iPhone 4S Speed Test: AT&T vs. Verizon Wireless

[renbag]

A ping test determines whether your computer/phone can communicate with another computer over the network. Then, if network communication is established, ping tests also determine the connection latency (technical term for delay) between the two computers. The lower ping indicates the phone's ability to establish a network connection faster than a higher ping score

[renbag]

@Max4Z

[Mrkouman]

Why would AT&T charge you for a micro cell unit so you can use 3G, and then you have to pay a monthly fee for 3G, I believe it's AT&T's attempt to double dip even tho they made all the money from the iPhone the first 3yrs they can't put up more towers and better svc??

[tanman1346]

Not a liable test. and also its pathetic u have to have a M cell cuz at&t sucks so bad. They took over alltel where i live. Everyones phones on at&t dont work too good. u cant even use it in walmart. At&t is a poor excuse for a cell provider.. also there covg in mt is horrible.

[RTC3fanatic]

the companys of differnt phones work in diffrent places, mine works great with at&t

[Max4Z]

What does ping mean.

[Max4Z]

What's

[ooberwoot]

id like to see the video where your not connected to the microcell due to the microcell not producing the hspa+ cell signal. so your test in this vid is a mute point.

[john11721S]

Your using a micro cell. That's stupid. Use the real network.

[Thelevatorchannel124]

Speed tests aren't accurate, ever. Its because, the area your in may have better coverage in version or AT&T. There is no answer.

[suckerz321]

att hspa+ is fake lol

[slideo12]

with micro cell on att it wont be on hspa+.

[dannyboy9814]

maybebecause the white one is older

[mcel89ify]

Test and keep an iPhone 4s for free at fresh-phones(dot)com

[589SALAMANCE]

@mcel89ify THANKS I WENT AND NOW IM GOING TO GET oNE

[chd176]

No need to call AT&T...a microcell uses your ISPs bandwidth. I figured you'd know that.

[blatinoboi426]

Both are shit...my Samsung Vibrant, yes first generation Galaxy S tops out at 6.4 download and 4 upload thanx to ICS :)

[igohard46]

fuck u stop hating on att because u got sprint and they suck u so cheap that u wount pay 200 and leave sprint ur just jelous att is so fast mofo go eat some fucking carrots with thos rabit teeth lol

[xOVERLOADEDx]

Shit, my Galaxy S2 Skyrocket tops out at 35mbps down and 11mbps up. Got screenshots to prove it. iphone is cute though.....lol

[greennick98]

@xOVERLOADEDx shit my htc rezound get 30 mbps and 12.5 mbps up

[TomaJabon]

Verizon Wireless

[NBKzReApErZz]

thats not fair, obviously the black one is going to be faster and the white one, smarter

[onquarter]

@NBKzReApErZz iphone racist, Jobs created all phones equally

[cheezpie11]

bro on the at&t u got bluetooth and hella shit running. do a full restore b4 u do a speed test

[calebdmv2]

Who cares about the carrier, isn't it the phone itself that matters!

[mashamatt]

Speed Tests are not everything. I own a Samsung Galaxy S2 on T-mobile which consistantly hits download speeds over 10mps in Brooklyn ny, and an HTC Radar on T-mobile which ususally hits around 2mps in Brooklyn, but both load webpages within one second of each other. Different Browsers and Operating systems as well as processors seem to effect the actual time a web page takes to load. I only notice about a 2 second difference in downlaod of large excel files etc.

[molpr]

what are considered good and bad results for the speed test app??

[Nweran]

i hate whe people say megabits vs megabytes

[unr3a1r00t]

@Nweran The speedtest app is measuring the speed in bits, not bytes. There is a difference. If he were to call them megabytes, he would have had to say, 0.375 megabytes per second for the final test that resulted in 3 megabits per second. While correct, to people who don't understand the difference between bits and bytes (such as yourself apparently), it would be confusing and distracting.  To be clear, you did NOT see the phone download at 3 megabytes per second on that last test.

