates on HSDPA, a connection commonly known as 3.5G, Turbo 3G or 3G + and which is halfway between 3G and 4G.
Does this mean that from the arrival of iOS 5.1 connectivity in AT & T's iPhones 4s will be faster? No, users who have this type of connectivity have not experienced any increase compared to the previous iOS. It has only been a change in the icon that appears on the iPhone screen. The iPhone 4s continues to suffer the same connectivity problems in large cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles or New York.
In conclusion, AT&T has taken an inappropriate step to naming the iPhone 4s connection with the 4G icon, when in fact the icon should indicate the HSDPA "H" connection.
Thanks for the info.
You comment at the end that it is AT & T's fault that 4G comes out. Isn't it Apple's fault? Is it the operator that sends the initials of the signal?
On the other hand, you say that in large cities in the US the 4S (I suppose the i4 too), has coverage problems. Does it also happen with terminals from other brands or only with iPhones?
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Hehe ... The same thing that I explained last week and that many stubborn me and did not believe me ...
As I explain it: p
For those of us who live in Spain, it doesn't matter whether or not it has LTE, I don't think that this year they will install it or even work as it should, at least with Movistar.
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This has already been mentioned before, that AT&T requested to change the icon from 3G to 4G on the «iPhone4S».
I work in att Customer Service, and the iphone does not work with 4g data, 1 the cities that have 4g coverage are very limited, and also for the iphone to work in 4g you have to add 4g internet service, and as I work in Att USA customer service, I add services but they are 3g or HSPA + on iphon. so impossible it is 4g because it does not detect the iphone as 4g: /
In Argentina today I changed the Chip in Claro because they told me that it operates on 4g from what I can see it is a lie which IPhone model guarantees the operation of 4g
I want to know if the iPhone 4s is compliant with 4g