My friend living next door got a new iPhone XS Max with a new Carrier, She immediately complained that the carrier has worst signals then her previous one. I told her to try that new carrier SIM card on her old iPhone 7 with Qualcomm Modem, and it was at least a noticeable difference. I didn't told her about the Modem Story, I just said XS Max's signal is not well tuned yet and may be fixed in iOS 13 , ( I know it won't, but I hope she felt better that way. It is a new low with Apple that we had to lie. )
That's not so bad, so wondering why it feels so bad in real-world, iPhone Max reception is really bad in low signal area
Why, how many use cases depend on the difference between 250 down and 300 down.Embarrassing a $1000.00 plus device slower than another one that starts off at $669.00.
I agree with this. LTE takes longer to lock onto, on the max vs my old 6s.What drives me personally crazy on my max is how long it takes to switch back to LTE. Sometimes I need to put it on airplane mode for a second for it to go back to LTE from edge or no signal
Embarrassing a $1000.00 plus device slower than another one that starts off at $669.00.
"In a test with poorer LTE signal, the iPhone XS Max saw the slowest speeds and was outperformed by all of the Qualcomm chips."
Could be the chip, could also be the antenna design...
Seems like you hit the jackpot at the location you were at around noon on December 14, 2018. Was this near a tower? The rest of the speeds seem typical and not anywhere near the 1Gbps to 2Gbps they were talking about.
so another person validates what thousands of MR forum members have been griping about since day 1: Reception of the Max sucks in low signal strength areas.
Read all about the misery and join the party
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-the-xs-max-even-worse-than-iphone-x.2140854/
I don't actually remember about being near a tower. However, speeds are dependent on network congestion as well as the back-end server you choose to connect to. I would like to see a speedtest with 1gbps on LTE.Seems like you hit the jackpot at the location you were at around noon on December 14, 2018. Was this near a tower? The rest of the speeds seem typical and not anywhere near the 1Gbps to 2Gbps they were talking about.
I agree with this. LTE takes longer to lock onto, on the max vs my old 6s.
Definitely not instantly, but maybe about two or three seconds.Maybe it’s the carrier? My XS Max picks up LTE pretty much instantly.