Rene Ritchie nailed the date of the iPad event, no reason to think he hasn’t nailed this as well (from the same source).

But I still wonder about the price points. Apple got AT&T (and later Verizon) to offer some pretty killer 3G deals. Will they be able to do the same for 4G?

Danny Sullivan notes the difference between the iPhone 4S and the Galaxy S II Skyrocket on AT&T. Both are actually running on the same network, but the Galaxy gets the all-important “4G” moniker. 

Except that it’s bullshit.

As Sullivan points out, the iPhone and the Galaxy are getting the exact same speeds. That’s because AT&T’s network is actually HSPA+, which the iPhone supports but refuses to call “4G” even though AT&T does. 

Why does AT&T call it 4G? Because they were one to two years behind their competitors in rolling out an actual 4G network. In other words, when all hope fades, lie. 

In AT&T’s parlance, real 4G is “4G LTE”. What a fucking joke.

Shocking — a large percentage of people with the iPhone 4 think the “4” stands for “4G”. And they’re perfectly happy thinking that.

People point to 4G being the next way Android trumps iPhone. I don’t buy it. Months after we’ve seen the first devices, 4G remains largely a buzzword. Limited coverage and often mediocre speeds hamper it. Worse, it remains a total battery hog. The people I know with 4G phones usually leave the 4G off.

And then there’s AT&T’s bullshit where HSPA+ is technically “4G”.

Long story short, do I expect the iPhone 5 to support actual 4G? No, I do not. Next year.