Simple Mobile vs Straight Talk

Hi this is The Asian Apple God coming at you with two service providers that just may be what you need if you're looking to cut down on cellular costs. T-Mobile has revamped their T-Mobile Girl into a speedy, kickass, icon and Simple Mobile, a cellular company that utilizes T-Mobile's cell towers, have also revamped their cellular service speeds. Straight Talk and Simple Mobile have been known for their iconic "$40" or "$45" unlimited talk, text and data packages. $40 from Simple Mobile and $45 from Straight Talk. But it's that time and age where you just need more money, but don't need to be spending it on high cell phone bills, and you have decided to go a cheaper route. You're stuck between these great companies, and you believe they are the same. Right? Wrong. I mentioned earlier that Simple Mobile utilizes T-Mobile's Cell Towers for Service and data speeds at up to 4G. Straight Talk utilizes AT&T towers for Data Connection. However, Straight talk does not currently support 4G speeds. In order for you to fully utilize Simple Mobile's 3g and 4G data downloads and upload speeds, you will need a T-Mobile 4g approved device. What does this mean EXACTLY? This means that T-Mobile's Phones uses a 1700/2100mhz Band. Something AT&T phones do not support. The HTC one S for example, utilizes 1700/2100mhz band. This means that the device shouldn't have trouble connecting to a 4G signal. However, you will only get 3g and 4G signal where it is provided. Towers are still expanding, however, you still will need to be in a large city such as LA, Portland (OR), NYC, Miami (FL), etc. You can log onto Simple Mobile's Website to see if your area has 3g or 4g or both. What if you have a device that says it's got a 2100mhz band? That still isn't good enough. The device needs to have a 1700/2100 mhz band. Not either or. Now we have that cleared up, lets say you have the flagship HTC One X device from AT&T. That will not work on the Simple Mobile 4G data connection. In fact, the fastest you'd get at download speeds is EDGE. The HTC One X however should work on Straight Talk's network because it utilizes the AT&T towers. iPhone 4 and 4S should work with the Simple Mobile Device, but again, look up your device on Phone Arena or consult your manuel for further information regarding your specific device. Thank you for taking your time to research this, and please understand that if you are getting EDGE on your device, you need to check your bands. If you do not have 1700/2100mhz band, you will not connect to anything higher than EDGE. If that's the case, I would recommend Straight Talk. If they do not provide a micro-sim, you can easily purchase one from Ebay or "eye-ball" it. Although, I do not recommend "guessing" as you may damage your Sim and you may end up needing to purchase another. If you have further questions regarding cellular service and data speeds, I will answer them in my next blog. Thank you and have a great day!

MacBook pro 13 Dying or Staying

There was some speculation on the most popular mac in Apple's lineup; the MacBook Pro 13" model. What seems to be the problem? The problem is that there was a rumour lurking around the internet about a possible MacBook Air-ish design for the MacBook Pros.

What does that mean exactly? If the MacBook Pro 13 will get the same or a similar design to the MacBook Air, then that would mean Apple would have to either reprice the MacBook Air models or completely discontinue the MacBook Pro 13 model. Apple will have to go with option a. Reprice MacBook Air lineup, because the MacBook Pro 13 is Apple's most popular Macintosh. The MacBook Air 11 would have to be dropped down to x amount (maybe $699-$899) while the MacBook Air 13 drops down to $999. The MacBook Air 13" would still consist of the dated Intel iCore processing unit but with faster clock speeds making the product appear to be worth more than what they are charging.

The MacBook PRO 13 would keep the $1199 stand along with Intel's iCore processors, updated "retina" display, possible MacBook Air ish design internally and externally (meaning no super drive, ssd or hdd and longer lasting battery etc).

The MacBook Air 11 would definitely have to be priced at a lower cost. Your best bet would be $699 because the current price is $999, and $1299 for the 13" model is a $300 difference. If the MacBook Air 13 is dropped down to $999, the 11 inch model would drop to $699. Apple wouldn't sell it for $799 because for an easy $200 more you can get a slightly better computer. But reconsidering that the MacBook pro would only be an easy $200 difference, the MacBook Air may very well be priced at $799. $200 more from the $799, you get the MacBook Air 13. If you have $200 more from the $999 you can get a MacBook Pro 13 for $1199. They are all in increments of $200. Just something to keep in mind.

The answer to the question, "will the MacBook pro 13 lineup be discontinued?", is no because Apple can't discontinue the MacBook pro 13, their most popular Macintosh.

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MacBook Pro Adopts or Declines "Air" Design

The 2012 MacBook Pros have been RUMOURED that they will take on the MacBook Air Design; technical specification design and its tapered Wedge ClamShell Design. Meaning that the optical drive (much like the current MacBook Air) will become a standard optional accessory. With the optical drive removed, you would have extra space which would be utilized as the new location for the potential SSD (knowing Apple, they will still probably use the standard HDD). That would mean that in the previous location of the SSD or HDD would be empty space that would, again, be utilized to extend the battery.

Replace the optical drive/cd drive with the ssd or hdd and enlarge the battery size so it offers more hours for the mobile user.

This all does NOT require a Wedge ClamShell design overhaul. Apple can go with the Wedge ClamShell or they can remain with its current design.

I personally do not believe apple will utilize the wedge ClamShell design just because there would be nothing to distinguish the MacBook Pro and Air. They would just be the MacBook Airs. Why redesign the MacBook Pro 13 with the Air design when there is already a MacBook Air?

We know that the MacBook Air 13 has a 1440x900 display and its only a matter of time until the MacBook Pro 13 15 and 17 get a display update. The MacBook Pro will adopt the 1440x900 while the 15 will adopt the higher-res (1680x1050) as native and the 2880x1800 as an upgrade while the 17 adopts the 2880x1800 as the upgrade still making the 1900x1200 native.

The new IVY Bridge Processing units will offer a greater range of I/O. Meaning we will finally get to utilize the next generation USB 3.0.

The next generation MacBook Pros will hopefully not be a disappointment. The potential internal and external redesign, potential display upgrades and hardware upgrades will give the Pro name back to the MacBook Pros.

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