Rumor: iPhone 5 and iPad 3 to Use 4G LTE Technology

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]kaplansa[/nom]Just so we're clear, the only thing "new" regarding Thunderbolt is the plug. PCI Express has been around since 2004 and even my five year old Dell has had PCI-E for the longest time. I'm happy Apple changed the plug, but it's not like they invented a new spec. Frankly, should have been included a long time ago. See: http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_E [...] al_Cabling[/citation]
First Apple didn't changed any plug. Thunderbolt is a technology that belongs to Intel. Initially Intel intended to use a USB connector, but the USB-IF didn't allow this and the DisplayPort connector was used

 

[eddieroolz]

NTTdocomo has been trying to get its hands on an iPhone, explicitly and implicitly for the last 4 years. So if they do receive the iPhone5 it would be a huge news in Japan.

Also, since NTTdocomo is one of the carriers that defined the specification for 4G LTE it seems natural that Apple would work with them to create an LTE handset.

 

[blackened144]

[citation][nom]Vladislaus[/nom]Actually in GLBenchmarks tests the Tegra 3 beats the A5 by about 25%.[/citation]
I guess it depends on the version.. I see one review on HotHardware where The Tegra 3 is better on the Egypt test.. But Anand is testing with the newest version 2.1 but the A5 still smokes it.. About 30% better on the Egypt test where the Tegra3 beats it in the old one and about 100% faster on the Pro test..

http/www.anandtech.com/show/5163/asus-eee-pad-transformer-prime-nvidia-tegra-3-review/3
http/hothardware.com/Reviews/Asus-Eee-Pad-Transformer-Prime-Preview/?page=7

 

[thrasher32]

oboy, Apple fans start applying for credit now....

 

[mrsphex]

[citation][nom]blackened144[/nom]Have you seen the reviews of the Tegra3 based Transformer tablet? Tegra3 still cant top the PowerVR SGX543MP2 in the iPad2 or iPhone4S... Apple haters are still gonna hate.[/citation]

That's not necessarily true, those benchmarks are run at the tablets native resolution, the iPad's being 1024x768 (Correct me if I'm wrong on that?) and most if not all Android tablets run at 1280x800 (Correct me if I'm wrong on that one too), With the lower resolution, it's really not a surprise that the PowerVR SGX543MP2 scores higher than Tegra 3, considering uses less resources to get a higher score. All in all, it's not really a fair comparison.