Video speed test: 2.5G EDGE iPhone vs. mock 3G HSDPA iPhone
One Apple iPhone owner has posted to YouTube a video shootout that pits an iPhone running on a 2.5G EDGE network against one rigged with 3G HSDPA access in a simulated speed test.
The mock 3G iPhone was connected via WiFi to an iMac whose internet connection was supplied with a HSDPA modem and then shared, while the traditional 2.5G iPhone was run on a standard overseas EDGE wireless network.
Based on the test results, which are largely theoretical given fluctuations in mobile wireless speeds from region to region and provider to provider, the 3G iPhone loaded the same web page as the 2.5G iPhone in nearly half the time.
The mock 3G iPhone was connected via WiFi to an iMac whose internet connection was supplied with a HSDPA modem and then shared, while the traditional 2.5G iPhone was run on a standard overseas EDGE wireless network.
Based on the test results, which are largely theoretical given fluctuations in mobile wireless speeds from region to region and provider to provider, the 3G iPhone loaded the same web page as the 2.5G iPhone in nearly half the time.
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One Apple iPhone owner has posted to YouTube a video shootout that pits an iPhone running on a 2.5G EDGE network against one rigged with 3G HSDPA access in a simulated speed test.
The mock 3G iPhone was connected via WiFi to an iMac whose internet connection was supplied with a HSDPA modem and then shared, while the traditional 2.5G iPhone was run on a standard overseas EDGE wireless network.
Based on the test results, which are largely theoretical given fluctuations in mobile wireless speeds from region to region and provider to provider, the 3G iPhone loaded the same web page as the 2.5G iPhone in nearly half the time.
[ View this article at AppleInsider.com ]
I was hoping for even faster ....
I was hoping for even faster ....
I'll point and laugh at those who suggested the iPhone was fine without 3G.
I'll point and laugh at those who suggested the iPhone was fine without 3G.
Mine's fine without G3. You do know it has Wifi right?
I was hoping for even faster ....
Many things will be much faster - certainly things like youtube, email sending and receiving, song purchases over 3G and the like will benefit much more than web page loading. Plus web page loading will be better than this, because the 3G iphone will not have such a complicated "modem"
Mine's fine without G3. You do know it has Wifi right?
You have a G3 iPhone? I thought they made the move to Intel?
I'll point and laugh at those who suggested the iPhone was fine without 3G.
But at what cost? For example, battery life. Will it be a problem? Is the attached article still relevant?
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3036
One Apple iPhone owner has posted to YouTube a video shootout that pits an iPhone running on a 2.5G EDGE network against one rigged with 3G HSDPA access in a simulated speed test.
The mock 3G iPhone was connected via WiFi to an iMac whose internet connection was supplied with a HSDPA modem and then shared, while the traditional 2.5G iPhone was run on a standard overseas EDGE wireless network.
Based on the test results, which are largely theoretical given fluctuations in mobile wireless speeds from region to region and provider to provider, the 3G iPhone loaded the same web page as the 2.5G iPhone in nearly half the time.
[ View this article at AppleInsider.com ]
I'm confused about how this largely theoretical test tells us anything at all about how a real 3G iPhone would compare to today's model.
the speed difference is going to be small because the phones processor and memory also plays a role in displaying that page to you.
LOL?
the speed difference is going to be small because the phones processor and memory also plays a role in displaying that page to you. the real noticeable difference with edge/3g will be when you tether your phone to your computer... which you can't do
Yes, and in this video test, they used two iphones with the same processor and memory. The speed difference was a factor of 2.
Amorya
I'll point and laugh at those who suggested the iPhone was fine without 3G.
The iPhone is fine without 3G. Most web pages are properly rendered and are usable on the iPhone regardless of speed (EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi). Of course, faster is always better--unless you're talking something other than iPhone, like Windows Mobile, where it doesn't matter how fast the hardware is, the software is cr@p.
I'll point and laugh at those who suggested the iPhone was fine without 3G.
It was fine enough to become the hottest smartphone on the planet, and to pave the way to Apple's utter dominance in that phone category.
I had no Idea that 3G was faster than Edge. - Really when did this happen?
Slow news day today eh?
Holy Crap!
I had no Idea that 3G was faster than Edge. - Really when did this happen?
[testing out the broken Edit button workaround- pray for me - TB]
I think "how much faster, real-world" was the question ppl were curious about. So I'm glad whomever it was did the video, and that AI posted it.
Of course, it may not be a perfect test... as someone else noted, the WiFi intermediary step ups the latency a bit (but not too much, as WiFi is a low-latency tech usually). Real real-world (is that a new expression?), 3G is likely a bit faster than than what the test showed.
Not that it matters... once the 3G iPhone shows up in a month or two, nearly everyone is just gonna buy that, regardless of whether its 2x, 3x, 5x, whatever, faster than EDGE, real-world.
Unless the EDGE iPhone, assuming it's kept around, is priced insanely low. And even then, the 2.5G model would probably sell okay only in the US.
[Whoa. Edit workaround appears to actually work. -TB]
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4G or bust.
It was fine enough to become the hottest smartphone on the planet, and to pave the way to Apple's utter dominance in that phone category.
Dominance is a-ways ways off. Nokia shipped more than 8 times more smartphones in Q4 '07 than Apple did, RIM, about double.
On the plus side, Apple did pass Motorola for No.3, which is very impressive (even given Moto's problems) for a newcomer.
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If:
3G iPhone = $499
2.5 iPhone = Discounted to $200
I'll take the 2.5 G iPhone.
Both pretty much suck.
4G or bust.
Are you willing to wait until 2011 for widespread LTE coverage?
Of course, there's also WiMax, but its deployment in the US may get scaled back and slowed down, what with Sprint having a near-death experience currently. Their May 12 results are going to look like Pearl Harbor.
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