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Verizon talk and surf?
AT&T advertises that there the only network that has talk and surf! I have the iPhone 4S with Verizon and I know for a fact I can talk and surf as a matter of fact I am talking while typing this out and I was talking while going to yahoo answers website! I am not connected to wifi and I have 3 bars and 3G network! How can this be possible?
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- CorvatoLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
AT&T USED to be the only network that let you talk & surf, this hasn't been the case for a few years now.
AT&T doesn't advertise this anymore either.
- ?Lv 78 years ago
Verizon has confirmed that you won’t be able to use 3G or 4G LTE data while talking on the iPhone 5. Due to the fact that Verizon and Sprint both run on the CDMA network standard, this limitation assumedly extends to the iPhone 5 on Sprint as well.
The Verge got a statement from Verizon:
The iPhone 5 was designed to allow customers to place a voice call on the Verizon Wireless network, while letting customers access the Internet over the WiFi.
The Verizon iPhone 5 will allow for simultaneous data and voice when connected to a WiFi network, but not on Verizon’s 3G or LTE bands.
According to AT&T:
AT&T customers can talk and surf simultaneously on the new iPhone 5.
The iPhone 5 won’t be able to use LTE data speeds alongside voice, but at least customers will be able to use AT&T’s current HSPA+ network.
Certain LTE Android smartphones on Verizon can do simultaneous talk and surf, so this looks to be the result of the baseband hardware Apple chose to put in the iPhone 5.
Update: The New York Times spoke to Apple about why the iPhone 5 can’t do simultaneous talk and surf on CDMA:
An Apple spokeswoman, Natalie Kerris, put it this way: “iPhone 5 supports simultaneous voice and data on GSM-based 3G and LTE networks. It is not yet possible to do simultaneous voice and data on networks that use CDMA for voice and LTE for data in a single radio design.”
Essentially, Apple would have to put a third antenna in the CDMA iPhone just for this feature, and that’s just not feasible for mass production. LTE will also eventually support simultaneous talk and surf in a single radio. Apple is betting on the future rather than accommodating for the present.
