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Old 03-29-2012, 01:50 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by Andrew H. View Post
At least according to the ITU, the iPad's HSPA+ is 4G. Is there a reason why this would be different in Australia?

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2374564,00.asp
I don't agree with the reclassification of the iPhone 4S as 4G or the new iPad at HSPA+ speeds as 4G. This all started with Samsung's Galaxy S II being branded as 4G when it was HSPA+, probably because ATT had nothing to compete with. The use of <insert number>G to describe wireless technology has always been silly to me as stuff that runs at the same old slow speeds can get classified as "cutting edge". I think it was wrong of the ITU to to classify HSPA+ as 4G, the theoretical speeds may be up there but in practice it is nowhere near the experience of LTE right now and this is all just confusing to customers. Having said that, I don't think it was wrong of Apple to brand the iPad as 4G, it is a 4G device. Caveat emptor.
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