http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/1cWv3pZzp8k/
Sent to you by Bill Boulware via Google Reader: Which Carrier's iPhone
4S Will Be the Fastest? [MAP] via Mashable! by Charlie White on 10/9/11
Want to look before you leap into an iPhone 4S? OpenSignalMaps used
46,600 speed tests from real-world users (ironically, using an Android
app) to find out where carriers are bringing the top speed, and where
they're lagging behind the others.
As you can see in the map above, the iPhone 4S on AT&T will be the
speediest in 31 states in the U.S., with Verizon coming in a distant
second in 6 states. Sprint didn't win any states at all. Those other
greyed-out states didn't gather enough data for reliable results.
The researchers at OpenSignalMaps emphasize this doesn't mean AT&T's
network is the overall fastest, but that the iPhone 4S will perform
faster on that network (in certain states) than on the other two. Also
keep in mind — this data doesn't take into account the frequency of
dropped calls.
Why did AT&T win this speed race? The company recently upgraded its
HSPA network to HSPA+, which has a faster theoretical upload and
download speed:
According to OpenSignalMaps' crowdsourced results, that translates into
a real-world speed advantage.
SEE ALSO: iPhone 4S: 4 Reasons to Upgrade
One of the more useful parts of the OpenSignalMaps interactive page is
its service plan comparison tool, where you can set its filters on
which iPhone you'd like, which networks to compare, and amounts of talk
time, SMS, data and storage you want, and then compare prices.
Here, I've filtered the lowest-priced iPhone 4S plans, comparing their
pricing from each of the three carriers. In this example, you get what
you pay for – notice the reported slowest network, Sprint, comes out
with the lowest monthly price of $69.99:
To interactively drill down into the data state-by-state, compare the
various carriers, their service plans, the resale value of the phones,
as well as their upgrade and return policies, go to the OpenSignalMaps
site, where you can sift and filter the data yourself to find out
exactly which iPhone 4S is best for you.
iPhone 4S
The iPhone 4S looks and feels exactly like the iPhone 4.
Click here to view this gallery.
More About: att, iPhone 4S, OpenSignalMaps, sprint, verizon
Things you can do from here:
- Subscribe to Mashable! using Google Reader
- Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your
favorite sites
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire