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radleyp · 07-23-2008, 05:29 PM

JohnNewton, your friend is right to be underwhelmed by the 3G speed, it's only twice as fast as EDGE, and that's because of the poor battery life. AT&T's HSDPA can in fact be 5 to 6 times as fast as EDGE, but if the iphone allowed that you wouldn't get 2 hours of battery life, so Apple imposed a limit of just twice as fast.

07-23-2008, 05:29 PM	#14
radleyp Evangelist Posts: 499 Karma: 20623 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: North Salem & NYC, NY Device: Kindle Global, iphone4, ipad	JohnNewton, your friend is right to be underwhelmed by the 3G speed, it's only twice as fast as EDGE, and that's because of the poor battery life. AT&T's HSDPA can in fact be 5 to 6 times as fast as EDGE, but if the iphone allowed that you wouldn't get 2 hours of battery life, so Apple imposed a limit of just twice as fast.