iOS 6 enables FaceTime calls over 3G or 4G
0. phoneArena posted on 11 Jun 2012, 14:54
iOS 6 enables FaceTime calls over a cellular connection, be it 3G or 4G. Interestingly, that is exactly what a recent rumor was predicting. The functionality will be added to the iPhone 4 and 4S, as well as to the iPad 2 and the new iPad...
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6. downphoenix posted on 11 Jun 2012, 16:19 3 0
and why is that? Tango is platform agnostic, which is a GOOD thing, meaning you can chat with others on their PC, MAC, Android, Iphone. Facetime is platform closed, meaning that you either have nobody to talk to if your friends are on other platforms, or you are a jerk that gets everyone to buy an ios/mac product so that they can talk to you because you refuse to talk to non Apple owners. I have heard Facetime is more popular than Tango, which is sad given this fact, Apple users would rather close themselves off to other Apple users.
8. andro. posted on 11 Jun 2012, 16:42 3 0
Your correct there,the likes of tango is mulitplatform and functional,facetime is the apple equilivent,forever enclosed,locked down and controlled by apple.
14. E.N. posted on 11 Jun 2012, 19:29 0 1
actually I think they made FaceTime open source
2. ajac09 posted on 11 Jun 2012, 14:59 8 4
god and now isheep will claim iphone was first with video chat over 3g/4g
4. theBankRobber posted on 11 Jun 2012, 15:04 2 0
Video chat is lame and only for kids and The guys on The big bang theory lmao nah j/k :P
5. Jeradiah3 posted on 11 Jun 2012, 15:31 3 0
good idea, but i hope that people have the unltd data plan (AT&T or Verizon) because it will eat up data if you use FaceTime on your iPhone
7. downphoenix posted on 11 Jun 2012, 16:20 0 0
probably why the feature was added, those 2 carriers probably begged apple to throw it in so they could make a killing on overage rates.
9. EclipseGSX posted on 11 Jun 2012, 16:43 3 3
REVOLUTIONARY! This has never been done before...except for every other videochat app that ever existed
11. QinEmpire posted on 11 Jun 2012, 18:20 1 1
yeah right, if this is not then its Android? Dream on lol, laggy stolen OS.
12. theBankRobber posted on 11 Jun 2012, 19:06 0 1
Still hasn't been proven it was stolen besides it coming out of Steve Jobs mouth. Unless someone can 100% prove what was STOLEN, then your claim ( like the 10000000th time mentioned) is invalid.
10. ulloobata posted on 11 Jun 2012, 16:59 3 0
Video call is a native feature of 3g network. My good old Nokia N70 released in 2005 was able to make video calls over the 3g without any third party apps like facetime.
16. sithman (banned) posted on 11 Jun 2012, 20:36 1 0
FaceTime isn't third party dude. It's native, learn the difference.
18. ulloobata posted on 11 Jun 2012, 22:39 0 1
Native app/feature should be able to make video call to any other 3g device on/off network, regardless of other o/s or hardware. Face time is specific to iOS and wont connect to non-iOS devices.
This so called native app is just six years late to catchup with older o/s like symbian and more recent like Andoid and one still cannot video call to non-iOS devices.
Enjoy this limited feature, if works for you. Rest of the world has done much better than this years ago.
13. InspectorGadget80 posted on 11 Jun 2012, 19:25 0 1
and will CHARGE you LOTS OF DATA and GO OVER YOUR BILL
17. sithman (banned) posted on 11 Jun 2012, 20:37 0 0
Scott forstall dropped a subtle hint about a bigger iPhone screen while talking about safari
