Then people are complaining that that it's slow in low service areas. Hmm. Alright. I'm at home right now. Where I go between 1-2 dots of service. I'd call that low service.
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Then people are complaining that that it's slow in low service areas. Hmm. Alright. I'm at home right now. Where I go between 1-2 dots of service. I'd call that low service.
metllicamilitia
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Incorrect, the piece of tech in question is not the radio itself. It also states the performance difference occurs when your connectivity reaches a strength of roughly -105. So it would be a comparison of a Verizon/Sprint iPhone at 1-2 bars and an AT&T/T-Mobile at 1-2 bars.
itsnotmeitsyou
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Okay? Why did you need to quote me in it? I'm not the one who created the thread. I was only citing sources.
metllicamilitia
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I quoted you because you're comment was about people taking it out of context. The context is that in areas with weak coverage the intel chip is a subpar chip. However in real world usage there is no difference. As far as the source, they manufactured the situations for testing rather than testing in real world situations.
Nope. I have averaged 1-2 dots where I live with this 7 plus, the 6s plus, the 6 plus, the 5s, and the 5.
donnation
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Where is it saying that the intel version has a weaker antenna than the Qualcomm version? They'd both have 2 bars, but according to the source the Qualcomm version would be faster in the lower signal areas.
The Cubs are going to the World Series because the iPhone for Verizon has a Qualcomm. If it didn't, then the Dodgers would be going. :rotfl:
YankInDaSouth
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This is interesting... when I first got my T-Mobile iPhone 7 Plus I ran speed tests and got about 60-70mbs down in an area that my S7 Edge consistently got 100+mbs down. Honestly didn't think anything of it but reading this article may explain why.
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Since I still have my IP6+ 64GB as I have not yet sent it in to AT&T for the trade-in promo, I compared LTE speeds against my new IP7+ 128GB. Both are AT&T phones (and I confirmed that my new one has the Intel modem). My conclusion was that in the house where I normally average 2 bars, the IP6+ was reporting a mean of 28MBits/sec while the IP7+ was showing a mean of 22MBits/sec. While its not the end of the world for me, I am deeply troubled by the realization of what if my reception was worse than my home which is very likely in my day-to-day usage (e.g. my office averages 1 bar). Besides the obvious moronic (and greed-based) oversight on Apple's part, do I need to spell out the obvious dire implications in an emergency situation?
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njlx2016
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I would love to see the actual signal strength number on my AT&T 7 Plus but Field Test Mode is broken...
Maybe it will get fixed in 10.1 but I'm not holding my breath.
Maybe it will get fixed in 10.1 but I'm not holding my breath.
Wifi is the middle test result. 65.85 down. My home wifi. Which is right around what all my others got.
Ledsteplin
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Your down is ok. It's your upload that looks a bit slow. If you upload stuff ok, then I wouldn't worry much.
The 7 and 8 for upload isn't too bad.
njlx2016
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I installed 10.1 a little while ago and I'm getting significantly worse speed test results on LTE compared to 10.0.3. Could be a transient network condition or background stuff still going on from the update, though. I'll try after work when I'm in a better coverage area.
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