[Intafacee]

why is the dwld speed so rubbish compared to the galaxy nexus' one. it had like a 15Mbps download speed?

[bobby45]

Btw cell signal bars have nothing to do with data connection u morons

[bobby45]

These phones are pathetically slow! The fact they are not 4g is unacceptable ! I've been getting 8mbps down on tmobile androids since November of 2010!!!!! Android bitch! What a jokeeeeee

[tiftonhotchild]

Actually it itsnt 4G its HSPA+ on AT&T

[lilVinda]

I bet the black one is faster!

[93jefte]

fala muito

[itsannagrace]

Ive always had verizon, and it has always been better than at&t. When im with my friends with at&t I always have better service. I never seem to not have service with verizon.

[Spcandy1000]

verizon clearly won... it finished first! VERIZON IS DA BOMB YOOO!

[XclusiveAaron]

All the 3G networks here in the UK can do voice and data at the same time, I can hit 12mbps down on Three in Manchester :D

[funventer]

@FreddyAntoinoTV

Wow ever wondered why sprint was the first "4g" carrier well their 3G network is less tan half the speed of Verizon's and even I admit Verizon's 3G is terrible the only reason I have a Verizon iPhone is that AT&T has poor service

[zTemppo]

forget mega bits, you say att is faster , but verizon finished first? hmmmm att favor? nottt!!!!!!

[zTemppo]

Verizon wins!!!!!!!! NO SURPRISE.

[23slush]

When you do a speed test I ment to say !!! But what a cheap shot !

[23slush]

This is a bull shit speed test ! The AT&T iPhone 4s is on the micro cell and the micro cell sucks ass !!!! You must have Verizon cheater ! At least be honest and fair when I do a speed test !!! CHEATER !!!

[greennick98]

the att one is on a micro cell!

[leom760442]

SHIT WHY USE MICRO CELL IS REGULAR 3G on AT&T is faster with 3 bars & bet the crap out of Verizon iPhone I get 3 to 6 Mbps on my iPhone 4s on AT&T I love it

[FreddyAntonioTV]

now add Sprint and watch it dominate.

[890DCACity]

wow my iphone (3)beat both of them bad with the same stuff except mines was in a low service area.

[Aaroncmrust]

ya AT&T won not a surprise haha

silly verizon

[MultiJesse1995]

@Aaroncmrust AT&T is awful.

[ctrlaltdelMW]

Can I haz one iphone?

[chickbearfan22]

you mean megabite?

[LuLzezRoflcopter]

Still at&t gets not connection at my house while verizon gets a solid 2-3bars/5

[123Torterra]

what is m-cell

[mamsterman1000]

att is a lot better what the frick is m-cell

[7dcmonster]

verizon



[KatiushaVN4]

M-Cell sucks

[igeekone]

The M-Cell is not HSPA so it's not going to give great speed.

[jlb1230d2]

r u seriously using m cell? lol wtf

[swagOnHaterzOut]

Nice! But come and check out my iphone 4s spead comparison with two diff carriers

[jags861]

Worthless video--why are you connected to a microcell?

[jonnymerc35]

ehh... wow is all i can say to any of it....

[tombstone270iii]

hey the only reason at&t  was faster is because where you live

[bioha2ar3]

Weeiirrdd Verizon is sooo much faster ,where i live, than AT&T.

[MNM2884nick]

@bioha2ar3 ATT is actually faster then Verizon but Verizon speed is increasing fast now. Because of the 4G LTE technology.

[01Commenter10]

a speedtest on a cell phone between 2 different carriers is a total WASTE of time and proves NOTHING…. CDMA vs GSM is a personal preference…

[TopShelfRippin]

ha interesting...I get over 15mb on my Bionic and probably even better on the RAZR released tomorrow. Iphones blow

[ethanmiles93]

Hey man good video! I ordered my Black 16GB Verizon iPhone 4S today!

[Jul1793]

I hope the next iphone have a 4g .. and better design.. Apple probably wait for the next 5g lollllll

[broseph0523]

AT&T microcell is completely dependent on your wireless network that it is connected to and is maxed out at 3.6 Mbps regardless. Terrible comparison video.

