Talk iPhone 4S data speeds here

**davidmets** · 10-14-2011, 08:27 PM

Not sure if it just me but my iPhone 4S on Verizon takes FOREVER to load on 3G, like 2-3 minutes per page. On Wi-Fi it's blazing fast.....I live in NY area so my connection should be good and I had a Droid X before hand and it was fine on 3G. I called Verizon but they just said it will take some time for everything to work. It's now 6 hours later and it's still slow. Any suggestions to fix?

**Premium1** · 10-14-2011, 08:30 PM

Mine is faster on 3G than my thunderbolt was on 3G. Maybe you are in a congested area because mine takes no where near that to load pages.

**davidmets** · 10-14-2011, 08:36 PM

I just shut off Push notifications and that has somewhat helped the speed of it but it's still rather slow

Edit: Never mind it's still the same..........

hopefully that this is just a one time thing today

**ilwhana** · 10-14-2011, 08:47 PM

mine was slow once.
But it got fixed after I turned off wifi.

**Irish Rose** · 10-14-2011, 09:05 PM

I'm using the 4S on AT&T, my 3G speed is blazing fast.

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**label facing right** · 10-14-2011, 09:09 PM

Mine is just as fast ( or slow) on sprint 3G as my nexus s was. Network speeds are really subjective though. Depending on where you are, how many people are on the tower your connected to, etc.

**davidmets** · 10-14-2011, 09:16 PM

Yeah but the only difference is that on my droid it worked 10x faster on 3G but on wifi the 4 S destroys. Gonna give it a couple of days but it's painfully slow on 3G

**hpcomputergeek** · 10-14-2011, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by Irish Rose

I'm using the 4S on AT&T, my 3G speed is blazing fast.

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Oh yes it is

**gatorfan79** · 10-14-2011, 09:32 PM

What kind of speeds are you guys getting? My WiFi speed is faster than the speed of my MacBook Pro!

I'm on Verizon:

On WiFi - 10.92mbps down, 1.44mbps up

On 3G - 1.53mbps down, .68mbps up

In my house I only have 3 bars... so I'm thinking 1.53 isn't too bad, but I'm usually on wifi at home anyway.

**MattMJB0188** · 10-14-2011, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by gatorfan79

What kind of speeds are you guys getting? My WiFi speed is faster than the speed of my MacBook Pro!

I'm on Verizon:

On WiFi - 10.92mbps down, 1.44mbps up

On 3G - 1.53mbps down, .68mbps up

In my house I only have 3 bars... so I'm thinking 1.53 isn't too bad, but I'm usually on wifi at home anyway.

No that's not bad at all for 3G speeds. I managed to get about 3.99Mbps down at home with AT&T. Was expecting around 6-8Mbps considering this phone supports 14.4Mbps. Oh well.

**Irish Rose** · 10-14-2011, 10:37 PM

Just ran my first speed test:

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**GibMcFragger#AC** · 10-14-2011, 10:41 PM

Getting about 5 Mbps down / 1.24 Mbps up on average on Bell. It's meh.

**j7469** · 10-14-2011, 10:51 PM

Speed test aren't always the best way to quantify how fast download speeds are. I've owned both Verizon and AT&T iP4 (at the same time for a bit) and while the AT&T always had a higher download speed per the app, real life was much closer than the results read.

**Ric0chet** · 10-15-2011, 12:07 AM

Much improved download speeds compared to my iPhone 4. Best SpeedTest result was 5.97 Mbps.

**Rex_Suggs** · 10-15-2011, 01:02 AM

so on the att iphone 4s does it not have the hspda+ icon on the top only the 3g icon?

**johndhynes** · 10-15-2011, 03:32 AM

My speed tests are so inconsistent I don't know what to think, both on 4 and 4S. The best I got today on 4S was 4.5/1, but sometimes it was under 1. Last week I actually got one test of 8.5/6! But I usually have only 2 or 3 bars at home.

**boomhower1820** · 10-15-2011, 03:55 AM

MIne is FAST. When I switched to Verizon I got a used OG Droid and noticed speeds seemed to be slower than on the EVO I forced to roam on Verizon to test the network, and it was. I am getting speeds that are double or better in weak areas with the 4S than the Droid. Reception is fantastic!

**alpinestars1z** · 10-15-2011, 03:56 AM

Originally Posted by johndhynes

My speed tests are so inconsistent I don't know what to think, both on 4 and 4S. The best I got today on 4S was 4.5/1, but sometimes it was under 1. Last week I actually got one test of 8.5/6! But I usually have only 2 or 3 bars at home.

Well it can depend on signal and network traffic. As long as web pages load quickly, and you can watch YouTube videos and such, I wouldn't be too concerned about the speed.

Hmm... You have AT&T in SF. I heard they suck there. Is it true?

**KCook3** · 10-15-2011, 05:54 AM

Just tested Download 3.46 mbps, upload 1.61 mbps in Ann Arbor MI Test one

second test was 3.78 download and 1.60 upload

KC

**Dark_Blu** · 10-15-2011, 08:21 AM

Wifi is definitely fast. I'm accustomed to Sprint's 3G Speed, which Gizmodo tested against Verizon and AT&T. While Sprint has the slowest of the three network speeds, we don't have HSPA+, so that's probably why. It doesn't matter to me because we have unlimited and they don't. 3G is plenty good for me.

**KCook3** · 10-15-2011, 09:08 AM

Retested in Ann Arbor at a different location and got 9.45 download, 1.72 upload!!

KC

**davidmets** · 10-15-2011, 10:49 AM

So I just took it outside my home earlier today for a test and I was surprised. It was MUCH quicker outside my home on 3G, I never did a SpeedTest but at home I'm getting .27 Mbps download and .02 upload which is SLOOOOOW. It's not a major problem I guess since I can always use Wi-Fi in my house but its just weird as my old Droid never had this problem........

Edit: Just ran on Wi-Fi...20.27 Download and 8.03 upload so its not the phone

**RobActivatesiOS5** · 10-15-2011, 01:51 PM

Yeah my data speeds haven't been extremely faster, but they are relatively double of what I used to have with the iPhone 4. They're nowhere near the theoretical maximum, but at least I know the potential is there. Moreover, the reception has definitely been improved a great deal.