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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1540613"><p>Well, consider this: Apple DID make a specific Verizon phone in the 4 family, and that caused considerable confusion--it required different antennas, different chips, etc. Today a unified chip for GSM/CDMA is available and the antennas have been improved to work with both, but it's still a limitation of CDMA of voice OR data. The solution to add a second transmitter would mean the antennas are now split, the battery life is decreased and overall the phone is diminished for 90% of the users. You can, of course, move to a GSM phone (AT&T type). And that move adds no weight, doesn't affect battery, just takes advantage of the way GSM works. Of course, the downside is the crappy coverage from AT&T right now, but when you do have it, you get voice AND data simultaneously. Life is tradeoffs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1540613"] Well, consider this: Apple DID make a specific Verizon phone in the 4 family, and that caused considerable confusion--it required different antennas, different chips, etc. Today a unified chip for GSM/CDMA is available and the antennas have been improved to work with both, but it's still a limitation of CDMA of voice OR data. The solution to add a second transmitter would mean the antennas are now split, the battery life is decreased and overall the phone is diminished for 90% of the users. You can, of course, move to a GSM phone (AT&T type). And that move adds no weight, doesn't affect battery, just takes advantage of the way GSM works. Of course, the downside is the crappy coverage from AT&T right now, but when you do have it, you get voice AND data simultaneously. Life is tradeoffs. [/QUOTE]
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