“A study measuring the performance of the iPhone 4S on the three major U.S. wireless carriers found AT&T to be superior in Web browsing and data downloads and uploads when compared to Apple’s latest smartphone on either the Verizon Wireless or Sprint networks,” Matt Hamblen reports for Computerworld.
“iPhone newcomer Sprint was found to be superior with its iPhone 4S for network voice quality on the uplink (when the user is speaking), but Sprint was also about five times slower in Web browsing and data downloads than AT&T, according to the study released Friday by Metrico Wireless, a mobile performance measurement company,” Hamblen reports. “Verizon finished in the middle on those data tests, but trailed the other two carriers in voice quality.”
Hamblen reports, “AT&T was twice as fast as Verizon in Web browsing with the iPhone 4S, recording average page load times of 1.29 seconds, compared with Verizon’s 2.60 seconds. Sprint’s version of the phone took an average of 6.44 seconds for Web browsing page loads, according to Amit Malhotra, vice president of marketing at Metrico, in an interview.”
Read more in the full article here.
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Getting 5+ Mbps D/L from here.
Not on AT&T (or US for that matter), but I got almost 8.5 Mbps in downtown Toronto. That’s almost as fast as my cable internet.
At what cost per month?
$55 for 250 daytime minutes, 6 GB data on Telus. My speed tests were around 11 at night and 8 in the morning while there for a day. I just did a test in Ottawa; averaged 7+ and peaked at 8.1 Mbps. Both blow away the maximum recorded AT&T speed noted in the article.
For comparison reasons only:
In Finland you get iPhone 4S 16GB with 500 units that you can use either minutes or text messages and full rate internet (ie. iPhone’s maximum speed) plus limitless data for 38,90€ from one of our operators called DNA. That is 50,44 American and 51,74 Canadian dollars. You have tethering of course, but you don’t have visual voice mail.
For comparison reasons only:
American dollar sucks that bad?
For comparison reasons only:
Damn I forgot that 32GB model makes 4€ extra and the 64GB is 9€ more. Kick lots of Android asses packet costs you 47,90€ monthly.
or comparison reasons only:
Damn.. ie 5€ more more…not 9€.
(32GB->64GB)
I do have visual voicemail included in the $55, though it’s a special plan, normally it would be part of an optional $10 package.
I switched from att to verizon and i see faster speeds and way better voice quality. With att i would always be switching back and forth between 3G and E and that has not happened with verizon. lets not even get started on the droped calls. I know its about location. Im in the cincinnati, oh area
Whenever I go back home (Cincy) for a visit, I definitely get slower speeds and actually revert to Edge sometimes. Here in Philly the only time I revert to Edge is deep down in the subway.
“Can you hear me now?”
“Yeah, but you sound like crap.”
If At&t is the fastest, wow. Sprint and Verizon are slower? Yikes.
I’m on At&t near Chicago, and the 3G speeds leave a lot to be desired. The speed is still an issue as far as I am concerned. Very pricey for how slow it can be.
I’ve used both ATT and Verizon in the Boston area, and there’s no question that ATT is superior, especially for data.
AT&T is fastest? Perhaps. But it makes no difference when they are years behind with their network upgrades to 3G and LTE in comparison to Verizon. It also makes no difference in the locations where there is not enough network capacity. When too many AT&T users are in one location… Bye bye data network, and goo luck making or receiving calls.
Right now I’m waiting out the contract on my AT&T and then I’ll switch to Verizon. Theoretical maximums are irrelevant when there is insufficient network capacity.
most of the time it’s not exactly the carriers fault with towers.
so many permits and restrictions to put up a tower. It’s not like they can just walk out and drop a cell tower wherever they want. Can take years for all the BS to get taken care of so one can go up.
Thats why Verizon was smart and just bought out their competitors.. used their existing towers.
Considering Verizon can’t even perform the simplest of tasks, such as simultaneous voice and data, I’d hardly state AT&T are “years behind” anyone.
I can’t even imagine being on a such a backwards network as Verizons- Can you imagine having to hang up your phone each time your computer accessed the internet?
Wow! Is that archaic or what? Sounds downright 1980 to me.
I have an iPhone 4S on Verizon for my business use and an iPhone 4 on AT&T. I’ve suspected for a while that AT&T was better simply because the Verizon people were so vocal (that’s usually a good sign they’re either lying or just ignorant). I now have imperial data to back it up. Voice calls are more garbled on Verizon and day is way slower. This is using 3G with both phones. When 3G is shotty AT&T switches to EDGE (which I’m thankful for); Verizon still says it has a great 3G signal, but simply stops working.
Meant to say data is way slower on Verizon, not day.