The new iPhone 5 is lacking a simultaneous voice and data feature on Sprint and Verizon networks. Customers and certainly some technophiles are going to be shocked as blogger Chris Ziegler at The Verge discovered and reported today.

A Verizon spokesperson provided this comment on the matter:

“The iPhone 5 was designed to allow customers to place a voice call on the Verizon Wireless network, while letting customers access the Internet over the WiFi.”

Further evidence indicates that this won’t be available on Sprint either, based on the fact that Sprint and Verizon will be carrying the same version of the phone. AT&T meanwhile is claiming their network will support the feature, though data won’t be at LTE speed during a call.
This lacking feature is available throughout Verizon’s 4G smartphone lineup. Theories on why this may be lacking point to a number of things such as chipset, the form factor of the new phone not allowing a second antenna, the carriers restricting data usage, battery utilization, just to name a few.  Add this to the missed features list that will be no doubt talked about