The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus batteries have actually gotten a bit smaller while retaining the same battery life. Per filings with the Chinese government, the iPhone 8 boasts a 1,821 milliamp-hour battery, while the 8 Plus is rated at 2,675 milliamp-hours, according to TENAA listings noticed by leak source Steve Hemmerstoffer. TENAA is […]
Tag: Federal Communications Commission
Well, this is sort of a mess. Late Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it has reached a $48 million settlement with T-Mobile, including a $7.5 million fine and $35.5 million in consumer benefits, following an investigation into whether the carrier adequately disclosed speed and data restrictions for its so-called “unlimited” data plan subscribers. […]
Speedy wireless broadband is coming your way via Google. In a recent Federal Communications Commission filing, Google noted that it has been testing a new wireless-transmission technology using the 3.5-GHz band in Kansas City, but the heavily redacted FCC filing suggests that it wants to dramatically expand to testing “experimental transmitters” at up to 24 […]
A faster cellular network architecture is en route for your iOS device. The FCC has approved additional testing of a cellular technology called LTE-U, controversial because it can operate over the same bands as Wi-Fi routers. Qualcomm will now be able to test LTE-U hardware at two Verizon facilities. The firms are among those arguing […]
It looks like AT&T will allow unlimited data plan customers more leeway before beginning to throttle their data. Users with legacy unlimited data plans can use up to 22GB of data per month without getting throttled. After that, users will see slower speeds in congested areas, with the degree of throttling depending on the amount […]