Higher 3G Speed?

[hNicolas]

Is the 3GS going to achieve higher 3G speeds? Can someone confirm this? Rogers customers in Canada, we should be able to see much higher speeds since we have a 3.5 G network in place.

 

[southfrisco]

Is the 3GS going to achieve higher 3G speeds? Can someone confirm this? Rogers customers in Canada, we should be able to see much higher speeds since we have a 3.5 G network in place.

Yes.

"With support for 7.2Mbps HSDPA, iPhone 3G S also makes it possible to do more in more places: Surf the web, download email, get directions, and watch video — even while you’re on a call. Since iPhone seamlessly switches between EDGE, faster 3G, and even faster Wi-Fi, you always get the fastest connection available. You can even share your Internet connection with your laptop via Internet tethering."

The iPhone 3G supports HSDPA 3.6

http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-3g-s/high-technology.html

 

[hNicolas]

Has anyone actually done a speed test yet?

 

[hNicolas]

Anybody?

 

[sibruk]

Good luck finding 7.2Mbps speeds. In the UK, where we have reasonable 3G coverage (compared to the US at least), only a very small handful of areas have the faster 7.2Mbps service.

 

[dwd3885]

Anybody?

what do you mean, anybody? There's a response right above you! lol.

Also, it's called HSPA with ATT

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=26835

 

[dagomike]

Using the speed test app I got 1148 down and 101 up with four bars. last phone was 3G, so no idea how that compares other than it's a hell of a lot faster than EDGE.

 

[sibruk]

Using the speed test app I got 1148 down and 101 up with four bars. last phone was 3G, so no idea how that compares other than it's a hell of a lot faster than EDGE.

A speed test on my 3G just got a 2364 down/346 up result.

 

[shanew21]

The 3G speed updates have not been implemented by AT&T yet. When they do, you will see some very quick 3G speeds.

However, due to the faster processor of the iPhone 3GS pages load much faster in Safari.

 

[Stangs55]

In the US...we only have the 3GS networks in 3 cities...St. Louis and two others I can't remember.

If you bought the 3GS for faster wireless bandwidth, you're SOL...the iphone 4 will be out long before the network infrastructure is updated in enough places to make it worthwhile. Granted, you may see faster loading times IRL right now--but that's because of the faster processing of the data and not the higher bandwidth.

 

[sibruk]

What's really interesting to note is that the Apple website touts the 7.2Mbps speed increase on the "High Technology" page. The corresponding O2 and AT&T pages don't mention that 7.2Mbps figure anywhere! I wonder why that might be...

 

[hNicolas]

Rogers, here in Canada claim that the 3G network has been upgraded to 3.5 or 7.2 Mbps (for a few months now) thats why I'm asking if anybody can confirm higher download speeds with the iPhone 3GS.