In this week's PhoneDog Live, we discussed two topics - the iPhone 5 and all of the recent rumors we've heard about delays and new patents, and the recently announced HTC Sensation. As Apple's WWDC, the conference where we usually see the new iPhone, draws closer I get asked more and more about the iPhone 5 and what features it will have. It's all speculation for now, but we do have a few leads. We also have a few news sources saying that it could be delayed until the Fall. Is this true or are people just jumping to conclusions?
We discussed a few reasons why the next iPhone could be delayed. The most reasonable explanation we've heard is that Apple wants to implement LTE in the new model and they may want to wait until Verizon's 4G LTE network has more coverage. This also makes sense because Apple said that they chose not to go with 4G on the Verizon iPhone because they would've had to make "design compromises" that they didn't want to deal with. Well, we've heard plenty of rumors that the next iPhone could have a new design, a decision that could have been made because Apple wanted to make it LTE-compatible. The only problem with this idea is that there's no solid evidence to support it. Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead says that he's "very confident" that Apple will use LTE eventually and China Mobile Chairman Wang Jianzhou also says that Steve Jobs has "expressed his interest" in building an LTE-capable iPhone. However, Telecom Pragmatics analyst Samuel Greenholtz says that his sources deny that the iPhone 5 will use LTE.
Read more: http://www.phonedog.com/2011/04/15/phonedog-live-recap-iphone-5-delays-smart-bezel-and-htc-sensation/
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