people seem to talk about this new iPhone 1428 tweaked as a world wonder, what are the real life speeds of this AWS 3G? that people don't even use, as they'll prefer LTE most of the times?
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Real speeds of HSPA+ 42
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The new iPhone 1428 is only beneficial to T-Mobile customers.
It's wonderful because T-Mobile's 1900 MHz refarmed 3G is scarce and spotty compared to their AWS 3G. Not to mention they just released LTE today to a few markets (less than 10). For the majority, they only get edge/2G which is equivalent to dial up speeds. That's why it's so awesome and great
for what I've seen on youtube their HSPA+ 42 real life speeds are like 12 mpbs and sometimes at&t can achieve that or more
I can achieve around 10 Mbps on 14.4 Mbps 3G networks, so I'd assume 42 Mbps 3G networks should do even better than that.
Good luck getting speeds like that on AT&T's HSPA network in any major city. On LTE, yes, but not 3G.
I get 12mb on my HSPA+ 21 in Miami which has been refarmed. So if that is the case having AWS doesn't matter for me if it really has nothing to do with LTE.
Highest I've ever seen on HSPA+ 42 was 25mbps with my HTC One S. Bad ping times compared to LTE though but similar download speeds.
My friend easily pulled 25mbps down on his T-Mobile Galaxy S3 while my iPhone 4S was getting like 7mbps down on ATT.
T-Mobile HSPA+ is much faster, but not as consistent as AT&T's. AT&T also has 100+ million customers on their network while T-Mobile only has 34 million.
T-Mobile HSPA+ is much faster, but not as consistent as AT&T's. AT&T also has 100+ million customers on their network while T-Mobile only has 34 million.