iOS 8 and the next iPhone could include support VoLTE

As the steady stream of rumors has subsided, at least at the time, Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac.com managed to get a few more drafts. In a roundup of what has been published up to the last few hours were included new details involving both the software, ie iOS 8, both the hardware, which is the next-generation iPhone. The goal seems to be closing the circle still open concerning LTE.

To date the fourth-generation networks pass data only; support voice is absent, delegate to the previous 2G and 3G technologies. When you make or receive a call, the device switches automatically (CSFB : Circuit Switched Fallback). After the conversation, after a few seconds automatically return on LTE. All of this happens on the operator side, then the user will not notice anything.

Solutions to fill this gap of 4G have already been developed in the form of VoLTE (Voice over LTE). Based on the same IP as LTE, promises a higher quality than the little-used HD Voice technology. Some operators have already adopted VoLTE, while others plan to do so during the year or the next. Do not you feel, at least for now, the rush of a global rollout.

Apple, meanwhile, wants to try to be prepared for the time when you will do it seriously, introducing support VoLTE is that on the iPhone in iOS 6 or 8 as it will be called. May not necessarily be immediately enabled: according to sources Gurman, if not in Cupertino DETECTED especially in the U.S. and rapid introduction of technology (it is only used so far by T-Mobile), the feature may be postponed to a later time, leaving sleeper.

A speech is to investigate if the iPhone will be able to dispose of 5/5c/5s through a software update: here the general framework for the entire smartphone world is unclear. In 2012, Samsung released in Korea a specific package to add to VoLTE Galaxy S III. This is not likely to become a rule for the future.

We could learn something more already at WWDC 2014? If you really are tied to the next smartphone, is virtually impossible. This type of features is purposely left hidden by Apple shall hold office for the autumn event, as has already happened in the past few years. That said, there remain only a few months to clarify everything. I wonder who in the meantime is not implemented HD Voice on a larger scale.