On March 15th, mobile network analysis company Opensignal announced the results of a smartphone download speed survey in the United States. According to the research report, Android dominates the top, and iPhone 12 is not even in the top 25.
Of the top 25 devices with fast download speeds, Samsung devices account for 60% (15 models). However, Samsung has released many variations from entry to high end, so it may be a reasonable result.
The Galaxy S21 5G is at the top at 56 Mbps, and the middle-class Galaxy A51 5G is also at 24th place at 38.6 Mbps. Other than Samsung, TCL’s Revvl 5G is second at 49.8Mbps and OnePlus 8T + is third at 49.3Mbps.
Although the iPhone was not included in the Top 25, the result was 36.9 Mbps for the iPhone 12 Pro and 36.2 Mbps for the iPhone 12 Pro Max.
At the top, 56Mbps may seem slow for 5G communication, but this result is the average download speed not only for 5G communication but also for areas that do not support 5G.
By the way, compared to the 4G communication iPhone, the 5G compatible iPhone is said to have achieved a speed improvement of 2.3 times. In the first place, the download speed of 4G iPhone was too slow for Android (Pixel is 38.6Mbps, iPhone is 18.9Mbps).
The difference became smaller when 5G communication was included, but until now the iPhone has adopted Intel modems, and the fact that the iPhone 12 series has become Qualcomm modems like other Androids has an effect. maybe.
Still, Opensignal’s Lan Fogg speculates that the reason the iPhone 12 series lags behind Android is that there may be differences in areas other than the modem, such as RF design.
The iPhone 12 series is Apple’s first 5G device, but the Galaxy S21 is Samsung’s third-generation 5G device. It seems that the accumulation of know-how such as detailed optimization may have an effect.