After having an iPhone 4 for over three years i recently decided it was time to upgrade to the newly released iPhone 5. The performance of the iPhone 4 wasn’t the worst, though it also wasn’t the greatest either. The item that drove me off the cliff and sent me to the AT&T store, however, was when i was in downtown Minneapolis and I was unable to receive a usable amount of data though my phone showed that “3G” was connected. COME ON AT&T! It’s not like I am out on a farm in the middle of rural Minnesota, we are talking right next to the Metrodome! The signal should be strong and proficient yet it wasn’t. And the problem continued! It drove me to the point where I needed a 4G iPhone 5. So I went and purchased one and the difference was immediately noticeable!
iPhone 4(3G) -3.56mbps Up, 1.59mbps Down (Tested 25x)
iPhone 5(4G LTE) – 7.77mbps Up, 2.49mbps Down (Tested 1x)
So the iPhone 5(4G LTE) is a bit more than twice as fast as the iPhone 4(3G), at least on the AT&T network. Worth the upgrade in my opinion!
Update: as of my test on. 12/31/2012 I am now able to attain speeds even faster than previously mentioned! Check out the image below!
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