Mar 16, 2021 18:15:00

iPhone 12 loses to almost all Android models in 5G speed test

On March 15, 2021, the mobile network specialist '

Opensignal ' announced the speed test results of the 5th generation mobile communication system (5G) using iPhone and Android terminals. This test revealed that the iPhone 12 series released in October 2020 could not be among the top 25 models in the communication speed ranking.

The US smartphone speed race: how Apple, Google, LG, OnePlus and Samsung compare | Opensignal
https://www.opensignal.com/2021/03/15/the-us-smartphone-speed-race-how-apple-google-lg-oneplus-and-samsung-compare

Opensignal report claims iPhone 12 is slower than almost every Android phone in 5G / 4G speed tests ―― 9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2021/03/15/iphone-12-5g-behind-android-smartphones/

Opensignal is the first iPhone in the iPhone series to support 5G using iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro , as well as 5G compatible Android devices such as Google Pixel 5 and Samsung Galaxy S20 , and 5G 'downlink' communication speed in the United States. Was measured.

The measurement results are as follows. The fastest was the Samsung s21 , which was just released in January 2021, with a speed of 56.0 Mbps. The second place was TCL's Revvl 5G released in September 2020, with a speed of 49.8 Mbps, and the third place was the OnePlus 8T released in October 2020, with a speed of 49.3 Mbps. As a result, Samsung smartphones account for 60% of the top 25 models.

On the other hand, the fastest model in the iPhone series is the iPhone 12 Pro, but its speed is 36.9 Mbps, which is out of the rank of the top 25 models. The result was that it was one step behind the

LG Velvet (5G) smartphone made by LG Electronics released in July 2020.

Ian Fog of Opensignal, who wrote this report, speculates that the slow 5G communication speed of the iPhone 12 series may be due to a problem with the

'RF design' related to high-frequency communication. 'The iPhone may lag behind other manufacturers when it comes to RF design technology that is directly involved in 5G communications,' Fog said.

On the other hand, the iPhone series was found to be '2.3 times faster in the transition from 4G to 5G,' so Opensignal points out that the iPhone was the fastest. Regarding this, Opensignal said, 'In the era of 4G communication, iPhone used a modem for Intel smartphones unlike smartphones made by other companies, but for 5G communication, we switched to a modem made by Qualcomm like other companies, so it is like this. It showed a good growth rate. '