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- vizerei, on 06/30/2009, -4/+21Your title is sensationalism, but your description refutes it.
Buried. - zephc, on 06/30/2009, -4/+21This is retarded - the speed-ups are in the processor and graphics chip - of *course* your net will be the same speed on the same 3G network at the same frequencies.
Buried for stupidness - velofog, on 06/30/2009, -5/+18You mean to tell me that AT&T's network sucks? I can't believe it!
- MeLikeyTacos, on 06/30/2009, -0/+12If they're just testing the speed of the cellular network, then I wouldn't expect much of a difference no matter what phone you use. Hardware differences will only have a minor effect, same as testing two comparable computers on the same physical network.
- Subiklim, on 06/30/2009, -0/+8Well, naturally. AT&T hasn't implemented their HSPDA network yet, and don't planning on doing so until 2010.
- wastern, on 07/01/2009, -0/+6This is a rather stupid benchmark and misleading title. The 3GS will result in faster rendering times for the page once it gets the data down, not faster network speed.
- spazzcat, on 07/01/2009, -0/+5Update: AT&T tells us that the trial is only live in Chicago on a handful of cell sites and on an internal basis, so none of you guys should be connecting to the faster network. The public trials are coming later this year, so it makes sense that the speeds are exactly the same.
- blackinthmiddle, on 06/30/2009, -1/+5"Hardware differences will only have a minor effect"
Depends on how much better the hardware is. Clearly, an iPhone won't compete with a Core Duo equipped laptop hooked up to the same wi-fi network. Obviously at some point you get diminishing returns and you wouldn't expect an 8 core processor to download web content faster than a Quad core, for example. However, the bottle neck when it comes to network speed is still the hardware when it comes to the iPhone. Quite frankly, I would have expected better from the 3GS. - musicforus, on 07/01/2009, -1/+5FTA: "AT&T tells us that the trial is only live in Chicago on a handful of cell sites and on an internal basis, so none of you guys should be connecting to the faster network. The public trials are coming later this year, so it makes sense that the speeds are exactly the same."
- MeLikeyTacos, on 06/30/2009, -0/+4Absolutely right, which why I said against "comparable computers".
Anyway, I'm jealous of those of you who actually have 3G coverage...I'm stuck with EDGE over here :( - gmancometh28, on 07/01/2009, -0/+3I think the whole point of the 3Gs was to improve processing power, not network speed. Apple's claims are more geared toward smoother running apps and whatnot. Either way the old 3G is a pretty good deal for $99.
- wastern, on 07/01/2009, -0/+2I don't follow it that closely, my phone works, thats all I tend to care about.
But I read in another network speed test article comparing different networks in different areas that the reason AT&T had a faster upload then everyone else was due to their HSPDA rollout. I never really looked into it, just kind of took them at their word. - wastern, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2a guy I work with was testing it out. When he had 2.2 jailbroken, tethering wirelessly he was getting around 3mb. With the iPhone native tethering and USB he's getting about .5mb. Still fast enough for basic browsing, but much, much slower. There has to be some throttling going on there
- ssnake937, on 07/01/2009, -2/+4 not the iPhones fault AT&T sucks dick.
*point back*
HAW HAW, - LumpOfCole, on 07/01/2009, -1/+3The 3GS supports 7.2Mbps networks while the 3G supports up to 3.6Mbps networks. The only place in America with a 7.2Mbps network is Chicago. The test shows that it doesn't matter that the Chicago network is 7.2Mbps because the Chicago AT&T network is sucky.
- inactive, on 06/30/2009, -2/+4Try using a N64 emulator and see if that makes a difference. While I will never buy an iPhone (I have my reasons), its pretty clear that its not just the modem speed, but the CPU speed that was increased. So some programs may benefit from this bump in speed. Wouldnt suprise me if N64 or Dreamcast emulators find new life on the iPhone.
- wastern, on 07/01/2009, -0/+2Of course you have a way to use your minutes. Talk more. Problem solved. Just hand your phone over to a teenaged girl for a couple days, those will be gone.
- Logal, on 07/01/2009, -0/+2People trying to test out the Chicago HSPA sites are retarded. They are limited to internal use only. Man, try to verify ***** before you go posting fud everywhere.
