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Intel 7/7+ radio users, feeling bummed from the report?

zhenya said:
Too early to tell whether it's a real-world issue or not. In practice, I just spent a bunch of time working in a remote area where I was tethering my 7 with Intel model with barely 1 bar of LTE. According to the tests, this is where the Intel modem should have struggled, but the connection was still so fast that it performed basically like my home 50Mb connection. And if anything, my connection seemed more reliable than my co-worker with a 6s+.
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Interesting. And some people believe intel radio may yield better battery. If true that's worth the alleged trade off
 
I was a little disappointed when I read the story, but overall it doesn't change anything for me. My real world experience has been positive with my AT&T iPhone 7. I am getting good signal strength and decent speeds everywhere I go. I believe it performs better than my iPhone 6. The Qualcomm modem may perform even better, but that doesn't mean the Intel modem is necessarily lacking.

Also, firmware plays a big role as well, and it is possible that future updates could improve performance further.
 
thadoggfather said:
Interesting. And some people believe intel radio may yield better battery. If true that's worth the alleged trade off
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In real life...there are so many variables. I think the trade-off is interesting, but only worth actually acting on if you live in an RF test lab. If, like me, you spend a lot of your days in a Faraday cage, it's all academic (unfortunately).
 
timeconsumer said:
I'm more disappointed that Apple went from a 6s/6s+ that had CDMA/GSM capabilities in all US models to an iPhone 7/7+ that now only the Verizon/Sprint/SIM-free can do. I wouldn't recommend to anybody to buy the AT&T or T-Mobile version for that reason alone. The performance issue isn't really much of a problem in my opinion, but restricting yourself to certain carriers instead of having the option of all carriers, that is the problem for me.
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I agree with this to a certain extent. I feel like the model should be same across board for the 7 as it was for the 6s. As in, there should just be one model number and not A1778, A1784, A1660, etc (I'm remembering the model numbers by memory so I may be off or switched the number but too lazy to toggle back and forth ATM).

However I wouldn't recommend non-Americans to stay away from the at&t & T-Mobile models altogether. If you're in a country that is under the a1778 model aka gsm aka at&t/T-Mobile; you should buy that model--not the sim free one (which is basically a Verizon or sprint phone) because your local Apple Store would not be able to service the sim free model (a1660?) but only the at&t/T-Mobile version (a1778).

People always get confused when asking for a phone, asking for SIM free and for it not to be tied to any carrier...but when you're from overseas the sim free may not always be the best option.
 
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silverblack said:
This reminds me of the "issue" with the 6S having two A9 chips from two manufactures, one being slower than the other one.

http://www.cultofmac.com/391548/chipgate-how-to-check-a9-chip/

How much do people care now? Well, this is how they will feel (or even a lot less) not too long from now.
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Meh, even back then it was just a vocal minority who actually cared. Bend-gate was a big thing, too, and actually got widespread media coverage but I reckon the number of affected users aren't that many either percentage-wise.
 
I'm getting much more signal strength from T-Mobile with my 7 than with my 5s, so I have no complaints. With the 5s, I had no signal in the center of my office building. Now I have 2-3 bars of LTE. Both phones are the unlocked "T-Mobile" gsm versions. The signal seems to be reliable for my own day to day needs, so I have no regrets of buying the version I did
 
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