iPhone - Where’s the Juice?
07.12.07 - 11:57am
The iPhone has been hailed as innovative, the best web browser ever, beautiful! - yet the service for most, is less than spectacular.
Apple’s decision to go strictly with the AT&T network is definitely hurting. Bottom line, as good as the iPhone is the EDGE network is slo-o-ow.
It’s understandable why Apple would go with AT&T’s GSM network as this is the standard network across Europe. Verizon and Sprint use Qualcomm’s CDMA technology. Why they choose EDGE over 3G is another matter. Apple says it decided to go with EDGE because it would take more power to use 3G making the iPhone battery life shorter. However, since WI-FI (if you can find it the web on the iPhone is awesome), takes up a ton of power and this is the iPhone’s high speed option, the problem was probably more due to the fact that AT&T’s 3G coverage has huge gaps. (Too many customers to miss out on.)
