Last autumn erstwhile iPhone 14 Pro Max launched, it took the apical spot for the fastest download speeds successful multiple studies beating retired competitors similar Samsung’s Galaxy S22 smartphones. As it turns out, successful the latest report, the iPhone 14 Pro Max has mislaid its download velocity crown to not conscionable 1 but 2 Android devices.

Ookla published its latest mobile show report comparing the large US carriers erstwhile it comes to download and upload speeds, consistency, availability, and more.

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Another absorbing examination successful the trial is simply a look astatine however the astir fashionable smartphones successful the US stacked up successful Q4 for download/upload velocity and latency.

While iPhone 14 Pro Max earned the crown for velocity successful Q3 with a median of 147 Mbps download velocity and 17 Mbps upload speed, the tables person turned successful Ookla’s caller study.

Fastest smartphones successful the US by download speed

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 earned the apical spot with 147.24 Mbps median download velocity with Google’s Pixel 7 Pro coming successful 2nd astatine 137.11 Mbps.

The iPhone 14 Pro Max came successful 3rd with 133.84 and the 14 Pro logged 130.14 Mbps. Upload speeds and latency were each precise adjacent but the Pixel 7 Pro led with 15.53 Mbps for upload and 50 sclerosis latency.

Another absorbing effect was Samsung smartphones taking the wide pb for fastest median download speeds compared to each iPhones by astir 7 Mbps.

9to5Mac’s Take

The absorbing portion astir iPhone 14 Pro Max losing its crown for the fastest download velocity is that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 won with the aforesaid show that we saw from the 14 Pro Max successful Q3.

The iPhone 14 Pro Max’s median download velocity ended up dropping from 147 to 133 Mbps which allowed the Fold4 and Pixel 7 Pro to drawback spots 1 and two.

Since we’ve seen the iPhone 14 Pro Max execute astatine speeds arsenic precocious arsenic these 2 Android smartphones, 1 anticipation is that betwixt Q3 and Q4, much 14 Pro Max smartphones made it into the hands of customers successful much areas with slower bearer coverage.

Said different way, astatine launch, the proportionality of iPhone 14 Pro Max users whitethorn person been higher successful metro areas which could person skewed download speeds higher for Q3 earlier settling little successful Q4.

In immoderate case, each of the apical smartphones betwixt Apple, Samsung, and Google are offering beardown download speeds with median show betwixt 125 and 147 Mbps successful Ookla’s test.

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