Android Phones Outperform iPhones In 5G Download Speeds

According to a new report from mobile networks analytics company Opensignal, Android smartphones outperform iPhones conveniently when information technology comes to 5G download speeds in the US. The iPhone 12 series, which is Apple'southward first batch of phones to support 5G connectivity, trails almost all major 5G-capable Android smartphones bachelor currently.

The newly-launched Samsung Galaxy S21 5G offered the fastest overall boilerplate download speed of 56.0Mbps in Opensignal'due south tests. The TCL Revvl 5G and the OnePlus 8T+ offered the next fastest 5G download speeds – 49.8Mbps and 49.3Mbps respectively. All other phones in the summit ten are Samsung's recent flagship models, including the Galaxy S21+ and S21 Ultra.

Samsung dominates the US 5G speed race, iPhones nowhere to exist found

Overall, Samsung's Milky way smartphones accounted for lx percentage of the superlative 25 performers in Opensignal's test, i.e. 15 out of 25. While this is quite a feat, much of this is downward to the fact that the Korean firm launches manner too many smartphone models every year when compared to rival brands. The likes of OnePlus, LG, and Google merely launch a few phones a year, while Samsung offers multiple products at every price point.

Needless to say, None of Apple's latest iPhones feature in this list. Amongst the 4 iPhone 12 models, the 12 Pro offered the fastest overall boilerplate download speed of 36.9Mbps. That'southward still behind the 38.6Mbps 5G download speed offered by the Samsung Milky way A51 5G, which is a mid-range phone launched in Apr last year. Note that all four iPhone 12 models support the incredibly fast mmWave 5G networks.

According to the report, Apple as well lags backside Samsung, OnePlus, LG, and Google in terms of 4G download speed. The Cupertino behemothic's iPhones offer an boilerplate 4G download speed of eighteen.9Mbps. Samsung, OnePlus, LG, and Google boast boilerplate speeds of 34.0Mbps, 38.4Mbps, 28.9Mbps, and 38.6Mbps respectively.

Samsung, unsurprisingly, has the fastest overall average download speed of the five brands (54.0Mbps). OnePlus comes shut second with 53.1Mbps, followed by Google (52.2Mbps), LG (47.9Mbps), and, as you'd expect, Apple tree (44.5Mbps). Newer iPhone models offer better average download speeds than older ones.

This translates into the biggest increment in download speeds in 5G areas versus 4G speed for iPhone users though. In areas where 5G is available, iPhones showroom overall download speeds two.iii times faster than the average 4G download speeds. This ratio for Samsung, OnePlus, LG, and Google smartphones comes in at 1.half-dozen, 1.iv, 1.7, and one.4.

"The smartphone speed race will accelerate in 2021," Opensignal says. "The arrival of new spectrum later this year will add new capacity which should boost speeds."