[01Commenter10]

@broseph0523 exactly, the micro-cell's MAX speed is 3.6Mbps PROVIDING that the DSL service it is on is even that fast… If the DSL service its on is only 1.5M, you will ONLY get 1.5M out of it…

[ATVsRUS12]

would the battery die faster if you have alot of apps and alot of music

[drazzking22]

Go AT&T. Only 3 bars on AT&T, Verizon had 5 bars at all times but still didn't fast as AT&T. Suppose AT&T did have 5 bars? It would be like 3 -4 times faster than Verizon. AT&T rocks. Ur micro-cell is no good. Lol.

[codymws]

I'd like to test that AT&T iPhone against my Verizon Droid Charge (with LTE)... I wonder what those results would be... ;)

[TopShelfRippin]

@codymws that wouldn't even be fair

[codymws]

@TopShelfRippin Sure it would. The iPhone 4S has AT&T's version of "4G" (HSPA+). My Droid Charge has Verizon's 4G (LTE). So it's 4G vs 4G. Plenty fair. =)

[01Commenter10]

@codymws AT$T's so-called 4G / HSPA+ at 21Mbps is not in the same playing field as Verizon's LTE ~50Mbps network… Get your facts straight… And BTW, the 4S is NOT a 4G phone, its capable of 4G speeds but Apple has NEVER claimed their 4S phone to be a 4G phone….

[codymws]

@01Commenter10 Believe it or not, the iPhone 4S is a 4G phone, because it's capable of HSPA+ speeds. Apple isn't allowing AT&T to market it as 4G, because it would give AT&T an unfair advantage in selling the 4S.

[01Commenter10]

@codymws Let me REPEAT myself…. Apple never claimed its 4S to be a 4G phone…. They claimed it to be capable of 4G speeds, you might want to watch their video one more time when they announced their new 4S phone to the market, never did he claim it to be a 4G phone… You may call it a 4G phone all you want, but reality is that its NOT a true 4G phone…. Enough said..!!

[YenquisFermin]

Fyi, if you have a Sprint device connected to Wimax (4G), you can surf the web and have a phone call at the same time.

[gx1000100]

Stop calling HSPA+ fake 4G, just because you don't consider it 4G doesn't mean it's not 4G. It is a 4G network officially, regardless of personal conceptions about HSPA+. Obviously it's not LTE fast because LTE is the next step in technology after HSPA+, though HSPA+ is much faster than WiMax

[butty41]

so did you contact at&t

[onthenetgear]

nevermind you did it without the mcell etoo

[onthenetgear]

Using the M - Cell isn't representative of AT&T's HSPA+ network. Bad video.

[gearlive]

@onthenetgear which is why I unplugged it and did two more speed tests without the M-Cell...

[onthenetgear]

@gearlive I'd like to direct you to the comment I made immediately after that....

[John133465]

@gearlive Your area suck's you don't have HSPA+,HSPA+ minum is low 4mbdown 1mbup I seen 9mbdown and 4mb up Well I guess your in some place with no 4g! I live in New York. I went to Florida,Tampa to visit my parents also high 6.

[Ipodtouchfreak550]

@onthenetgear he unplugged it dumbass

[AvimSalz11]

Great comparison



[123Torterra]

why does it say AT&T M-Cell 3G

[ken6x]

AT&T and Verizon are the same greedy fucks...only care about money

[iTechEveryWeek]

AT&T IS IPHONE!!!!

[mbagala1]

Nice video

[TheSteven800]

um ur kinda on a femtocell with att that depends on ur home internet connection

[TheSteven800]

@TheSteven800 oops i didnt watch the new video lol

[Ragingfighter1]

that sucks the macrocell being slower good luck with that.



[dscomical13]

it all depends on your location. You can be in an at&t hot spot right now but somewhere else the results could be totally different.

[Martin32608]

@dscomical13 So true.

[greennick98]

@dscomical13 i get 1.70 mbs on verizon in VA