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iPhone owners have the highest cellular bills among smartphone users

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 30th, 2013)

Carriers may not like iPhone users who consume a lot of data, but they cannot complain about the whopping bills these customers pay each month. According to a survey by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) and reported by AllThingsD, almost 60 percent of iPhone users pay more than ...

Apple to add 36 new LTE carriers

by Steven Sande (Jan 24th, 2013)

According to an announcement made by Apple CEO Tim Cook during yesterday's Q1 2013 earnings call, next week will be an auspicious one for users of iOS devices that support the fast LTE mobile data standard. During the week, 36 wireless carriers worldwide will be added to the 24 already ...

iOS 6 ships with WiFi plus cellular feature missing

by Erica Sadun (Sep 25th, 2012)

Back in August, much buzz arose about a new iOS 6 feature. WiFi plus Cellular promised to allow apps having trouble with WiFi to connect using cellular data. This option promised to allow devices to tap into their data plan upon encountering shaky WiFi connections. As Megan Lavey-Heaton wrote ...

iPhone cellular data not working? Try resetting your network settings

by Sang Tang (Nov 11th, 2009)

The "Reset Network Settings" button on the iPhone not only resets your Wi-Fi settings -- resulting in a clean slate with respect to Wi-Fi access points and their passwords -- it also resets your phone carrier settings. Several months back, I had the darndest trouble with cellular data access. I ...

What's up with the iPhone Carrier Update?

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 7th, 2009)

If you checked for updates for your US-based iPhone in iTunes in the last day or two, you should have seen this: The standard Apple explanation from the Knowledge Base: iTunes 7.7 and later has the ability to update the carrier specific settings on iPhone with iPhone 2.0 software or later. ...