Earlier this week, the creators of several hacked carrier updates accused Apple of intentionally throttling data speeds on the iPhone and iPad -- a claim now debunked after the original post went missing.
AnandTech reported Thursday that recent allegations of Apple intentionally limiting data speeds on the iPhone and iPad are "simply not the case" -- a rebuttal that appears to be validated by the removal of the original accusation on iTweakiOS.
"Apple doesn't limit cellular data throughput on its devices -- there's both no incentive for them to do so, and any traffic management is better off done in the packet core of the respective network operator rather than on devices," AnandTech reveals. "Sideloading tweaked carrier bundles isn't going to magically increase throughput, either."
Although there are cases where carriers have disabled faster data speeds entirely -- such as HTC's Inspire 4G and Atrix 4G on AT&T, which initially disabled HSUPA -- this has never been the case with an iOS device, nor does it seem likely Apple would play ball with carriers to limit the end customer experience in such a way.
While the report doesn't specifically address iTweakiOS' original claim that the T-Mobile iPhone 5 was excluded from the so-called "throttling" while devices from Verizon, AT&T and Sprint supposedly did, it does appear to free Apple from any blame.
"There's no reason for Apple to want to arbitrarily limit their devices, and the reality is that they don't, at all, on any version of iPad or iPhone or in any of the carrier bundles they've distributed for network operators," AnandTech concludes. "If anything, Apple has long been one of the few handset vendors who initially understood the importance of limiting annoying operator customizations. The Carrier Bundles are quite literally the only place in the entire OS they have indirect access (through Apple) to toggles they can play with."
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