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Here in Canada my iPhone 12 is reporting that in many places I am on a 5G+ network and on that network I get above 300MBps.

So I am confused by this article that says the new iPhone 15 can finally now achieve those speeds. My phone can do that and it is 3 years old.

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They're looking at average speeds seen in the dataset of the users of their speed-test app. So the idea is instead of looking at peak speeds in good conditions, looking at actual speeds in real-life conditions, to see how well the modem deals with cell selection, poor reception, congested networks, etc.

That said, the phone isn't out yet? Where is this data coming from? If it's all staff at Apple Campus that's not going to be a realistic comparison.

Here in India my iPhone 13 has delivered me gigabit speeds. And it's not just me my friends also get those speeds at times (early morning usually when networks aren't busy). So the iPhone supports well over gigabit speeds on 5G already. That being said during day time I have seen speeds below 10mbps on 5G so it is very traffic dependent and has nothing to do with the pro being more capable so its faster.

Edit: Apparently if you are farther the Pro is better. Could be interesting but if the tower is bogged down with traffic it won't help anyway in my case.

Here in Taipei I get pretty close to gigabit download speeds in good conditions. Upload only around 150Mbit though.

>My phone can do that and it is 3 years old

Soon it won't, because of the impending SAR issue patch

Apple clarified that it failed tests because ‘related to a specific testing protocol used by French regulators and not a safety concern’ not because they are using more power to get faster speeds.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/more-countries-are-c...

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