According to the 9to5Mac report, a new report from Opensignal brings a comparison between Apple’s iPhone 12 series 5G performance and American Android smartphones. Most of the top 25 fastest 5G smartphones were eventually made by Samsung. Although the 5G speed of the iPhone 12 is 2.3 times faster than its 4G iPhone, the overall download speed of Apple’s first batch of 5G iPhones ranks bottom. Behind at least 25 Android smartphones.
Open signal today shared a new report on the 5G performance of various smartphone models in the United States. Samsung Galaxy S21 5G won the championship with an average 5G/4G download speed of 56Mbps. The biggest winner is Samsung, which accounts for 60% of the top 25 5G performers.
TCL’s Revvl 5G and OnePlus 8T + finished second and third with average speeds of 49.8Mbps and 49.3Mbps, respectively. LG Velvet 5G ranked 25th with an average speed of 37.8Mbps.
Where is the iPhone 12 series? There is no doubt that the iPhone 12 series has disappointed all owners. Apple’s first 5G-enabled smartphone lags behind their Android competitors in overall average speed.
The average download speeds of iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max are 36.9Mbps and 36.2Mbps, and the average download speeds of iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini are 29.6 Mbps and 32.9Mbps, respectively.
Opensignal pointed out that because the previous iPhone used Intel instead of Qualcomm modems, its 4G speed lags behind Android phones. Therefore, the 5G brought by the iPhone 12 in the United States is 2.3 times faster than 4G, which is higher than the competition of Samsung and OnePlus. The difference is even greater when the opponent jumps from 4G to 5G.
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The figure below shows that Apple can close the gap in terms of 5G performance using Qualcomm modems, but it still lags behind all Android competitors. Since the iPhone 12 series uses Qualcomm 5G modems like Android devices, and even adds mmWave millimeter waves to all models, they expressed their wonder why the iPhone 12 seems to be behind, so they contacted Opensignal.
Ian Fogg, who wrote this report and led the Opensignal analysis team, said that this may be attributed to Samsung and other Android manufacturers leading Apple in RF design because smartphone components other than modems will affect 5G/4G performance. For example, Samsung’s Galaxy S21 is its third-generation 5G smartphone, while the iPhone 12 series is Apple’s first-generation. Therefore, Apple may still need to work hard to catch up in front-end RF design.
Finally, the report emphasizes that when 5G comes to the iPad, it should bring good changes to users. Today, the average download speed of the 5G iPhone 12 Pro model is 36% faster than the average download speed of the latest cellular iPad Pro model. With the new 5G functional SoC, future iPad Pro users should see at least as fast as iPhone 12 users.
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