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Nexus S tether speed test (VS iPhone 4)

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mkilci1

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I just completed a quick test using Nexus S on Tmo, 3G. Tried several different Servers. I am in the Sunrise, FL area.

Here are the results. I did the same test, same location with same servers on the iPhone as well.

Nexus S:
.23MB Download
.17MB Upload

iPhone (Jailbroken, MyFi4)
1.11MB Download
0.65MB Upload

What gives? Something is not right???:eek:
 
I was wifi tethering yesterday in a metal trailer, in a closed metal hanger and ran speed test.com. it was nearly 4 mb download. not shabby.
 
Well I don't think the tether test is very comperative between the two phones that have different networks. I mean one carrier may be better in one area than the other. So your test would be askew to reflect carrier's signal strength as well.

You might just want to do a standard speed test and see the speed of the phones on their respective network.

To really compare the antenna on the phone, you need to have both of them on the same carriers.
 
Just did a tethered speed test with mine. Had about 3 bars of T-Mobile 3G and got 95ms latency, 3.75Mbps up, 1.75Mbps down.

I don't have a 3G AT&T phone that I can compare it to, but in contrast, AT&T coverage is very poor in my house and would likely result in a significantly slower score.
 
I do mobile development; I have Too Damn Many Phones. (Original iPhone, iPhone 4, Motorola Droid, Nexus S, etc.) In my experience, networks vary widely in different areas.

In Seattle, in the north end of the city I get great AT&T and T-Mobile service, but I actually get only two bars (!) on Verizon, and the idea of maintaining a Sprint WiMax connection is laughable. But if I head south into downtown, AT&T is sluggish, T-Mobile has some dead zones, while Verizon is solid and Sprint stomps them all.

When I travel to the company's main office in Connecticut, the signal meter on my iPhone is sort of like a sick joke, and Sprint's not a lot better. In contrast, T-Mobile's decent and Verizon rules the roost.

Let's not discuss California.

So really, the only way to compare the relative tethering ability of two separate phones is to ensure they're on the same network in the same place, and then perform the tests. :)
 
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