June 20th, 2009 at 10:07AM

Something I’ve Been Wondering

It surprises me that the iPhone 3G S does not support 802.11n wireless networking. Why is that?:

  • Because 802.11n is still a draft standard? (That hasn’t stopped Apple from using it in computers.)
  • Do 802.11n chips draw more power or produce more heat than 802.11b/g chips?
  • Is the chip for 802.11n physically larger than a b/g chip?
  • Is there some bottleneck in the 3G S that would keep 802.11n from being useful?

  1. marco answered: Could be a size/power, but there’s just no demand. The excess throughput wouldn’t provide a noticeable gain for common iPhone uses.
  2. marc posted this
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