I'd take 100% coverage where ever I go with LTE over 5G/6G/7G any day. No one needs that much bandwidth on a phone. Marketing BS IMO.
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iPhone 16 Pro Models Reportedly Boast Up to 26% Faster 5G Speeds
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My family switched off of AT&T to T-Mobile last year (joined AT&T in 2008 for the iPhone), and we aren’t looking back. AT&T was always slow, super expensive, and had some of the worst customer service we’ve ever experienced. Everything is better with T-Mobile except for entering rural areas depending on where you live. (Ex, on the east coast I lose data in rural areas away from interstates pretty quickly, on the west coast I frequently have more bars in the middle of nowhere than Verizon.)
Two nice small bonuses are you can take WiFi calls with your iPad/Mac without your phone being turned on or on the same WiFi, and the data usage info in the cellular tab in settings actually syncs up with your billing cycle. Neither of these were the case with AT&T.
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It is not Marketing BS at all. I have been enjoying that every day for years, and also with coverage. The lack of speed and coverage is a political one, not a technical one. And the usage is real and very useful. It is brilliant to always be able to connect your devices to your phone for the internet, have conversations, perform an upload at the same time, and get near realtime feeds for your work. Not just on the move, but also at you base, and customer sites. Why wouldn't you want it?
They’re saying the new modem in these iPhones are seeing a boost in speeds and they showed an example of a few networks in the U.S as an example to show it to the previous iPhone. Where’s the confusion in this? Because they didn’t test your specific network? There’s hundreds of networks out there and billions of different spots to test those networks.
They showed a couple example of a couple networks in a certain spot to show “here’s the average speed tests results here with the iPhone 15, here is the same network and the same spot, but with the new 16 pro.”
If you don’t understand that explanation then I guess goodluck to you, can’t help you
Also for those wondering about improved signal strength, the X75 modem has been out for awhile and one of their main advertisements for the chip is improved signal strength.
“The X75 replaces the X70, which appears in phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. This new modem is the first to support 5G Advanced and other capabilities that will improve not only speeds, but connection strength in phones before the end of the year.”
“The X75 replaces the X70, which appears in phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. This new modem is the first to support 5G Advanced and other capabilities that will improve not only speeds, but connection strength in phones before the end of the year.”
Because that kind of test doesn't mean anything, isn't scientific. If you don't understand that then I guess good luck to you too 🤷♂️
Mobile data communications is a bit more complex than that. You and I can be in the same location and have rather different experiences.
I was in Manhattan this past week and AT&T had great “5G+” reception in most buildings compared to my T-Mobile line, and also had great mmWave connectivity out in the streets. Haven’t had Verizon in a few years though.
Who said it’s scientific? They were giving examples of certain networks in the area of the test. Across 3 networks it showed an improvement. Thick headed people here today holy
I also wonder how Apple implemented their antenna(s) in the 16 though or if same ol, same ol.
I'd just be happy if I could get the speeds I was getting years ago. Even though 5G deployment has become more widespread, the speed has somehow gotten worse—in some cases, much worse. I assume maybe it's just congestion with more people on 5G at this point.
Yeah, I've gotten upwards of 4 Gbps on mmWave on Verizon before, but I don't see anywhere near that any more.
According to SpeedTest I was at Darling Harbour (Sydney) at the time.
Does anybody know whether or not any of the carrier SKUs will offer any frequencies that others don't? In other words, if I buy an Iphone 16 Pro, will it matter whether it is a carrier specific SKU or an Apple SKU? Or are they all identical?
In the past some of the carriers offered wider ranges of frequencies (generally with AT&T the widest).
In the past some of the carriers offered wider ranges of frequencies (generally with AT&T the widest).
I usually get around 300 Mbps down on T-Mobile on my iPhone 15 Pro Max. AT&T on the same phone usually gives me about 500 Mbps. You don’t notice much of a difference between the two during regular tasks though. The only time it really made a difference was when I had to re-download my entire music library once, but I generally try to do things like that on Wi-Fi which is faster than both.
For being the Nr 1 SuperPower US sucks when it gets to Mobile Networks, the same goes for the UK BTW.
Apple needs to go ahead and set up an MVNO like Google Fi that switches to the best service by location.
Why? What is so unique about it? I mean, it is just an MVNO based on T-Mobile/Deutsche Telecom. Sure, if the plans suits you, fine, but there are so many of these to choose from. What benefit is there to Apple to set themselves up as an MVNO?
If they could organize a plan that switches between all three of the top dogs, it would be wonderful.
Well, you were the one suggesting they had to become an MVNO, are you now changing your mind? Then again, Google Fi is just an MVNO for T-Mobile/Deutsche Telekom. So what is your point actually? It is simply the T-Mobile network. T-Mobile does that for most cars as well with inbuilt systems. Really nothing unique or special apart from marketing, it seems. Now, don't get me wrong the T-Mobile network is pretty good in my experience, but I don't see the value or need to start an MVNO and put your own label on it.
Well this will be useful for when I occasionally go up a city where there is 5G lol, pointless for me most of the time though.