Apple iPhone Develop-Based Advanced LTE

Apple plans to develop LTE-based iPhone. Not a big surprise, but at least it has been confirmed China Mobile as a partner.

Reportedly, the smartphone concept that will work on TD-LTE standards-owned operator which has 584 million subscribers in China.

This was conveyed by China Mobile Chairman Wang Jianzhou, after the Chinese political consultative conference, in Beijing.
 

"Jobs declared his interest in the iPhone LTE and willing to develop it in the near future," Wang said. However, as published previously, Apple iPhone 5 is almost certainly not going to support the LTE network, but HSPA +.

Indeed, a lot of speculation about Apple's new smartphone, ranging from a focus on screen size, camera choice, until speculation iPhone 5 will be the first Apple device that supports LTE 4G network.

"The next generation iPhone - iPhone 6 - is in development as a smartphone LTE. Approximately will be launched mid next year," said Telecom Pragmatics analyst Sam Greenholtz, quoting several sources close to the issue.

Reportedly, Apple iPhone 5 will be the first HSPA + devices made by Apple. However, despite Apple's touchscreen phone market leader, so any user interface (UI) and kiosk applications, it often loses out to business competitiveness and hardware. 3G speeds are often slow and specification of a mediocre camera.

Currently, China Mobile is running a special version of LTE platforms, namely TD-LTE, so Apple should develop a specific handset is also to be able to operate on the network. The hope, the other operator's network will also adopt the same technology in the future.

If China Mobile remains the sole operator to adopt TD-LTE, the largest number of subscribers expected in China or even the world. So that investment in developing the iPhone in China is very reasonable.

China Mobile is expected to start developing this year's LTE network. Operator headquartered in Hong Kong that has hosted trials of LTE with Verizon and Vodafone. Rival, China Telecom and China Unicom, are expected to begin to develop LTE in 2012 and 2013.