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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?
 
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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.
 

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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
 
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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.
 

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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
 

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Speed Test?

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.
 

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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.
 

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Just ran my first speed test:

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Sent from my iPhone 4S using Tapatalk.
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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!
 

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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?
 

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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


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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.
 

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