Apple reportedly throttling iPhone and iPad cellular data speeds for top three US carriers (U: nope)

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  • Reply 21 of 103
    geekdadgeekdad Posts: 1,131member

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    Does your iPad have Enable LTE enabled under Settings » Cellular Data?


    Yes it does....


     


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  • Reply 22 of 103
    djrumpydjrumpy Posts: 1,116member


    The best result I've gotten exceeded 60 mbps with uploads around 30mbps, but those are more rare. The below is pretty normal for this area.


     


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  • Reply 23 of 103
    rob53rob53 Posts: 3,353member
    It depends on where you are. My iPhone 5 is doing just fine where I am today.

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  • Reply 24 of 103
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    geekdad wrote: »
    yeah but why? They are both on the same AT&T network? Both on my coffee table...why would they be different?

    Look at the pictures again. The iPhone reads LTE while the iPad reads 4G.
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  • Reply 25 of 103
    geekdadgeekdad Posts: 1,131member

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    Look at the pictures again. The iPhone reads LTE while the iPad reads 4G.


    yes...but why? they are 6 inches apart from each other....

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  • Reply 27 of 103
    geekdadgeekdad Posts: 1,131member

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    It also shows that you're on WiFi.


    i turned it on after the test...i am at home on my wifi


    I had WiFi turned off for both of the screen shots. 


    The speeds would have been much higher if Wifi had been turned on. You can see in the screenshots that Wifi it not on...

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  • Reply 28 of 103
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    geekdad wrote: »
    Yes it does....

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    Assuming you did them at the same time and in the same place the iPad 4 antenna might not be as sensitive as the S4, which was barely hanging onto an LTE signal as it was.
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  • Reply 29 of 103
    I see 20-40 Mbps down and 8-15 Mbps up regularly using my iPhone 5 on AT&T. That shouldn't be possible according to this throttling claim.
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  • Reply 30 of 103
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    geekdad wrote: »
    yes...but why? they are 6 inches apart from each other....

    Phones probably have priority on the network, so it's possible for your iPhone to be on LTE and not the iPad even though they're right next to each other.
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  • Reply 31 of 103
    mwhitecomwhiteco Posts: 112member


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  • Reply 32 of 103
    rob53rob53 Posts: 3,353member
    You want to see something sad? Here's speedtest on AT&T DSL. Same house.

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  • Reply 33 of 103
    notellinotelli Posts: 1member
    You're Holding it Wrong!
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  • Reply 34 of 103
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    I see 20-40 Mbps down and 8-15 Mbps up regularly using my iPhone 5 on AT&T. That shouldn't be possible according to this throttling claim.
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    There's no claim that they're throttling all the time but go to where there's a big group of people together like a sporting event and I'm sure that your device will be throttled.
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  • Reply 35 of 103
    stelligentstelligent Posts: 2,680member

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    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post



    That is some weak sauce on the part of Apple and the carriers. If anything is grounds for a PR scandal I'd think this is, yet I think it's not likely to happen. I wonder if Apple colluded and conspired with the carriers¡ Maybe Apple did it because people complained that they'd use so much more data if the data was faster¡


    Apple strongarms the carriers like no other device maker. Perhaps this is a bit of "giving back."

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  • Reply 36 of 103
    cpsrocpsro Posts: 3,270member


    I've seen no such cap on AT&T with my iP5.

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  • Reply 37 of 103
    haggarhaggar Posts: 1,568member


    Just don't throttle it that way.


     


    Sent from my iPhone

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  • Reply 38 of 103
    suddenly newtonsuddenly newton Posts: 13,819member
    I see 20-40 Mbps down and 8-15 Mbps up regularly using my iPhone 5 on AT&T. That shouldn't be possible according to this throttling claim.
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    Agreed. My iPhone 5 on LTE regularly returns numbers from 18-25Mbps in urban cities. And no, I'm not accidentally using wifi. It's very fast.
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  • Reply 39 of 103
    joeypk07joeypk07 Posts: 16member
    My LTE regularly outperforms my wifi
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  • Reply 40 of 103


    The S4 appears to have connected to a server in Pima, AZ and the iPad 4 connected to a server in Phoenix, AZ. Therefore the comparison is suspect.

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