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High bandwidth networks drain batteries. Power consumption of any chip increases according to the frequency squared. That means if you want your network to go 10 times faster, the chip inside your phone managing that network consumes 100 times the power that a slower chip would (It's not quite that simple because of different signaling techniques, but the overall principle still holds). This is why Steve Jobs has decried the power consumption of 3G networks -- that speedy signaling actually matters in a battery-powered device. So why don't European users see this power-draining effect today with their phones? Well, check out the Nokia message boards and you'll find that they do experience some of the effect, but that effect is diminished by the fact that Europe has a much higher density of cell towers than the US does. And since cell phones decrease their radio power output when signal strength is high, the frequency effect of 3G transmission is partially offset by the fact they can use lower power amplifier settings for their radios.
This guy is so full of himself (i think)!
If the iPhone can handle WiFi, then no questions asked it can handle 3G.
I also read in that last paragraph that 3G drains the battery. Well from my experience, WiFi does a nicer job draining the cell phone battery than 3G does.
There is no reason why Apple can't put 3G Broadband Internet in the iPhone.
And this is why i haven't bought one yet.
-Parker
