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Apple May Be Throttling Verizon iPhone 7 LTE Performance
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Proof? Not that it matters, since it was not them who claimed there's throttling going on.
While the article mentioned an earlier Cellular Insight speed difference report, the company that actually brought up throttling is Twin Prime.
LTE is 4G for both GSM and CDMA. In fact, as an early equipment buyer, Verizon was a major source for LTE specs.
It's similar to the way that UMTS-3G for GSM is WCDMA, which can also be (and is) used by both so-called "GSM" and "CDMA" networks.
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So you are wrapping yourself around the axle base on some speculation on a website? Did you notice the key word on this click bait article? Apple "MAY" be throttling.
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When the last 3 major articles posts are product issues, the last minor article post is also a product issue (not including the giveaway) and are about NEW or relatively new products - you know things are beginning to crack.
Yes, Chicken Little, the sky is falling. Apple is doomed! Tim Cook needs to be fired! Meanwhile, in the real world outside the troll heavy MR forum, Apple is selling the latest phone as fast as they can build them. The latest estimates are that almost a quarter of a billion people are going to buy it. Yes, let that sink in. Despite troll comments that the phone would be a total flop because it was "boring" and they replaced the legacy headphone jack, hundreds of millions of people the world over are going to buy it. And the latest laptops that suck so bad, are already selling at a record pace.
Oh, and that crack you are seeing emerge is the separation of Apple from all other phone builders since as you painfully read, Apple's success has just reached the point where they are now the only company making any profit and they have 100% of the entire industry profits.
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Care to revise your comments, now that Apple's own mouthpiece Recode has confirmed that the original report is true?
I currently own an AT&T iPhone 6s Plus and an AT&T iPhone 7 Plus. At my home I usually get two or three bars on each device. I have run more than a dozen LTE speed tests with the devices side-by-side at the same time while connected to the same server. Every single time the iPhone 6s Plus has a better ping, faster download speed, and faster upload speed. Furthermore, the iPhone 7's download is much more erratic and is always the slowest for the first few seconds (most critical time since most downloads are small). Conversely the iPhone 6s Plus always starts out at its fastest, is more consistent, and still ends up faster than the iPhone 7 once the test is done.
Unfortunately, it makes sense for Apple to deliberately slow down the Qualcomm version of the iPhone 7 so people don't get pissed off that they got a substandard device with the Intel chip. My hope is that Intel will release a better driver in upcoming updates so that it will perform at least as good as the iPhone 6. If they don't in the next month or two, I will be seeking to exchange my AT&T (Intel) version for the Qualcomm version.
It is so infuriating that Apple decided to use the Intel chip just to save a few dollars. Not only has it worse performance, it also limits international roaming.
Do you have evidence that they don't? I seem to recall the iPhone 7 costing the same as the 6S it replaced, while having new features and double the base storage level.
Again, I am not sure how the extra competition in the cellular modem space is a bad thing.
The Intel baseband isn't older. It's brand new. This is the first time Apple has been able to second-source the baseband. They're doing it to diversify their supply chain and to try to drive down component costs.
It's also immature and unproven, relative to Qualcomm's kit. That's why it's slower and handles the real world worse.
SPRINT is my cellular carrier. I 'switched' from AT&T when the iPhone 7 came out.
AT&T cost me 225 a month and 15 bucks a gig over my 30 gig data a month data allocation.
SPRINT gave me three iPhone 7 phones In exchange for my three AT&T Phone 6 phones. No cost. Now I have UNLIMITED data and my total bill is 185 a month.
Reception is equal to my former AT&T performance.
What's not to like?
i still dont get what this sprint is? is it some mom and pop carrier with family members standing around corners with antennas?
I thought about this and users could just be blaming Apple for poor performance, when in fact its the mobile carriers the issue..
All all carriers may have LTE but that doesn't mean every iphone LTE will have the same factor i the same location, performance in all situations based on average and other factors outside mobile network's control including distance from cell tower (but if in same location then it would be network performnace, how many users are using cell at any given time) makes a big difference...... But its just eaiser to blame the iPhone 7 because, well its just easier than accept permanence of mobile networks does not laways mean the same speed..
It's like saying every cable or DSL line will operate at the same speed.. which isn't true either.
Example.. i can get top speed at 3am in the morning on 4G, but much lower in other suburbs at the same time fro the same carrier
I quick switch to any non-iphone 7 will tell u this
All all carriers may have LTE but that doesn't mean every iphone LTE will have the same factor i the same location, performance in all situations based on average and other factors outside mobile network's control including distance from cell tower (but if in same location then it would be network performnace, how many users are using cell at any given time) makes a big difference...... But its just eaiser to blame the iPhone 7 because, well its just easier than accept permanence of mobile networks does not laways mean the same speed..
It's like saying every cable or DSL line will operate at the same speed.. which isn't true either.
Example.. i can get top speed at 3am in the morning on 4G, but much lower in other suburbs at the same time fro the same carrier
I quick switch to any non-iphone 7 will tell u this
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Sincere question. How does "Another day. Another complaint." look like a statement of belief in Apple's infallibility? Yes, there are more complaints every day, most of them are justifiable. For me lately, I think of Apple and think; another day, another disappointment, and therefor another complaint. I hope that's less ambiguous.
I don't see a defense of Apple in those 4 words. I guess I'm going to look stupid if "another day, another complaint" is an allusion to something I should know or a quote from literature or a movie. What did I miss?
Be gentile. I'm someone for whom the expression glass half full/empty was never helpful. They literally mean the same thing and that's the point, but I've don't think I've ever heard anyone say "half empty."
Because that means Qualcom doesn't have the Power to jack prices up by 1000%, resulting in the phone price increasing even more.
It also funds a new team which could result in a better end product once Intel starts getting traction.
Is the Intel phone cheaper to buy than the Qualcomm phone? If Apple is indeed is passing down the savings, that means those who get the bad (Intel) phone subsidize those who get the good phone. That doesn't seem fair. If Apple is indeed passing down the savings, the Intel phone should be cheaper than the Qualcomm phone.
Indeed. Once the space time continuum is torn we will have nothing but courageous watch bands with USB-C ports and sweet, sweet dongles.
I think it may be time for Apple and I to part. Breaking up is hard to do, but I'm beginning to feel like a punch drunk boxer whose been caught on the ropes one too many times.
I don't understand why this is an issue at all. If your iPhone is not having a faster connection than a Samsung, then exchange or get the Samsung. I don't get it.
In reality, will any phone on any network can even reach 400mbps? Let's be real. By the time that happens, we all probably will have iPhone 10S or Samsung S15 already. No point in complaining about some theoretical speed that you wouldn't even reach.
Instead, I would complain more about Apple still making different iPhones with variations of the LTE bands supported. In contrast to the iPad where Apple actually can make one single device with all the LTE bands supports.
In reality, will any phone on any network can even reach 400mbps? Let's be real. By the time that happens, we all probably will have iPhone 10S or Samsung S15 already. No point in complaining about some theoretical speed that you wouldn't even reach.
Instead, I would complain more about Apple still making different iPhones with variations of the LTE bands supported. In contrast to the iPad where Apple actually can make one single device with all the LTE bands supports.
I've run into the same with AT&T at work. Consistent service, I can hear the caller, but callers say my audio is breaking up. Walk outside and it improves. With my 6S on AT&T in the same room/parts of the building, this never happened once. I've been told that this happens now on almost every call I've taken since getting the 7.
Frankly, the LTE speed performance is marginally worse, if at all. But this poor call performance is unacceptable -- especially for as expensive as these devices are.