The conference for the presentation of the iPhone 5 will take place on Tuesday, but until then we learn that the new device from Apple could be compatible with the HSPA+ standard that allows surfing the web at speeds of up to 21Mbps. The information comes from a Japanese blog that claims that an official of China Unicom announced in a presentation held at MacWorld Asia that Apple intends to make its new device compatible with this technology. iPhone 4 is able to reach speeds of only 7.2 Mbps at the moment and a jump to 21 Mbps is perfectly logical considering that in the last year many operators have significantly improved their internet connection speeds.
Japanese IT news site "PC Watch" tells that, Research vice president of China Unicom, Huan Wenliang, told iPhone 5 will support W-CDMA based high-speed data transfer standard HSPA Evolution "HSPA+" (21Mbps) at keynote speech in Macworld Asia 2011.
Quite a few Android terminals are compatible with the HSPA+ standard, and in Romania all the major mobile operators have subscriptions that offer speeds of 21 Mbps. Of course, the speed itself is theoretical and will never be achieved on a mobile phone, but for Apple this represents a point of promotion for its product. If the iPhone 5 will really be compatible with this standard, then in Romania we will be able to use it at its "true value" only if we purchase a tariff plan that allows us to surf at those speeds.
