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The Biggest iPhone 6 Feature Verizon Customers Want
The Verizon iPhone 6 needs one small, but important feature to catch up to what the AT&T iPhone has offered for years — support for talking and surfing at the same time. Sometimes this feature is called simultaneous voice and data, but what it means is users can talk on the phone and use the internet at the same time.
The iPhone 6 could very likely be the first Verizon iPhone to support talking and using the internet at the same time thanks to the launch of VoLTE this year.
VoLTE is a new type of network that can deliver enhanced services not found on the current Verizon network, like HD Voice and the ability to talk and surf at the same time. With this technology calls and data both travel on the faster 4G LTE network. Currently voice calls use the older 3G network, which is why the Verizon iPhone 5s dos not let users talk and surf at the same time.
There is hope for an iPhone 6 with VoLTE support on Verizon to finally let users talk and surf at the same time.
While most of the early commercials for this feature on AT&T missed the real point, there are dozens of times every week that I wish I had this feature on the Verizon iPhone 5s. I regularly hear from readers like Richard Blate, who want to be able to talk and surf at the same time on a Verizon iPhone.
Verizon originally planned to deliver this new VoLTE network in 2013, after announcing the completion of the 4G LTE network, but in December the company confirmed that users will need to wait for VoLTE in 2014.
It’s not clear if the iPhone 5s or iPhone 5 will support VoLTE when the network rolls out, but there is precedent for devices on Verizon network being ready for VoLTE. The Samsung Galaxy S3, which launched in 2012, supports VoLTE through a software update. In late December Lightreading shared a screenshot showing the Verizon Galaxy Note 3 is VoLTE ready.
There is hope that 2014 will bring not only an iPhone 6 that lets Verizon users talk and surf, but also an update to the iPhone 5s that delivers this feature. An AppleInsider report from September 24th states that in addition to supporting new LTE bands, the iPhone 5s is VoLTE ready.
As long as Verizon is able to roll out VoLTE in 2014 this is a feature that we should see on the iPhone 6 for Verizon users. There is always a chance that Verizon won’t be able to meet the goal due to complications of bringing this technology to the real world. AT&T just confirmed that the carrier’s VoLTE plans are delayed, and did not offer any new timeframe for roll out.
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Larry
03/19/2014 at 7:01 pm
Good luck there VZW sucks and over priced I switched to t mobile and can surf and talk gee VZW not yet??? That’s the big red 4 ya!!!!
Charulo316
03/20/2014 at 8:46 am
You can talk and surf on any 4g phone not named iPhone on Verizon. Yet another reason not to get one of those.
Crystal
04/22/2014 at 9:31 am
I left Verizon and went to AT & T to be able to have the talk & data feature simultaneously and I hate my AT & T service. I’m going back to Verizon on the iPhone 6 comes out…if it doesn’t have the talk & data feature on the phone, then I will be forced to get an Android phone.
Jason
06/04/2014 at 8:59 am
@Crystal. LOL I’m with you 100% except I’m still with Verizon and was thinking of switching to AT&T but you just confirmed if for me. If the don’t fix this issue in the iPhone 6, In my opinion Android isn’t the best but still, its an option.
david
08/16/2014 at 3:48 am
Had the same issues for years and finally switched to the lg g3. This is the most like ios android phone I could find and to be honest I May never leave it. I’m finding I like this a lot better then my iPhone 5s. When I first switched I made myself give it 2 weeks and after that I don’t even use my iPad.u really like this g3 device.
Jarahawk
08/26/2014 at 2:42 am
This article made me laugh. It’s not Verizon’s fault that the iPhone does not support voice and data on Verizon. It’s Apple’s. Which is of course why every OTHER 4G LTE phone on Verizon DOES allow Voice and Data simultaneously. Apple has so many people brainwashed. Even bloggers who should and likely do know better.
Catherine Carr
10/02/2014 at 12:08 am
Actually it is Verizon’s fault. I can put my att SIM card in my i6 and talk and surf but with my verizon sim I can not in the same exact phone.
Ben
04/12/2015 at 10:00 am
I have the VZ IPhone 6. When iOS 8 was first released, I couldn’t browse and talk unless I was on wifi. Then after I updated to the current iOS, I glanced down to see how many signal bars I had during a phone call and noticed my LTE icon lit up.
So I opened Safari while remaining on the call, and wallah! It works now.
Louis
02/03/2016 at 3:39 am
I was able to talk+surf with my S5and 6 and my son on a a thowaway cell. But cant on A I6, pice of crap now im stuck with it for next year…
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