- aznhomig, on 07/01/2009, -0/+2inb4flamewar
- benhollister, on 07/01/2009, -0/+2RTFA, "AT&T tells us that the trial is only live in Chicago on a handful of cell sites and on an internal basis, so none of you guys should be connecting to the faster network. The public trials are coming later this year, so it makes sense that the speeds are exactly the same."
- Joest23, on 07/01/2009, -1/+3Pfft. AT&T's network is still better with Verizon's. Verizon's speed claims are ludicrous.
http://b2b.vzw.com/broadband/coveragearea.html
I'm lucky if I get more than 500 KB/s with anything when I have good coverage. Personally, if I were one of you AT&T users, I'd just be glad that I'm not stuck with Verizon. They nickel and dime you for ***** everything and their phones are terrible. - NRay7882, on 07/01/2009, -0/+1I'm really surprised Gizmodo would publish something like this. You really expected AT&T's beta-network to be working right?
- lanemik, on 07/01/2009, -0/+1Oh. Well okay then.
- drunkenoaf, on 07/01/2009, -0/+1RTFA? Or any of the comments above you? Thought not.
- inactive, on 06/30/2009, -1/+2Won't they have a new iPhone by then?
- joesteinkamp, on 07/01/2009, -0/+1Doesn't matter. When you downgrade your plan, your rollover minutes get capped at the same amount of minutes of the plan. So if you did downgrade to the 450, you'd only have 450 rollover minutes. They get ride of all the excess.
- billhanifin, on 07/01/2009, -2/+3Marketing hype outstripping reality? Can't believe it! ;-)
- camaroz06, on 07/01/2009, -0/+1What am I being dug down for? Just stating facts, I wont buy another iPhone until its on a more reliable network in my area.
- DJRobX, on 07/01/2009, -0/+1People with data cards show much faster speeds than tethered iPhones (tested in the same location on the same computer). It seems likely AT&T is capping iPhone speeds (it looks like 1500/200 in chicago). If that's the case, you wouldn't see any improvement even if the phone is capable of it. They might open up the speeds more for people who select the tethering plan when that becomes available.
- drunkenoaf, on 07/01/2009, -0/+1Well, one of your iPhones must be nearing the end of the contract. Jailbreak, hactivate, and change network.
- camaroz06, on 07/01/2009, -0/+1I think I have another year
- blackinthmiddle, on 06/30/2009, -2/+3Bottom line, if AT&T doesn't update their network by next year at least to the major cities, I'll seriously consider moving to Sprint.
It finally dawned on me that my 850 minute family plan was wasting me 20 bucks a month and I could downgrade to a 450 minute plan and use my over 4000 minutes as buffer. AT&T, however, recently got rid of the 450 minute family plan and doesn't even have an 850 family plan anymore. Their cheapest is 700 minutes, which costs the same as my 850. Bottom line, I have no way of using my banked minutes. I'm a 15 year AT&T customer who will bolt if they don't give me a reason to stay when my contract ends next year. - dagamer34, on 07/01/2009, -0/+1This test doesn't mean much, if anything, when you consider how handicapped the iPhone itself is. If you take an iPhone connected on WiFi to a network which has FiOS on it with say maybe 15Mbps down/5Mbps up, the iPhone gets nowhere CLOSE to saturating that. In fact, the max you see is maybe 3-4Mbps. With real-world WiFi 802.11g WiFi speeds reaching 19-22Mbps, I can only guess that it's the iPhone itself hampering the speed of the connection, and not the wireless chips used.
- anexanhume, on 07/01/2009, -0/+1Yes, it has since been updated and renders this whole article irrelevant.
- dinoboy, on 07/01/2009, -3/+3/agree
- SpazAttack5000, on 07/01/2009, -0/+0WTF AT&T is just testing out 7.2 mbps mobile internet? Rogers has had this in Canada since last year... It wouldn't surprise me if Europe has had it longer.
- camaroz06, on 07/01/2009, -1/+1No more iPhones for me until they move to another carrier, AT&T sucks balls in my area of Boston. I live on top a hill in a very populated area and my phone is always the only phone that doesn't get reception in my apartment.
- inactive, on 07/01/2009, -4/+2You wasted $$$!
HAW HAW! - inactive, on 06/30/2009, -10/+5*Points at 3gs buyers* HAW HAW!
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