Eric - the N95 does HSDPA at 3.6 Mbit/s (upload is 384K capable per Nokia site), the 3G iPhone was claimed by SJ to be "36% faster" (on DL, UL is still 384K) than the N95. The IFX chip that is available (and rumored to be in the iPhone) has HSDPA at "up to 7.2 Mbit/s"...I suppose that really makes it (in theory) 100% faster ?...
since there seems to be a little specsmanship going on....have you seen any reports that provide real world network performance (throughput) on ATT (or others) HSPA? Carriers are all talking good games as far as their network upgrades, but what I've experienced is sub 1Mbit/s
I guess what I'm getting at is....if the network only supports a lower category HSDPA, it doesn't really matter if the phone has a higher category.... throughput will be at most (in theory) the highest category the network supports...and neither of these products supports HSUPA.
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AT&T bundles and beefs up its HSPA network
June 4, 2008
By Sue Marek
Just in time for the rumored June 9 iPhone debut, AT&T is giving its HSPA network a big speed boost. The company says that by the end of June it will have deployed HSUPA throughout its 3G markets, giving its customers downlink speeds between 700 Kbps and 1.7 Mbps and uplink speeds between 500 Kbps and 1.2 Mbps.
Also key to this speed increase is the fact that AT&T today launched a new bundled offering called AT&T Net Reach, that combines AT&T's wireless and wireline networks, giving subscribers access to both AT&T's landline high speed Internet service and its wireless services such as AT&T's WiFi hotspots or its HSPA or Edge wireless data network. The Net Reach plans start at $79.95 per month and can be purchased by new or existing residential and business customers who subscribe to AT&T's high speed Internet and the LaptopConnect services.
For more:
- see this Net Reach press release
- and this HSPA press release
Related story:
AT&T looks to roll out HSPA in time for 3G iPhone
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