Sprint iPhone 4S 3G Speed Test.

**dunno282** · 10-15-2011, 12:18 AM

Hi Guys,

has anyone ran a speed test on the 4s? Wanted to know what the speeds were like on Sprint's 3G.
I'm running on the iPhone 3GS using Tmobile edge and im getting .19/mbps down and .08/mbps up.

Was wondering what the stats were for Sprint so I can decide if I want to jump over to Sprint for the iPhone 4s.

Thanks!

**wifiguru** · 10-15-2011, 12:59 AM

Right now, I am getting 1.1Mbps d/ 860 k u
Not bad.

**Extraordinary** · 10-15-2011, 06:23 AM

No iPhone on Sprint here (yet) but speeds anywhere from about .19 like your T-Mobile experience to 2.9mbps, it just depends. 3G will be better than edge. Test it out and see how it works for you.

CDMA maximum is 3.1 mbps as it stands now

When Rev.B is added that will increase

2.0mbps would be considered very good on CDMA. I have broke the 2.0 barrier on quite few Sprint tests. Even at peak times.

**digiblur** · 10-15-2011, 06:39 AM

I think its not "when it is added", its "if RevB is added".

**Liquidxt** · 10-15-2011, 08:30 AM

Which Sprint has openly claimed will not happen.

**Sam73065** · 10-15-2011, 08:33 AM

speeds are going to be dependent on where you live and even where in your particular are you're at. probably better off asking what sprint users in your area are getting off of speedtest for results at least for another couple of weeks

**Evan702** · 10-15-2011, 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by Liquidxt

Which Sprint has openly claimed will not happen.

When did they say that?

**digiblur** · 10-15-2011, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by Evan702

When did they say that?

When they didn't talk about it and talked about LTE. If they had planned on RevB you can betcha they would have talked about it.

**bigsnake49** · 10-15-2011, 12:10 PM

Originally Posted by digiblur

When they didn't talk about it and talked about LTE. If they had planned on RevB you can betcha they would have talked about it.

Azzi did confirm that Sprint is investing in its EV-DO network and even exploring EV-DO Advanced. "Within the Network Vision project is a reinvestment in 3G and EV-DO Advanced," Azzi said. "We believe that 3G capabilities for data and voice will be with us for quite a number of years."

Read more: Sprint executive credits Ericsson with company's ability to handle data traffic growth - FierceWireless http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/...#ixzz1as2xxr39

Now they did talk about EVDO advanced which can be applied to both Rev. A and Rev. B. I do think that Sprint has the spectrum to do both LTE and couple more EVDO channels but again, why?

**Mr.Cell** · 10-15-2011, 02:00 PM

This is the highest i got yesterday.

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Note how it says Extended and not Roaming

**Extraordinary** · 10-15-2011, 02:10 PM

Metro's 3G not so speedy. But 1.81/1.0 is good, and that ping is nice as well.

I guess we will know at the end of the month when they have the Q3 meeting.

**Mr.Cell** · 10-15-2011, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by Extraordinary

Metro's 3G not so speedy. But 1.81/1.0 is good, and that ping is nice as well.

I guess we will know at the end of the month when they have the Q3 meeting.

I don't think Metro has EVDO Rev A. I used to force my EVO into Metro Roaming and it will show 1x.

My average speedtest.net result yesterday was 0.80Mbps Download and 0.50 Mbps upload

I used Pandora driving around the City and didn't have problems.

**Evan702** · 10-15-2011, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by digiblur

When they didn't talk about it and talked about LTE. If they had planned on RevB you can betcha they would have talked about it.

Perhaps, but the person I quoted posted that Sprint "openly claimed" that. Not mentioning something ≠ openly stating something.

**mdasen** · 10-15-2011, 08:07 PM

The iPhone on Sprint should get similar speeds to other Sprint EV-DO devices. EV-DO tends to average around 1Mbps. Independent speed-tests conducted will probably give you the best information: http://www.pcmag.com/Fastest-Mobile-Networks-2011. Asking people here isn't really a great way of getting information. People exaggerate (both ways) and it's completely unscientific.

EDIT: Apparently there has been some reports that the iPhone has been having trouble on Sprint: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/10/15/...g-data-speeds/. I wouldn't put a ton of weight in those reports. With potentially half a million new Sprint iPhone users this weekend, it's likely that some are having problems and reporting it as if it's widespread. Apple is using a standard Qualcomm chipset and it's unlikely that there's anything Sprint specific wrong with the iPhone - Sprint is using standard PCS spectrum. I'm guessing that Ookla will put out a press release in the next week or so with the aggregated results of tens of thousands of speed tests from iPhone 4S users on all three networks. That will tell the real story.

**painpour** · 10-15-2011, 09:08 PM

My data speed is so slow it's unusable. I left H2O wireless because I couldn't get speeds faster than 250 Kbps and I'm barely getting 100 Kbps with Sprint.