iPhone 4S wifi isn't as good

[Obscurelight]

Has anyone else noticed that the 4S wifi isn't as good as it was previously on the iPhone 4? Now in certain areas in my home where I previously used wifi on my 4 became unusable on the 4S. The 4S doesn't seem to have as long a range as the 4. This is the case with 3 different 4Ses ive tried and my network setup has not been messed with or changed in any. Anyone experiencing what I'm noticing for the wifi?

 

[Jordan921]

I'm not noticing my wifi range being any worse.

 

[Gathomblipoob]

My wifi seems fine here as well.

 

[Mr.C]

Mine is the same. I see no difference between my previous iPhone 4 and my current iPhone 4S.

 

[Obscurelight]

Hmmm maybe my airports are dying then

 

[blue43fan]

Actually, I've noticed the exact opposite. When I first tuned on wifi, I picked up at least five more networks than usual, and strangely enough, it seems to connect to my network at a much further distance. I've never had a device that could pick up my wifi network half way down my street, but my iPhone 4s somehow does.

 

[soonadog]

I suspect it can vary from phone to phone, and maybe your new one just isn't as good as other new 4S's.

My girlfriend and I both got new 4's at the same time, and were in Mexico where wifi was weak, and her reception was noticeably better - I would have to leave our room and find a sweet spot when she had a stronger signal right in our room.

I posted on this but nobody else had noticed a variation between phones. Signals are usually strong so most people probably never notice anyway - we just happened to be in an area with a borderline signal strength and we had two phones we used at the same time, so we had a comparison (and we had data turned off).

 

[deeddawg]

My 4S wifi is better than my 4's was. I can fully saturate my downlink bandwidth (speedtest app shows ~20Mbps) with the 4S and my 4 only managed 70% of that at best. Using a Netgear WNDR3700 router.