Motoko. Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 I thought 5G was coming in this chart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stetson Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 No one ever refers to WiFi standards by generation number. The attempt here is to fool customers by confusing WiFi standards with LTE. "Oh did you hear Apple has 5G now. Android is still only 4G." I can hear it already. But the 5G name is from Broadcom and they supply chips in all sorts of phones, Apple and Android. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Angel Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Broadcom are going to end up confusing people with this. Silly IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inertia Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Ejerts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LogicalApex MVC Posted January 3, 2013 MVC Share Posted January 3, 2013 non-news. Broadcom is referring to this as 5G and since Broadcom doesn't sell directly to consumers it is a non-issue. I'm sure the iPhone engineers will know the difference between the 5G WiFi and 5G cell technology. Apple will more than likely call it AC or whatever else is common for consumers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrack Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Where does it say that Apple will use that as the marketing name? The image which says "5G WiFi" is a marketing image from Broadcom, not Apple. Eeeeeeeeeeeee! You clicked on the article and made an informed comment instead of an ignorant one . That's not allowed around here. Mods! Glassed Silver, Stetson and NeoTrunks 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benthebear Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 No one ever refers to WiFi standards by generation number. The attempt here is to fool customers by confusing WiFi standards with LTE. "Oh did you hear Apple has 5G now. Android is still only 4G." I can hear it already. Bit of a stretch, but ok... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manish Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Broadcom has been referring to its 802.11ac chips as 5G WiFi solutions for almost a year now. http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s637241 Now that there are rumours of Apple using these chips though, we should all just blame them for it. We'll also skip over the fact that the article only refers to the Mac lineup getting the chips initially, rather than iPhones, which aren't mentioned anywhere in it. Bleat on, anti-Apple sheeple. Shadrack, Glassed Silver and soniqstylz 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soniqstylz Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Broadcom has been referring to its 802.11ac chips as 5G WiFi solutions for almost a year now. http://www.broadcom.....php?id=s637241 Now that there are rumours of Apple using these chips though, we should all just blame them for it. We'll also skip over the fact that the article only refers to the Mac lineup getting the chips initially, rather than iPhones, which aren't mentioned anywhere in it. Bleat on, anti-Apple sheeple. Not that I'm pro or anti Apple, no dog in the fight, but I did notice that these are for Macs and not iPhones. Of course, the populace at large aren't hip to all the cool techy lingo, and if they hear 5G they will think phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Not unless it refers to 5Ghz wifi... which is what a lot of people call it. this is gonna confuse the hell out of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest seanseany Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 iFi anyone ... :woot: -Himanshu- 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Teej Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 iFi anyone ... :woot: That's what Southern English people already refer to Hi-Fi as ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Should be 5th Gen not 5G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XerXis Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 how did apple even get pulled into this thread? :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted January 4, 2013 Supervisor Share Posted January 4, 2013 how did apple even get pulled into this thread? :s because the OP had the title as "Apple referring ..." until a mod changed it to be correct Stetson 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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