Comments on: 3G Rumors: iPhone 3G to Support 42Mbps HSDPA+ Evolution?!

By: marcol

marcol — Sat, 24 May 2008 11:12:52 +0000

Thanks. So either Apple has a super secret supply of wonder chips, the Telstra chap is full of it, or the story is just plain bunk. One of the latter two seems most likely I guess.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 24 May 2008 03:45:12 +0000

FROM GIZMODO:

starting with the iPhone's alleged baseband chip—the Infineon's S-GOLD3, which tops at 7.2Mbps.

There are no 14.4Mbps baseband chips commercially available in the market now—much less back when the new 3G iPhone development started • In fact, there are no HDSPA-based mobile devices of any kind supporting more than 7.2Mbps at this point, and even those are still not common.

The 3G baseband chip most likely to be in the iPhone 3G is the Infineon S-Gold 3. • The iPhone beta firmware code specifically mentions the Infineon S-GOLD 3. • There have been multiple press and analysts' reports about Infineon getting the contract for the next version, continuing its relationship with Apple—right now the iPhone uses the Infineon S-GOLD 2 as its baseband chip.

The S-GOLD 3 tops at 7.2Mbps.

So yeah, not happening/doesn't matter for iPhone users as it won't be able to be fully utilized due to hardware limitations.

By: marcol

marcol — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:12:32 +0000

Also, is there an tiPb articles forum yet? Somewhere I can edit mistakes like missing the p in Mbps?

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:12:05 +0000

I would bet dollars to donuts that, even assuming this exec exists, his knowledge of chips and their various speeds and feeds rapidly approaches NILL.

"What's the biggest number I can find on Wikipedia for HSPDwhatever?"

By: marcol

marcol — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:09:33 +0000

Ok, supposing for a minute this is true, what would that tell us about the RF chip in the new iPhone? There can’t be many capable of 42 Mbs I’d have thought. In fact, are any known?

By: iPhoneHellas

iPhoneHellas — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:35:51 +0000

… No way!

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:39:43 +0000

My bad, thanks. Fixed. (I was translating from the Australian…)

By: glennji

glennji — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:00:49 +0000

It’s “Telstra”, not “Telastra”, unless I’m missing some inside joke …

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:47:02 +0000

That about triples my home cable connection for speed… I will believe it when I see it, but I agree about the shenanigans!