YouTube user “ApplicandoMovie” has posted a video of the same Apple iPhone displayed side-by-side on 2.5G EDGE vs. 3G HSDPA (via Wi-Fi using an iMac with an HSDPA modem) to give viewers an idea of the speed differences between the two cellular wireless technologies.
The test shows the same website loading in 30 seconds on 2.5G EDGE vs. 16 seconds on 3G HSDPA.
Video Shootout: Apple iPhone on 2.5G EDGE vs. 3G HSDPA:
(in Italian and English)
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Len” for the heads up.]
No 3g coverage. Half of my state doesn’t even have cell coverage, let alone 3g, from my viewpoint ATT has other things to work on than 3g
no offence gringos, but releasing a 3G iPhone has a lot more to do with Apple expanding into Europe, Asia and Australia – where 3G is now the norm – than it does with the US market.
“AT&T;is going to have to pump up their 3G coverage…plain and simple.”
You’re right. Today it only covers all major cities and half the US population. They had better get working on all the minor cities and the other half of the population quickly.
“mostly all 3G phones have EDGE as a backup for when you can’t get a 3G signal.”
All GSM 3G phones have Edge backup when you can’t get a 3G signal. For Apple Fanboys, 3G has problems because they cannot use it with an iPhone so have to pretend it sucks. For the rest of us, it works well and is much much faster. Only 2xSpeed up on HSPDA? I wonder what that guy was doing to slow it down? Running it through an Mac or something?
You have to try Iphoneiquity (http://www.thesmespace.com/smeutils/iphoneiquity) – it compresses any website, formats it for the Iphone and gives a unique URL to save. you can also strip out images if you want. It is very fast and I have and Edge bookmark folder for sites I want to access that are”heavy” under Edge.
no offense but the majority of people are not walking around with 3G equipped phones in australia.
85% of people would not even have heard of it.
England and indeed Continental Europe is no doubt better, but because the devices people use 3G on are so craptacular (particularly in web page rendering) in performance, it really is a bit of a myth that America is so far behind in real world speed (if you use an iPhone).
The iPhone will move to a basically untenable lead when the 3G version is released.
No other device will have its combination of UI/speed/exchange support/coolness factor/music/video capabilities.