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Samsung made this statement in one of its latest targeted ads on iPhones: Apple phones are slower than the latest Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 + in terms of download speed and performance. network. This is an assertion that is mostly accurate, which confirms a report released by Bloomberg. The report is based on data collected by Ookla, a speed test application, from US phone users. The data is clear that the iPhone X is slower than the Galaxy S9 and even the Google Pixel 2 – but it's faster than the latest Huawei phones – when it comes to download speed 4G
. Numbers can also often show something that may seem significant but that is not really it. I do not think that variations in network speed of various flagship phones matter a lot. As for why, I'll tell you the reasons. But before looking at what the Bloomberg report says.
According to this report, the download speed of the iPhone X is on average 29.7 Mbps when used with the AT & T network. iPhone 8 Plus are also similar with a download speed of 29.4 Mbps and 28.6 Mbps, respectively. On Verizon, the iPhone X is a bit better, with a speed of just over 30 Mbps. But the problem, or perceived problem, for the latest iPhones is that the Samsung Galaxy S9 and the Pixel 2 systematically record a speed of about 35 Mbps. All of this data comes courtesy of Ookla, who collected it from hundreds of thousands of phones.
So, what's going on? It's pretty well known that the latest iPhones have modems that are theoretically slower than similar hardware from smartphones that use Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 or Snapdragon 835 processors. This is because Apple uses a mix of modems provided by Intel and Qualcomm in his phones, and even in the phones where he used Qualcomm modems, the company limits the speed of the network to match what Intel offer modems. All this is due to the fact that Qualcomm and Apple are waging a fierce war on patents and royalties and that Apple would like to use fewer Qualcomm components.
Although there are theoretical differences between the speed of the 4G modems provided by Intel and Qualcomm, the practice is not so important.
Now that we've talked about theory, let's talk about the real world. And in the real world, the speed of the iPhone X network, the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus is more than satisfactory. Although there are theoretical differences between the speed of the 4G modems provided by Intel and Qualcomm, the differences in practice are not so important. In fact, they are imperceptible. The only time you will notice a difference of 10% in 4G speed is when you are on a perfect 4G network, capable of delivering a constant speed of 50 Mbps to 60 Mbps. Even the best 4G networks in the world will have trouble with that.
Instead of being limited by the speed that the iPhone or the Galaxy S9 can handle, in the real world, when you use your phone on 4G in a city like Delhi or Mumbai, you're going to be limited in 4G speed by network congestion and the kind network quality that operators like Jio, Airtel and Vodafone offer. In most cases, these networks even have trouble providing a constant speed of 15 Mbps to 20 Mbps, and this type of speed will not even push the boundaries of a modern 4G hardware, be it Intel or Qualcomm .
This does not mean that the iPhone, especially the iPhone X which is the most expensive smartphone on the market, should not have the best possible hardware inside. But at the same time, it is also important to see the Ookla data in context. The numbers say that there is a gap between the iPhone X and the Galaxy S9 in terms of network speed. But just like performance benchmarks for processors, which do not reveal much about the actual performance of phones, the network speed figures do not reveal exactly how the iPhone X or Galaxy S9 will behave on the Jio or Airtel network.
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