When Facetime was introduced, Apple made an effort to point out that the service would work on Wi-Fi networks exclusively until they were able to reach agreements with the operators to make their peculiar way of understanding video calls able to operate on data networks. It was 2010, the iPhone 4 had just been uncovered and, despite the commitment made in the presentation, January 2011 arrived and Facetime continued to require dependence on a Wi-Fi point. Until now. In theory, at least.
With iOS 6, announced those of Cupertino on June 11, the native service of video calls over 3G will finally be released. Although it is convenient to make some qualifications in this regard. And it is that although it was promised that Facetime would come to work with data networks precisely when the iPhone 4 was presented, this terminal will not be compatible with video calls if we are not connected to a Wi-Fi point. And the same will happen with the iPad 2. Thus, only the iPhone 4S and the new iPad "" as well as, presumably, the next smartphone of Apple, which provisionally known as iPhone 5 "" may use Facetime on 3G application.
However, even in these conditions, Facetime does not have them all with it in its new mobile facet. Let us remember once again that when the iPhone 4 was presented, Apple announced that they were going to reach agreements with the operators to be able to use this application on mobile networks. At the moment, it is not clear whether such a pact has been made. The company points out that Facetime will not be available in all markets under these conditions, and that the service provider companies reserve to apply charges for the use of the data.
It is true that until iOS 6 is officially released, all the information regarding the use of the services that will be released with the new platform will not be available. That is why until autumn we would not know if the Spanish operators contemplate some type of solution to be able to use Facetime on the iPhone 4S and the new iPad without jeopardizing the data account. And not only because of the consumption that may be involved in the contracted franchise, but because of the fact that not all companies and rates allow you to use voice over IP services ”” VoIP ”” through their data accounts.
The absence of Facetime on the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 is not the only one that manifests itself in iOS 6 as part of a policy that pushes Apple terminals into obsolescence. Even more flagrant is the case of the first generation iPad, which will be directly prevented from updating to the latest version of Apple's platform for mobiles and tablets. The matter is even more bloody when it is known that the iPhone 3GS, a device prior to the tablet that inaugurated this category of terminals, will be able to catch up with iOS 6. However, the possibility of installing this version of the system on the mobile that Apple launched on the market in 2009 seems like a series of hot cloths if you take into account the many shortcomings that iOS 6 suffers in the iPhone 3GS and that you we counted a few days ago.
