Whenever you hear word that a phone has “4G” connectivity – it would be best to do more research on the handset and see whether it is just “marketing 4G” being bandied about, or the real deal. Well, you can always check our previous guide to 4G for more details, but what we've learned is this – a China Unicom executive confirmed that Apple's iPhone 5 will sport 4G connectivity in the form of 21Mbps HSPA+ technology. This information came about in a photo of a slide by Japanese site PC Watch, where said presentation was done by China Unicom's Research VP Huan Wenilang at Macworld Asia 2011.
Ubergizmo, China Unicom: iPhone 5 supports HSPA+