The other thing that made me skeptical of Apple's new antenna system is the limited information that came out about it yesterday. Many questions remain unanswered. "iPhone 4S now supports twice the download speed with HSDPA of up to 14.4 Mbps and iPhone 4S is a world phone, so both CDMA and GSM customers can now roam internationally on GSM networks," Apple said in the announcement. But the speed increase to 14.4 mbps maximum throughput is the result of an upgraded radio chip inside the phone, not the result of the antenna, as Apple seems to suggest.

Also, when Apple talked about the new antenna system and the speed increases yesterday, it referenced the GSM parts of the phone. What about the CDMA parts? Does the CDMA radio go up to 14.4 mbps too? Is the CDMA antenna inside the phone also split in two? If the answer to either of these questions is No, it doesn't bode well for Verizon and Sprint who will sell the CDMA flavor of the phone. And it goes without saying that the 4S won't run on the fastest wireless network in the land, Verizon's LTE network.

So regardless of the antenna details and speed boosts, the iPhone still is not a true 4G phone. How much longer do we have to wait?