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iPhone 4 Boosts Upload Speeds Significantly
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Portland, OR??
Anyone with iPhone 4 can post their speed in Portland, OR?
I am curious. I was really sick of how slow my 3G is running and VERY tempted to jump ship to Verizon Droid X or Sprint EVO 4G...but........
I understand everyone wants to post their best speed to impress but how's the average???
Drop calls?? still???
thanks a million guys!
Anyone with iPhone 4 can post their speed in Portland, OR?
I am curious. I was really sick of how slow my 3G is running and VERY tempted to jump ship to Verizon Droid X or Sprint EVO 4G...but........
I understand everyone wants to post their best speed to impress but how's the average???
Drop calls?? still???
thanks a million guys!
Seeing a almost double jump here as well on the AT&T network. Of course WiFi is screaming also.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1448819&id=1135625561
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1448819&id=1135625561
Woohoo! I was just outside of the Big Rock Little Rooster (getting fitted for a bridesmaid.... ugh) on the corner of High and Russell, like a block north of the 670 overpass.
Download speeds
I'm in OKC. My wireless speeds at home on my 3gs.
Download:10.34Mbps
Upload: 3.58mbps
Ping: 94ms
I'm in OKC. My wireless speeds at home on my 3gs.
Download:10.34Mbps
Upload: 3.58mbps
Ping: 94ms
Can macrumors please tell me what a story about improved upload speed has to do with the obvious flaws of the iphone antenna. Why mentioned the increased speed and then in the next breath state the zdnet person was unable to reproduce the antenna issue. Bizarre.
Other than trying to construct and misconstrue an obvious misrepresentation of the obvious facts, I can't understand how the two stories are connected.
"Freedom of the press, as long as you've got a press"
Ok you get an increased upload speed, but don't try and propagate mistruths within the context of the story, i.e there nothing wrong with the antenna.
Also the story before, trying to represent the antenna issue as being region specific is just a joke. Bad design and engineering is garbage wherever you are.
Other than trying to construct and misconstrue an obvious misrepresentation of the obvious facts, I can't understand how the two stories are connected.
"Freedom of the press, as long as you've got a press"
Ok you get an increased upload speed, but don't try and propagate mistruths within the context of the story, i.e there nothing wrong with the antenna.
Also the story before, trying to represent the antenna issue as being region specific is just a joke. Bad design and engineering is garbage wherever you are.
Some people, myself included, have been unable to replicate the antenna issue. That's all the writer was saying, that not everyone's having the problem, either due to a hardware/software/firmware issue, or even something as simple as signal saturation. There's no conspiracy to misconstrue or misrepresent in the article.
Hey there I'm in McMinnville..34 miles or so away from the Portland Server and this is what I'm getting downstairs without ever hitting full 3G bars. Upstairs and outside I get 5 bars. But Im in a weird vortex thing I swear I go from full bars to 1 bar constantly...and this is with every iphone in our family. My old 3G, Sisters 3G, Moms 3G, and My dads 3GS. Now that me and my dad have upgraded to iPhone 4 we notice significantly better call quality and stability up here even though the signal still does the same dipping as with previous iPhones. Also worth noting all these test shots are with a Bumper case installed. I am one of the iphones that shows reception change as soon as the antennas are bridged. I will be testing bare skin on naked phone later tonight...sounds so dirty.
Also included WiFi when my signal magically dropped like I mentioned above for comparison..
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you're wrong
As a iphone4 owner that doesn't have any issue, no matter how hard I grip my iphone, I call you on "obvious misrepresentation of the obvious facts". To me, its the "facts" that the antenna doesn't work properly that are unproven.
Also, how is this story, about 3G download speed, not connected with any antenna thread? So if you're talking about the speed of a car, you're not talking about its engine, transmission, etc?
As a iphone4 owner that doesn't have any issue, no matter how hard I grip my iphone, I call you on "obvious misrepresentation of the obvious facts". To me, its the "facts" that the antenna doesn't work properly that are unproven.
Also, how is this story, about 3G download speed, not connected with any antenna thread? So if you're talking about the speed of a car, you're not talking about its engine, transmission, etc?
That sucks, I'm hoping they fix the antenna issue for everyone who's having problems.
Arn probably doesnt want to get on Steve's bad side
Not surprising that the owner of a site dedicated to Apple would have an agenda
Thought I'd show my results as well. I am definitely getting better speeds than on my iPhone 3G. I actually live in South Pasadena, CA have good solid 3G reception and can't replicate the antenna issue at all here where I live or anywhere in my neighborhood (but in a previous post I did mention I can replicate it at my friend's place in Arcadia, CA where 3G reception is always bad for any phone, whether it is an iPhone 4, iPhone 3G, Motorola Razr, etc.)
I was holding the phone the way I do when I talk on it, the way you are apparently not supposed to, left corner and all... it all depends on your area's signal strength (not just in bars on your phone, but how your closest cell towers are handling traffic congestion, etc.) and I think everyone has beaten this dead horse enough; some people have the issue, some people don't, it's as simple as that.
If AT&T really works on getting a solid signal everywhere then this issue won't be an issue, but the problem people need to keep in mind is that America is a really big and spread-out country, really big... you know. No wonder we are not getting good solid high speed broadband like Japan does or smaller European countries, let alone having isolated issues like this iPhone 4 antenna problem (which, people that have this issue in their areas seem to also have issues with any phone that they use.) Just my hypothesis.
I was holding the phone the way I do when I talk on it, the way you are apparently not supposed to, left corner and all... it all depends on your area's signal strength (not just in bars on your phone, but how your closest cell towers are handling traffic congestion, etc.) and I think everyone has beaten this dead horse enough; some people have the issue, some people don't, it's as simple as that.
If AT&T really works on getting a solid signal everywhere then this issue won't be an issue, but the problem people need to keep in mind is that America is a really big and spread-out country, really big... you know. No wonder we are not getting good solid high speed broadband like Japan does or smaller European countries, let alone having isolated issues like this iPhone 4 antenna problem (which, people that have this issue in their areas seem to also have issues with any phone that they use.) Just my hypothesis.
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I pay time warner $70/month for 0.5Mbits up and thats as much as they offer for consumer level internet. I'm getting close to 1.5Mbits up with my phone!!!!!! Stupid bastards.
I pay time warner $70/month for 0.5Mbits up and thats as much as they offer for consumer level internet. I'm getting close to 1.5Mbits up with my phone!!!!!! Stupid bastards.