Initial tests show iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max have significantly better LTE speeds

17 September 2018
The addition of 4x4 MIMO support has significantly improved throughput.

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  • Anonymous
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  • 19 Sep 2018

Better speed over what? Last year's iphone x maybe with cat 12 600/150..what a joke in 2017!

This year for XS, they still using cat 16 capped at 1024/150 whereas 7months old S9 is on cat 18 1200/200!

Now iFans will retort with their trademark "its well optimzed, gives lagfree smooth LTE ;P, its only numbers on paper..real life speed is fasterest ;), we don't need more..happy with the speed, etc etc BS justifying excuses)

Fine, enjoy ur slow connection on the fastestestest A12..lmao..but 1500$ for the most basic feature, LTE Tech from 2years back?!
And i thought lack of sd card, ram, 3.5mm, low res screen, premature battery were bad.
So apple fails to deliver the most basic feature of its times. Kudos to ur trillion $$ crown. iFans must be zombies to be allured with these slow outdated fugly bricks!

    Better LTE speeds for the phone but then Telecoms like Globe and Smart still provide $hit LTE speeds that are barely faster than our regular Wi-Fi (which also has crap speeds, you pay like $20 a months for 2 Mbps connection).

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      • Anonymous
      • xYI
      • 19 Sep 2018

      rajathegreat, 18 Sep 2018Im a software engineer with good experience, above 15mbps o... moreSo is Apple charging you cheaper for the handicap?

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        • Omega
        • UD{
        • 18 Sep 2018

        With that price tag?
        It better...

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          • Anonymous
          • I8m
          • 18 Sep 2018

          Bout time

            Anonymous, 18 Sep 2018taht is because iphone x are still not using gigabit LTE on... moreWell, good! Better late than never...

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              • Anonymous
              • XS5
              • 18 Sep 2018

              Whackcar, 18 Sep 2018The original iPhone X had poor LTE speeds. I remember Lewis... moretaht is because iphone x are still not using gigabit LTE on their modems. But now, they upgraded it.

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                • D0b
                • 18 Sep 2018

                Im a software engineer with good experience, above 15mbps on a mobile i feel its a waste. What normal people going to use of above 70+mbps internet speed. Waste of money i feel

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                  • Anonymous
                  • XS5
                  • 18 Sep 2018

                  Foo, 18 Sep 2018Still no gigabit LTEnew iphone already in gigabit LTE. Check their website.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • Ibx
                    • 18 Sep 2018

                    I get a beautiful 400mbps down and 200 up where I live, gotta love those Qualcomm modems

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                      • Anonymous
                      • XS5
                      • 18 Sep 2018

                      Smartphones Fan, 18 Sep 2018Juuust liiitle biit beteerare you blind? it doubled or more the speed of download compare to its predecessor

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                        • Smartphones Fan
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                        • 18 Sep 2018

                        Juuust liiitle biit beteer

                          androfox, 18 Sep 2018Great, but we don't even have good 3G at germany ... why wo... moreI mean, Apple's main Marley is the US. If you get this phone in a country with only 3G, I feel bad for your wallet

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                            • aXL
                            • 18 Sep 2018

                            Maybe not that important in real life, but I guess samsung's mockery has paid off.

                            Apple fans should thank Samsung ;)

                              Great, but we don't even have good 3G at germany ... why would you go for 4g or 5g speed? But hey, you did spend 1000€+ so gratz on your none existant speed.

                                Is it just me but when apple benchmarks are better android people say go for real world tests.. Like a12 processor vs sd 845
                                Whereas when s9 overtook apple in gigabit lte.. Apple users used the same argument... My carrier gives internet at 10mbit over 4g and my wifi is a 40mbit..don't really see why it would want to go for either team when my isp is my bottleneck

                                  All that is fine, but what's the improvement, if any, in the camera performance.

                                    If only my carrier was able to provide LTE out of big cities...

                                      The original iPhone X had poor LTE speeds. I remember Lewis's comparison video (from unboxtheraphy) where he compared it with S9 and Pixel 2, and both of those phones were significantly faster in both upload and download speeds.

                                        and it definitely have a better price