UK Apple fanboys were let down yesterday after the specs on the new iPad were changed to remove all reference to 4G connectivity.
Observers had been wondering whether Apple may come a cropper for describing the new iPad as Wi-Fi + 4G on its UK website, mainly because no such infrastructure exists to suport it, yet.
The new iPad supports 4G running on the 700MHz and 2,100MHz spectrums – which is where 4G sits in America and Canada. In the UK the spectrums reserved for 4G are using the 1800MHz spectrum, and later this year the 800MHz and 2.6GHz spectrum will be auctioned off, so the New iPad may never offer 4G in the UK.
It would appear that Apple has wised up to the fact that the 4G capability of the New iPad does not stretch to the 4G on offer in every country and thought it wise to note that it only supports 4G in the US and Canada.
As of this morning there was still no option to pre-order on the Irish website ahead of the 23 March launch.
IDG News Service
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