Posts Tagged ‘ iphone 4 ’

News: China Telecom hacks CDMA iPhone, deal with Apple near?

A new report indicates that a group of China Telecom employees have hacked the CDMA version of the iPhone 4 to allow for use on its network, while an analyst suggests the company is nearing a deal with Apple to carry the handset. The Wall Street Journal, citing a Sina Weibo post, reports that...

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Jonathan Takiff: Hottest new mobile phones made for geeks & gamers

THE GIZMO: Breakthrough mobile phones from Sony Ericsson, Sprint Kyocera and Nokia steal some thunder. FRESHER FISH TO FRY: So maybe Verizon didn’t pick the best time to introduce its version of the iPhone 4. With the Mobile World Congress convening in Barcelona, Spain, this week, there was lots more eye-opening news on the...

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News: Verizon iPhone 4 Packs CDMA, GSM Chip

Apple’s Verizon-compatible iPhone 4 isn’t officially available until February 10, but that didn’t stop the iFixit team from getting their hands on one and stripping it down to its screws. Inside they found several changes — including a Qualcomm chip that supports Verizon’s CDMA cell network technology as well as AT&T’s GSM tech. (more…)...

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News: Verizon iPhone 4 teardown shows GSM-compatible chip

iFixit is in the process of completing its teardown of the Verizon iPhone 4, and has found several curious differences between it and the GSM model. Most notably, the Qualcomm MDM6600 cellular communications chip inside the new handset—the same as found inside the Droid Pro world phone—is capable of handling both HSPA+ data rates...

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Answers to your questions about the Verizon iPhone

As you may have heard, Verizon and Apple will start selling a version of the iPhone 4 for that carrier later this week. That seems like a reasonably straightforward bit of news, but there’s always room for confusion in the telecom universe. (read the story…) Related items Verizon: 2.2 million iPhones sold in Q1,...

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