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Video Compares iPhone 6 Plus 802.11ac Wi-Fi Speeds to 802.11n iPhone 5s Speeds
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Something isn't right here though.
The iPhone 5s definitely does NOT top out at 100 Mbps on an N network with, what looks like, around 275-300 Mbps bandwidth potential being piped in from the ISP.
My ISP pipes in 115 Mbps to me, and under ideal testing scenario, my 5s gets a full 115 Mbps. Repeatedly.
So why would another 5s, under the same "conditions"...with a potential for 300 Mbps....barely top 100 Mbps?
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No, you should be getting the full 100 down if your network is configured properly.
The iPhone 5s definitely does NOT top out at 100 Mbps on an N network with, what looks like, around 275-300 Mbps bandwidth potential being piped in from the ISP.
My ISP pipes in 115 Mbps to me, and under ideal testing scenario, my 5s gets a full 115 Mbps. Repeatedly.
So why would another 5s, under the same "conditions"...with a potential for 300 Mbps....barely top 100 Mbps?
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No, you should be getting the full 100 down if your network is configured properly.
If you are on the same ISP it wouldn't make any difference whatsoever.
*(This joke though is kinda banned!)
So 802.11ac is faster than 802.11n just like on any other device that supports it on an ac wireless network? Crazy!
It's still a potential reason to upgrade from your current iPhone to 6 if you are on the fence.
If you havent had a chance to check out the 4.7 model. The rounded edges and thickness just work together to produce a device that after 15 minutes doesnt feel bigger in your hand, but has obvious impact with the display size.
You lose a tiny bit of one handed accessibility into the top/right corner (I use mine left handed), but text entry, app UIs, etc., all work perfect with one hand.
This is starting to become important
I used to scoff at the importance of WiFi speed because it used to be the case that our ISP connection was the unquestioned bottleneck for all non-local connectivity (and if you needed fast local connectivity, you could always just plug in), but our cable modem goes at ~100 mbps now. It's not really possible to saturate that connection wirelessly anymore without something like 802.11ac and having the full attention of your access point.
But also, as speeds are going up, it seems to me that the result really isn't a faster or better individual experience anymore. Rather, it's simply that that "maximal" individual experience can scale horizontally better as the speeds go up.
I used to scoff at the importance of WiFi speed because it used to be the case that our ISP connection was the unquestioned bottleneck for all non-local connectivity (and if you needed fast local connectivity, you could always just plug in), but our cable modem goes at ~100 mbps now. It's not really possible to saturate that connection wirelessly anymore without something like 802.11ac and having the full attention of your access point.
But also, as speeds are going up, it seems to me that the result really isn't a faster or better individual experience anymore. Rather, it's simply that that "maximal" individual experience can scale horizontally better as the speeds go up.
Considering I will now have my iPhone plugged in upstairs where I get good cell reception, and then sending phone calls to my iPad? A lot.
But what does this speed do for the new iPhone?
100mb is plenty.
There's no streaming service that uses bandwidth near that high.
Now Apple is playing the spec game but this one is not really useful the typical user.
I guess it could be useful to make copying a file quicker from the iPhone to a computer so you can send the file via email.
Should of added more memory instead...
Speaking of that... Why does it STILL seem to hardly work with iOS 8? It's 2014. This should be a done deal by now. But no. To get my rather modest (~15G) music collection onto my new 6 it took well over a dozen attempts with various combinations of checkboxes in iTunes... And that initial sync didn't work at all over WiFi.
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To be fair, people have said that about every major OS update from every vendor since Babbage.
This is a horrible way to show this test. For all we know, their ISP caps them at about 375Mbps and AC is just better at hogging more of the bandwidth. The speeds need to be tested at different times, though right after the other to keep conditions as close as possible.
Am I the only one who wants that app? Would much prefer that to the Ookla app. Just be sure to make it iOS 6 compatible #
Not just for home use anymore...
This will help me a little at home, for things like WiFi iTunes sync as others have mentioned, but not a lot.
However, my BYoD-friendly employer just installed a new WiFi environment throughout the office that supports 802.11ac and I can already see a HUGE difference in WiFi performance for all that I do with the phone there. Of course, some of the traffic is Internet bound as well and because of their "fat pipe" to the ISP I also see a difference in that use case too.
Y'all (well, most of y'all anyway) need to stop thinking so "self-dimensionally" - this is an improvement for anyone that can take advantage of it - and as time goes on that will include more and more people. Good to have a capable device early even if the infrastructure you have available to you today can't handle its capabilities...yet.
This will help me a little at home, for things like WiFi iTunes sync as others have mentioned, but not a lot.
However, my BYoD-friendly employer just installed a new WiFi environment throughout the office that supports 802.11ac and I can already see a HUGE difference in WiFi performance for all that I do with the phone there. Of course, some of the traffic is Internet bound as well and because of their "fat pipe" to the ISP I also see a difference in that use case too.
Y'all (well, most of y'all anyway) need to stop thinking so "self-dimensionally" - this is an improvement for anyone that can take advantage of it - and as time goes on that will include more and more people. Good to have a capable device early even if the infrastructure you have available to you today can't handle its capabilities...yet.
In the US? Or in countries with actual high-speed internet access widely deployed?
Yeah, thatd sure be nice on my home network
if my home network were ac
and if any of the other devices connected to my home network were ac
Nope, Im limited by the fact that Im still using devices and computers that use g and n.
ac wi-fi wont be a selling point on a phone for me for a while. Win me over some other way.
Nope, Im limited by the fact that Im still using devices and computers that use g and n.
ac wi-fi wont be a selling point on a phone for me for a while. Win me over some other way.