Reports of Slow and Inconsistent Wi-Fi Connections on Some iPhone 5 Devices

[mavis]

Odd, mine seems to work just fine:



It's a 2.4/5GHz N network (WPA2) running on the newest AEBS, whatever it's called.

[ppdix]

1839.6 kB/S on my studio's Comcast DSL
1379.2 kB/S on AT&T's LTE! WHOOOAAAAA

[Mystic Eddy]

My 5 is fine. Getting 34.5Mb out of my 40Mb connection so perfectly acceptable. iPad 3 is marginally slower at 30-32Mb. I changed the server to one I knew was good rather than letting the app choose (that tops out at 11Mb). Setup is a D-Link 615 piggybacking on my ADSL router because the range on that is crap .

[Codyak]

Originally Posted by KevBuckeye

I noticed that when I first tried the SpeedTest.net app with my iPhone 5 that the original server that I used was really glitchy and showed really low Mbps. I normally get like 32Mbps down and 6Mbps up. And it would show between 15Mbps-0Mbps. Then i switched my server and got the normal 32Mbps. So try switching your server for SpeedTest because that worked for me.

I've found certain servers with SpeedTest are definitely slower than others. Not near as slow as what this report is saying but you are definitely right about this.

Originally Posted by ppdix

1839.6 kB/S on my studio's Comcast DSL

Since when does Comcast offer DSL?

[bushido]

"and it goes on and on and oooooon"

- taio cruz

glad i sticked to my "wait til dec. rule"

[honjoe]

Total BS I have iPhone 5 my wifi works absolutely fine, some people like to rain on everyone's parade. This is the best smartphone out there, some people just want to see it fail.

Written on my iPhone 5.

[cdmoore74]

I had this problem as well. Worked fine out the box but it got progressively worst to the point where I did not have any internet connection. Did not matter if I selected wep or no protection. I looked on the internet yesterday and found something about doing a factory restore but select "do not use" cloud storage or backup once in iOS. Been working fine ever since.

[Rhythmx]

If you have a dual band router, use the 5Ghz band. That seems to help.

[rappr]

Originally Posted by ronwasserman

Bingo. 1st version is always for beta testers. Took me buying 8 1st gen apple products to figure this out. The Cube, One of the G4 models etc...

BTW - Iphone 4s on Fios 30.10 down / 19.27 up. Much better than my friend's iPhone 4.

Very very true, and not just limited to Apple. I went through three early Nexus 7's before I got one without dead pixels and the left side correctly glued down.

[ronm99]

I had problems once where my WiFi slowed to almost nothing, but this was solved by a reboot. I've also had a couple of instances where the WiFi disappeared for a short time even though I was next to the router.

However, in general my iPhone 5 seems way faster on WiFi ... I've been getting numbers that match my wired computers (between 20 and 30 Mb/s) while my 4s would top out at around 9 consistently.

[Markiie]

iphone 5 vs ipad
iphone 5 vs iphone 4S

[carlgo]

Designed by Apple in California, assembled in China, tested by Samsung...

[greytmom]

Mine is fine.

[kirk26]

No issues here!

[ThomasJL]

Originally Posted by joelvega125

Another reason not to buy on launch day...

Fanboys will vehemently disagree, but you are correct.

[lilo777]

Originally Posted by dwhittington

The problem with using sites like Speedtest.com for this testing is that it is highly dependent on the customer's ISP and access point(s) which have little to NOTHING to do with the iPhone 5.

That's not a real problem. Even though we are in a "post PC era" everybody does have one. Just run the test on your PC and compare it with iPhone results.

[J.L.Photography]

maybe its more like crappy wifi not crappy phone

[cdmoore74]

Originally Posted by honjoe

Total BS I have iPhone 5 my wifi works absolutely fine, some people like to rain on everyone's parade. This is the best smartphone out there, some people just want to see it fail.

Written on my iPhone 5.

Dude this is the most ignorant thing to say. Just because it's a Apple product does not make it bulletproof. I had this problem as well but I did a factory restore without iCloud and I'm working fine. Hopefully it's a software problem that can be fixed pretty quickly. Just because your not having the issue does not mean other people are crazy, lying or out to destroy Apples image.
You my friend have a lot of growing up to do.

[mduser63]

I saw this same problem on my iPhone 5. It only got about 2 Mbps down (9 or so up) on my home WiFi connection. The router is a current-model AirPort Extreme with WPA2 enabled. After getting the phone replaced (for a completely unrelated hardware defect), the new one shows no such problem. I see 36 Mbps down now. For comparison, I only see about 10 Mbps down on my iPhone 4S, with a longer ping time to boot (65 ms vs. 15 ms on the 5).

[appleguy123]

Mine is pulling data down as fast as my MacBook air. Fastest Wi-Fi experience on a iOS devices I've ever used.

[Texran]

IPhone 5 is twice as fast on my wifi as my iPad. 10.31 vs 5.95. I'm outside a distance away from my router.

[blakey91]

just did a speed test on my iphone 5, i pay for 30meg broadband, results were:

-38ms ping
-30.05Mbps download
-3.24Mbps Upload

Ohhhh shyeahhh

[iGrip]

Originally Posted by MacRumors

One Apple forum poster received confirmation from AppleCare that Apple seems to be aware of the issue, but a resolution is not yet available:According to the AppleCare representative, they are still working on the issue. The issue seems to affect a small minority of iPhone 5 owners.

Article Link: Reports of Slow and Inconsistent Wi-Fi Connections on Some iPhone 5 Devices

They should simply label WiFi as a "Beta"service. If they did that, nobody would have any right to complain.

[wesley.bowman]

I have one that is EXTREMELY slow or just won't connect to some wifi. I'm traveling and am unable to connect to several public wifi hotspots. My wife's iPhone 5 connects just fine. I'm sorry I ditched my 4 for this trip. At least LTE is smokin' fast so far! I'd like to see an acknowledgement from Apple on this ASAP. I should have know something was up when it took nearly 2 days to fully restore from iCloud.

[KdParker]

Originally Posted by japanime

A friend told me he has similar problems with his latest-generation iPad, though I haven't experienced the same with mine.

Wondering if this can and will be fixed with a software upgrade.

Not sure there is anything to fix, mine is screaming fast. 20 Mbps down and 28 Mbps up.

Not even close to the numbers reported in this story.