Which iPhone is faster—Verizon or AT&T? According to an article by Peter Svensson, (AP Technology) posted on TechBits, “the Verizon iPhone loads Web pages just as fast as AT&T’s version of the phone, even though Verizon’s network has lower data speeds, phone testing firm, Metrico Wireless reported.” However, Metrico Wireless said that data downloads on the Verizon iPhone turned out to be half as fast as those on AT&T’s network, but unless you are downloading data, most users didn’t notice much difference in web browsing. Metrico tested the Verizon iPhone’s performance with 4,000 calls and 10,000 Web page downloads in New York, Seattle, Washington, Baltimore, Chicago and Dallas, Rich McNally, Metrico Wireless’ VP of Information Products said.
Verizon iPhone vs. AT&T iPhone
Verizon has taken AT&T’s iPhone US exclusivity status away and trumped it with a more reliable network, or has it?
Verizon Wireless started selling the popular iPhone 4 in February. Verizon is known for having a more reliable network than AT&T, but Metrico Wireless said that their testing results didn’t come to the same conclusion. When downloading files while in a stationary position, then yes, Verizon had good results. But if you are traveling while downloading, Verizon had a 10% higher failure rate than AT&T.
“There are many factors that determine Web performance. Speed isn’t the only one,” said a Metrico spokesman. “There are also OS trends, rendering time, latency on the network, etc.”
Both versions of the iPhone, AT&T and Verizon, had “death grip” challenges. The “death grip” is the phenomenon of grasping the iPhone and having poor signals due to an antenna problem. Verizon’s iPhone has supposedly been redesigned to eliminate this problem, but apparently it wasn’t all that successful. Metrico Wireless’ tests were not affected by this as the “death grip” only occurs when a human hand grasps the iPhone, and the phones Metrico Wireless tests are attached to measuring equipment, not held by humans.
And so the battle between Verizon and AT&T continues. Are you an iPhone owner? Do you have the new Verizon iPhone or AT&T’s iPhone? Are you happy with the performance? Are you content with your wireless carrier? Let us know and we’ll post the results. By the way, both carriers are selling the iPad 2 as of March 11.
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