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I would be remiss in my responsibilities as an aspiring tech and social blogger if I didn't give my two cents on the iPhone 4.0. But first things first: can we stop referring to it as the 4G? The name 3G did not refer to the generation of the phone (as it was only 2nd gen, not 3rd), but rather the network it runs on. GSM is a type of network protocol, as is CDMA. Both are referred to as 3G, or 3rd generation (analog telephone being 1st gen, PCS being 2nd gen). The nutshell analogy for the difference between these is sort of similar to AM v. FM radio. Basically, if your phone is a GSM phone (all iPhones are GSM), you're FM radio. Verizon, Sprint, basically everyone but AT&T (and I think T-Mobile) run CDMA networks, and that's why you'll not be seeing AT&T's exclusivity open up to Verizon, because as it is no iPhone can actually jump onto a Verizon network. iPhones are FM radios and Verizon has an AM network. Sprint is currently the only 4G network operating in the US, even though it isn't true 4G... yet. Sprint is CDMA. So as you can see, the iPhone 4th generation (which is really only the 3rd generation if we're counting the 3G and 3GS phones as generation 2) is not a 4G phone. It's the 4.0, which is also in line with the iPhone OS, iOS 4.0, which was just released.
That said, it's sexy and sleek and I want it. Too bad I have to wait till Valentines Day.
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