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 Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:00 am Post subject: Why the iPhone 5 Lacks Support for Simultaneous Voice and L |
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<p> So we've seen the new iPhone, and had a chance to briefly play with it at the demo room, but as I've learned in the past so many times you only really know a handset after you've taken a look at the FCC test reports or spent a few days with it yourself. On my flights home, I typed up our iPod and EarBud impressions piece, but also pored over those FCC test reports for the iPhone 5, and it became immediately obvious the iPhone 5 doesn't support simultaneous voice and data on CDMA2000 carriers such as Sprint and Verizon in the US. </p> <p align="center">  </p> <p> The reasons, as always, are somewhat technical but at a high level pretty simple. Suffice it to say that at a high level this is a design decision which makes the phone as small and light as it is (it really is light, almost alarmingly so) and enables it to support a wide number of LTE bands, rather than some major oversight like I've seen it portrayed. Read on for more.</p> <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'> </td><td valign='middle'> </td></tr></table></div><br/><br/> 
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