Does WLAN means my iPhone is fake

I noticed that my phone does not say wifi but instead it says WLAN. Does this mean that my iPhone is fake?

iPhone 12, iOS 16

Posted on Apr 1, 2023 3:38 PM

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Posted on Apr 1, 2023 3:52 PM

No. WLAN stands for Wireless Local Area Network. In general it means the same thing as Wifi when used instead of Wifi.


"Connect to a Wifi network", or a Connect to a Wireless local area network" are generally the same thing.


The term that shows up will depend on the language selected for the device. Some localizations of the english language will use WLAN instead of Wifi.



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Apr 1, 2023 3:52 PM in response to Worlkay

No. WLAN stands for Wireless Local Area Network. In general it means the same thing as Wifi when used instead of Wifi.


"Connect to a Wifi network", or a Connect to a Wireless local area network" are generally the same thing.


The term that shows up will depend on the language selected for the device. Some localizations of the english language will use WLAN instead of Wifi.



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