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Evo 4g its just Supersonic

jonathan76888

Well-Known Member
Mar 12, 2010
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philadelphia
Well i know people have being saying, oh 4g sucks,Wifi on the Evo sucks, well today , My Coworker( My Boss) nd myself, test our phones.
His IPhone 3gs, Mines, Htc Evo 4g all this test were done in Center City. Philadelphia, PA .this is in Mbps, download speed.

Test Number One 3g speed
At&t-Sprint
0.79-0.88

Test Number two 4g speed
At&t --Sprint
-------2.95

Test Number 3 Wifi Speed(same distance)
Iphone 3gs---Htc Evo 4g
7.8--------------11.22

I dont see why people says wifi sucks, when we was far the iphone 3gs lost wifi signal, and the Evo 4g steal had it. :D
 
+1 I was sitting in a well know park here in KC (Loose Park) and decided to see if I had a 4G signal. And low and behold, I did! I did a quick speed test (I was getting 2 bars) and pulled 3.3/1...all while on a call. I then updated a few apps and surfed the web to see how it would respond...which turned out to be a very pleasing experience. This device amazes me everyday!
 
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Unless someone is out of range and not able to use, signal strength alone is meaningless. All that matters is how fast can you DL.

Personalty, I think most Evos are fine. There is just a problem with the notification icon giving bad info. I think most folks wifi is far better than they think.

I agree...even though my wifi signal on my EVO show only one bar, I pull 5 to nearly 6/1.
 
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Unless someone is out of range and not able to use, signal strength alone is meaningless. All that matters is how fast can you DL.

Personalty, I think most Evos are fine. There is just a problem with the notification icon giving bad info. I think most folks wifi is far better than they think.

I agree...even though my wifi signal on my EVO show only one bar, I pull 5 to nearly 6/1.

X3
 
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I can stand one room away from my wireless router and get only one bar wifi, but the download speeds are the same standing right next to the router as 3 rooms away in my bedroom.

Almost every wifi video has the EVO beating or matching anything out there. The wifi on this phone is good. Even better after the update.
 
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I do not care about the bars at all, I do care about connecting to the router. If I walk 30 feet from the router, the phone drops the connection.

For those that "do not understand", you know what speed you get with no connection?

Every wifi device I have ever had, could connect anywhere in my apartment at some level, mostly at 3 bars. But with the htc evo. 10 feet I get 3 bars. At 20 feet I get 2 bars, at 30 feet I get dropped connection. But at 30 feet with any other device I get at least 2 bars.


It is not about how many bars you have, it is the distance you can go before the phone stops getting the router signal, and drops the connection.

So go ahead and post what ever speeds you want to, but also post when you walk away and the connection gets dropped.
 
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