LTE - drops connections constantly, loses calls, can’t surf and talk at the same time
“iPhone 5 Drops 4G LTE Connections Constantly”
http://www.legitreviews.com/news/14197/
“Consumer Reports is finishing up its testing of the iPhone 5, and engineers said they found problems with the phone on the Verizon and Sprint network. The testing organization said the Verizon and Sprint phone can't support a phone call and an Internet based connection over the network at the same time.”
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/...-talk-and-browse-on-2-networks
lack of simultaneous voice & data on iPhone 5 using Verizon LTE demonstrated:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAXM8ZqmJ0I
“...the iPhone 5 can make outgoing calls and has functioning data services including SMS, but incoming calls fail - no indication that a call is coming in, and it goes to voicemail. This is on Telus in downtown Calgary with strong LTE signal.”
http://mobilesyrup.com/forum/showthread.php?p=89633
numerous other problems with iPhone 5 and LTE were reported - see Apple and mobile operators forums
LTE severely limited in Europe
"[iPhone 5] leaves out two bands — 800MHz and 2.6GHz—that will be critical to LTE service in Europe, according to Tolaga Research analyst Phil Marshall.
“If you were to build a European device, it would have 800MHz and 2.6GHz in it,” Marshall said. Carriers in Germany, Sweden, Italy and other European countries already have or are expected to deploy LTE in one or both of these bands."
http://www.macworld.com/articl...europe_on_the_back_burner.html
current iPhone 5 LTE bands (as of 2012-09-29):
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 - GSM A1428 or LTE 850 / 1800 / 2100 - GSM A1429
LTE 700 / 850 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - CDMA A1429
source:
http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_5-4910.php