Side by side speed tests

[Tim K]

You guys do know that you can preset the server so that both phones are polling the same server?

Yes, and i did that after the first test when i saw it polled a server 100miles away.

As for the reported signal strength of other phones vs the nexus on 4g, I've read that the other vz phones do not actually report 4g signal strength only 3g. So when it claims the other phone is at 65dbm and the nexus is at 100, the other phone is reporting its 3g strength so you are comparing apples and tomatoes.

 

[syntrix]

Three consecutive tests from our apartment in DC.
Nexus - 2 bars of 4G, -97dBm signal

dbm is the 4G signal

Bionic - 4 bars of 4G, -65 dBm signal

dbm is the 3G signal.

Unless you are using a tool like sensory, the "about phone" area is reporting like I just stated. You are comparing two different things. And yes, I have both phones sitting here.