Apple Renames iPad '4G' 'Cellular' in Some Incompatible Countries

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  1. News Bot iFans.com News

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    News Bot, May 12, 2012
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  2. TOT_tomdora Well-Known Member

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    Makes sense.
    TOT_tomdora, May 12, 2012
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  3. rickuk Active Member

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    So they should being that its not compatible outside of North America
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  4. Xenonmagnum Community Development Team

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    Or... They could upgrade the GPU and install compatible basebands for all 4G networks outside North America.

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    Xenonmagnum, May 12, 2012
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  5. Xerox Well-Known Member

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    No, they should say that 4G LTE is not compatible out of America.
    Xerox, May 12, 2012
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  6. blunden Active Member

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    That should be: "That makes sense seeing as there are only five carriers that support LTE in this frequency band, and they are all based in North America.". The current wording makes it sound like LTE is only available in the US while the true of the matter is that LTE has been available longer outside the US, and at faster speeds (mostly due to running on higher frequencies).

    Nice to hear that they stopped their false marketing, although it would've been better to just include support for more frequencies.
    blunden, May 13, 2012
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  7. vahn Active Member

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    I like Apple's decision.
    vahn, May 13, 2012
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  8. iBenji Well-Known Member

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    This does make more sense.
    iBenji, May 13, 2012
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