The iPhone 5S, which we're expecting to arrive later this year, may support 4G LTE-Advanced if rumoured negotiations are to be believed.
South Korean carrier SK Telecom is said to be in talks with Apple to release an iPhone capable of LTE-Advanced speeds, which a source speaking to The Korea Times believes to be the iPhone 5S.
"SK Telecom is approaching Apple to put our LTE-A technology on the upcoming iPhone 5S," said an anonymous SK Telecom executive. "We are in the middle of negotiations."
The upgrade could see the iPhone 5S achieve downloads that are the double the speed of current, though only the South Koreans will be able to reap the benefits for the time being.
Speedy... for some
Samsung pulled the same stunt just recently, with its LTE-Advanced Galaxy S4 going official last week after SK Telecom announced it had launched the world's first 4G LTE-Advanced network.
With the UK and most of the rest of the world currently without any running LTE-Advanced networks, it's unlikely that we'll be taking advantage of the greater speeds soon.
Still, having both Apple and Samsung on board could prove a catalyst for a global rollout, so if a super-speed iPhone 5S does surface, we'd expect to see LTE-Advanced make its way around the world before too long.
Source : techradar[dot]com
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