iPhone

Ability to switch between 3G and EDGE?

By Truman Kain ⋅ May 19, 2008 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

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A rumored screenshot has surfaced that shows, with the upcoming firmware, the iPhone will have the ability to switch between 3G and EDGE for data transfer. If true, this is great news for the road warrior. Because the iPhone doesn’t have a removable battery (and most likely the future iPhone), once your battery is dead, you’re sort of out of luck, unless you’ve got a car charger. If this rumored feature is real though, you will have the option of choosing 3G (Blazing speeds, lower battery life), or EDGE (Ok speeds, good batter life). Now obviously, when current iPhone owners download this firmware (2.0), they will not have the option to use 3G because, as you know, the current iPhone doesn’t support 3G or else I’d own one. This is pretty smart on Apple’s part. If there isn’t 3G support in your area, you can keep using EDGE, and hey, you still have good battery life. And if you ARE able to transfer data at 3G speeds, you can always switch to EDGE once you’re low on juice. Good move, Apple.
Source: MacRumors

Tags: 3G, EDGE, Firmware, iPhone