Right. I should also clarify, I’m not saying I’m not having an issue to annoy people, or to deny that anyone else is. I’m just adding a datapoint to many. I’m sure some people are having issues and that it’s aggravating.
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iPhone XS and XS Max Owners Complain of Wi-Fi and LTE Connectivity Issues
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Right. I should also clarify, I’m not saying I’m not having an issue to annoy people, or to deny that anyone else is. I’m just adding a datapoint to many. I’m sure some people are having issues and that it’s aggravating.
I have to agree.
I hands down wanted a bigger screen but it sucks that
1) Video seems to stutter on the bigger more beautiful screen. LOL
2) I am having reception issues all of a sudden that i am looking into a new router (Nighthawk)
This is all just me refusing to believe this **** has a flaw and having regret because i sold my X. SMH
While Apple was slow to the 4G/LTE game and was still able to grow their customers 7 years ago, I don't think they could do that in today's environment with regard to 5G. Samsung, ZTE, and Huawei would eat them alive overseas. South Korea and China especially are not playing around.
I did have No Service issue one day with my Xs on T-Mobile but that was brief and hasn’t returned. Otherwise my connection at home has never been better. No issues with WiFi either. I wonder if restoring from backup is causing some of these issues for most folks and doing a network reset would help? It’s also possible a software issue. I noticed that I had to repair my series 4 watch and my wife too with her Xs and series 3 watch. Phone would say connected but watch would show disconnected icon. Hopefully 12.1 gets released soon.
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/2851585813
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/2851585813
I’ve been comparing my wife’s 8 to my Xs in the house all day today. There is most definitely a performance decrease on both WiFi and LTE on the Xs. We are on AT&T but she has the unlocked model so I believe it has the Qualcomm modem. This is ridiculous really.
Video shouldn't stutter - that cpu and gpu chip does trillions of calculations per second and is way ahead of qualcomm chips! They said in the keynote!
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Qualcomm clearly makes a superior component. Apple customers deserve the best, especially at this price point. No more crappy Intel modems, please.
This is probably an iOS 12 problem because I am seeing this issue on older iPhones.
It's an Airport Extreme Time Capsule. Other than that, I do not know what the setup is.
Don't think a free bumper case would cut it.
Maybe they should give out a free retractable lte/wifi aerial?
My ipad mini 2 actually has excellent lte and wifi reception everywhere. Is that Qualcomm or Intel?
I wish I could laugh at all of this. But at $1200 it’s a hard pill to swallow. Especially considering this comes in a long line of Apple oopsies.Don't think free bumper case would cut it.
Maybe they should give out a free retractable lte/wifi aerial?
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Ah all phones are getting ludicrously expensive. I'm bracing for the galaxy s10 price to finally upgrade my s7. They really should make the premium price have premium components though.
Wish apple would upgrade the ipad mini. The 2 has been perfect for my tablet needs. Never going to happen though I would guess....
Same. I got mine today (Max) and noticed how slow it was. Tested with my wife’s 8 Plus side by side. Her 8 was faster with a Speedtest on WiFi and more than ten times faster with LTE. Me, 8Mbps dl, her at 90Mbps. Talked with Verizon tech support tonight and all three people I was connected to said I was the first they’ve heard of any issues.
I have no issues with speed on my XS - seeing 80-90 Mbps down on LTE with AT&T, and wifi is easily able to keep up with my Internet speeds 100/100 Fios. Just putting this out there - plus LTE still works on my high floor office area where my 7 just couldn't get a usable signal.
All this Qualcomm business is just in your minds folks. Glad they're slowly being pushed out of their attempted monopoly.
All this Qualcomm business is just in your minds folks. Glad they're slowly being pushed out of their attempted monopoly.
It looks like the WiFi issue can be indeed fixed with software. However, I’m not sure if the same can be done about the cellular thing.
Apple products have alway had issues when they are first released (including software). I always consider the people who buy an Apple product when it is first released as beta testers .
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My T-Mobile XS has zero issues. Faster WiFi,LTE and zero connectivity issues. Battery is a champ too!
Shockingly different speeds huh!? Not something Apple can just shrug off as a “network thing”. Of course they won’t have to cause the will just remain silent.
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It’s not all in our minds. That’s an awfully ludicrous statement to all of us sitting here with concrete evidence that something is clearly awry.
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The iPhone 7 was fixed with a software update for a similar issue some experienced on Verizon. Y’all need to chill with the pitchforks or open a ticket with Apple.
Those likely that are not having the problems are those in markets with saturated towers like a big city where you could be connected to one of ten towers at anytime . Rural users and those on the edge of coverage areas are not going to be able to use any of the XS phones . Just now I made an hour drive and I almost never had full signal. It seemed stuck on 1 to 2 bars the entire trip. The only way I could get 4 bars was to turn my cellular amp on and even then it struggled to give me 4 bars . Fix your crap Apple !!!
My XS Max is defaulting to and getting stuck on 2.4GHz. Had to actually MAC blacklist it on the 2.4GHz network for it to utilize 5.0GHz.
Once again your experience doesn't speak for everyone else's. Share what is going on with your phone in your situation, but quit trying to make it sound like the rest of us that have already clearly stated we've used our phone in very fringe areas without issue. This issue is not impacting every single phone. Enough already!