Other iPhone Reception and Technology

[Shanghaichica]

Are you testing an iPhone with both modems and an android simultaneously?

How do you know?

Do we actually have both modems in iPhones in the U.K.? I thought this variance was more of a US issue ?

 

[BiggAW]

Are you testing an iPhone with both modems and an android simultaneously?

How do you know?

Extensive testing and reporting has been done on the subject. The Qualcomm modems hold on longer, and drop to Faux G less than the Intel modems. It's been this way since the iPhone 4 switched from Infineon (later bought by Intel) to Qualcomm for the 4s, and Voila! reception improved.

 

[FFR]

Do we actually have both modems in iPhones in the U.K.? I thought this variance was more of a US issue ?

Nope just the intel.

I don’t think the variance is much of an issue in real world testing, I think it might just be a problem with us carriers.

I get about 130mbps and another poster in another thread got about 210mbps on his iPhone X ... so?

 

[BiggAW]

Nope just the intel.

I don’t think the variance is much of an issue in real world testing, I think it might just be a problem with us carriers.

I get about 130mbps and another poster in another thread got about 210mbps on his iPhone X ... so?

Do you guys have Qualcomm phones over there? Maybe from LG or Motorola? The Samsung ones have Exynos radios in them outside of the US. I don't know how those perform compared to Qualcomm, as we don't have them. However, in the US Qualcomm reigns supreme. Their technology is just better.

Speed is a pissing match. If a Qualcomm phone got 140mbps instead of 130mbps, who cares? Fine. I get that. But when an Intel iPhone has no data at all, and a Qualcomm iPhone or Galaxy S9+ has the equivalent of a T-1 line, that's an infinite difference in usability. Also, skipping on 4x4 MIMO was idiotic, as that helps in weak signal areas, or in congested areas.

 

[Shanghaichica]

Nope just the intel.

I don’t think the variance is much of an issue in real world testing, I think it might just be a problem with us carriers.

I get about 130mbps and another poster in another thread got about 210mbps on his iPhone X ... so?

That’s what I thought.

 

[FFR]

Do you guys have Qualcomm phones over there? Maybe from LG or Motorola? The Samsung ones have Exynos radios in them outside of the US. I don't know how those perform compared to Qualcomm, as we don't have them. However, in the US Qualcomm reigns supreme. Their technology is just better.

Speed is a pissing match. If a Qualcomm phone got 140mbps instead of 130mbps, who cares? Fine. I get that. But when an Intel iPhone has no data at all, and a Qualcomm iPhone or Galaxy S9+ has the equivalent of a T-1 line, that's an infinite difference in usability. Also, skipping on 4x4 MIMO was idiotic, as that helps in weak signal areas, or in congested areas.

Are you testing all phones on the same network?
That might be your problem.
I don’t think The intel modem works on Verizon due to the legacy cdma network.

 

[BiggAW]

Are you testing all phones on the same network?
That might be your problem.
I don’t think The intel modem works on Verizon due to the legacy cdma network.

People have tested them side by side on AT&T, and the Qualcomm ones hold the signal longer.