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Iphone 6+ vs iPad air 2 Wi-Fi Speeds

Jimpilot

Jimpilot

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I am consistently getting speed in the high 40s with iPad and about half that on The iPhone 6 +.

I am using same spot, same Wi-Fi network and same app to measure. Been this way for several weeks, so not a temp issue.

Is there a setting or something I'm missing or is it just that way.
 
Jimpilot said:
I am consistently getting speed in the high 40s with iPad and about half that on The iPhone 6 +.

I am using same spot, same Wi-Fi network and same app to measure. Been this way for several weeks, so not a temp issue.

Is there a setting or something I'm missing or is it just that way.
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Do you have both 5GHz and 2.4GHz WiFi? If so, are they using the same SSID or two separate network names? It's possible you have a dual-band router with the same SSID, and your 6+ is connecting to 2.4GHz.

What are you using to test?
 
Testing with both speed test and speed smart.

I have a Verizon FIOS router I suspect it has both. How can I tell which it is connecting to?
 
I have a 6+ and a IPad Air and wife has a 6, they all run about 50mbps while my 2 Apple computers run 120mbps which is what I pay for. Same test, same place, same time. The strange thing I can't figure out is my wife had a Galaxy S5 for 3 days, it tested out to 120mbps every time. Just not sure why my IPad and IPhones only get 1/2 speed?
 
Jimpilot said:
I am consistently getting speed in the high 40s with iPad and about half that on The iPhone 6 +.

I am using same spot, same Wi-Fi network and same app to measure. Been this way for several weeks, so not a temp issue.

Is there a setting or something I'm missing or is it just that way.
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sounds right the iPad has more antennas than the iPhone

Haswell iMac 802.11AC 3 antennas maximum theoretical speed of up to 1300Mbs
iPad Air 2 802.11AC 3x3 MIMO maximum theoretical speed of up to 866Mbs
iPhone 6 & 6+ 802.11AC maximum theoretical speed of up to 433Mbs
iPad Air 802.11N 2x2 MIMO maximum theoretical speed of up to 300Mbs
iPad Mini 802.11N 2x2 MIMO maximum theoretical speed of up to 300Mbs
iPhone 5 & 5s 802.11N maximum theoretical speed of up to 150Mbs
 
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lordofthereef said:
Being that it's a fios router, it is likely not AC.

Shouldn't matter though.
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My data speeds were horrible with my airport express. I'm sure there are other factors but when I switched to a 1900AC router
I got the advertised speed from Time Warner cable. The OP can put the Fios router in bridged mode and use a better router.
 
osofast240sx said:
My data speeds were horrible with my airport express. I'm sure there are other factors but when I switched to a 1900AC router
I got the advertised speed from Time Warner cable. The OP can put the Fios router in bridged mode and use a better router.
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Has to be something else involved. Your bottleneck is almost certainly your ISP, and always has been, theoretically.

The fios routers, however, are junk. But that has nothing to do with the lack of AC standard. I actually called fios on the issue once... they told me that they only guarantee their speeds over ethernet and not wifi... whatever guys lol.
 
lordofthereef said:
Has to be something else involved. Your bottleneck is almost certainly your ISP, and always has been, theoretically.

The fios routers, however, are junk. But that has nothing to do with the lack of AC standard. I actually called fios on the issue once... they told me that they only guarantee their speeds over ethernet and not wifi... whatever guys lol.
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i have TWC 300/20 with the airport express I could not get my devices above 80Mbps. Now my speeds are are:
iMac ethernet 340Mbps
iMac wi-fi 330Mbps
iPad air2 300Mbps
iPhone 6+ 250Mbps
 
osofast240sx said:
i have TWC 300/20 with the airport express I could not get my devices above 80Mbps. Now my speeds are are:
iMac ethernet 340Mbps
iMac wi-fi 330Mbps
iPad air2 300Mbps
iPhone 6+ 250Mbps
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How did you manage that? Using the TWC supplied arris router I get 75 Mbit max on my 6+ and 102 max on my iPad mini retina. Same 300/20 service.

My PC is connected Ethernet which sees 324 Mbit every single time, so the connection isn't a problem.
 
themyst said:
How did you manage that? Using the TWC supplied arris router I get 75 Mbit max on my 6+ and 102 max on my iPad mini retina. Same 300/20 service.

My PC is connected Ethernet which sees 324 Mbit every single time, so the connection isn't a problem.
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im using the Arris Surfboard SB6183 it has 16 bonded channels download 4 bonded channels upload. currently this is the only modem that is compatible with TWC maxium speeds. i would also suggest a Asus AC68U router
 
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osofast240sx said:
i have TWC 300/20 with the airport express I could not get my devices above 80Mbps. Now my speeds are are:
iMac ethernet 340Mbps
iMac wi-fi 330Mbps
iPad air2 300Mbps
iPhone 6+ 250Mbps
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If your ISP is giving you over 300 Mbps, then yes, your bottlneck was 802.11n

It still doesn't explain why you were throttled at 80mbps. We have a 150Mbps connection with our airport and we get that throughout the house on all devices. 80Mbps is nowhere near what your cap should be, so it was either a faulty device, some sort of interference, or the router may not have been setup proerly?

Regardless, it also doesn't explain the OP's situation at all where he is getting wildly different speeds with different devices. That should have nothing to do with the wifi standard of the router, assuming all other controls are equal (distance from router, nothing else pullling data, etc.)
 
lordofthereef said:
If your ISP is giving you over 300 Mbps, then yes, your bottlneck was 802.11n

It still doesn't explain why you were throttled at 80mbps. We have a 150Mbps connection with our airport and we get that throughout the house on all devices. 80Mbps is nowhere near what your cap should be, so it was either a faulty device, some sort of interference, or the router may not have been setup proerly?

Regardless, it also doesn't explain the OP's situation at all where he is getting wildly different speeds with different devices. That should have nothing to do with the wifi standard of the router, assuming all other controls are equal (distance from router, nothing else pullling data, etc.)
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each device has as different antenna setup, the difference in data rate for each device may be a factor in the actual speeds
 
I have to agree that if the router were the issue it would be on all devices. Oh and the router is AC also. The antenna sounds like the obvious issue.

I was hoping I might have something set wrong or something.
 
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I had the same issue. My rMBP was much faster than my iPad Air 2 and iPhone 6 Plus.

I use Airport Extreme as my wireless router. I went in and changed the name of my connection to reflect 5GHz. That way the two connections are named differently and if you have Wifi ac you can connect.

After I did that and connect my two devices they get almost the same speed as my rMBP.

Hope that helps.
 
I have a Time Capsule AC and Comcast

iPhone 6+ had a download of 123 mpbs and upload of 22 mpbs
iPad Air 2 had a download of 127 mpbs and upload of 24 mpbs

Very comparable speeds
 
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