iPhone 17 vs. iPhone 16 Wi-Fi Speeds: New Study Reveals the Winner

[coolfactor]

Why would WiFi speed be different across countries? I'm not talking about the available internet speed. Wouldn't testing it on any 1gb connection be enough to tell the difference between 16 and 17? or am I missing something.

Wi-Fi has nothing to do with the internet connection.

Device <--> WiFi <--> Internet

The connection between the devices and WiFi router make up the internal LAN (Local Area Network), and several devices are likely on that network.

The WiFi router then acts as a "bridge" to the second network, referred to as the WAN (Wide-Area Network), which is likely shared by many of your neighbors.

So, measuring these two networks independently is important to gauge true network throughput to the internet. Bottlenecks can exist in either or both networks, and hardware plays an important role. Different countries will be employing different hardware.

 

[JohnC1959]

I wonder what my M2 MacBook Air uses. I just now noticed that my iPhone 16 is twice as fast at downloads than my M2 Air at least while sitting out on my patio.

 

[UliBaer]

This test tests the ISP-speed, not the Wifi speed - it's useless.
Also the 17 came out a year later after the 16, so the main ISP speeds would have increased by that time - again useless.

What's the Pixel use for a wifi chip?

AFAIK the Pixel uses a Samsung 5400 modem chip for connectivity.

 

[falainber]

The OOKLA tests are superior as they test for millions of data points that are achieved under real world conditions, but not a laboratory with controlled wifi. But I guess you knew that and are fishing for the rage

OOKLA tests report the results that are impossible to interpret. They definitely do not report the capabilities of the phone's WiFi (if only indirectly).

 

[bzgnyc2]

The OOKLA tests are superior as they test for millions of data points that are achieved under real world conditions, but not a laboratory with controlled wifi. But I guess you knew that and are fishing for the rage

Except it's unclear they controlled for confounding variables other than country, and those confounding variables are larger than the differences between any recent phone in the <500Mbps segment. But then I guess you knew that...

 

[JasonQG]

Why would WiFi speed be different across countries? I'm not talking about the available internet speed. Wouldn't testing it on any 1gb connection be enough to tell the difference between 16 and 17? or am I missing something.

Due to different regulations, the frequencies used can vary from country to country

 

[Howard2k]

Anyone who knows how networks work knows that this is a dumb interpretation of a study.

Terrible.

If you want to study wifi performance, study wifi performance would be step 1.

 

[pantherman007]

Cool. Now roll out that new AppleTV 4K with the N1 chip in it.