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If you’re an iPhone shopper still stuck between choosing which model to get, a new report about data speeds on Apple’s smartphones could sway your decision.
The iPhone X (18.5 Mbps) from 2017 also beats the iPhone XR thanks to a 4x4 MIMO antenna system, though its older-generation modem kept it from reaching the same speeds as the iPhone XS and XS Max.
MORE: iPhone XS or iPhone XR? Here's Your Cheat Sheet
As expected, the aging iPhone 5s offered the slowest speeds of all the models OpenSignal tested, at 10.2 Mbps. And with the exception of the iPhone XR and the iPhone SE (the only other mid-level iPhone on test), Apple’s handsets performed better or the same year-over-year.
In case you’re curious, similar LTE performance testing last year by PCMag that included Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 and Google’s Pixel 2 showed that the two Android phones slightly bested Apple’s new iPhone XS Max in download speeds.
Even though all this mean that you can’t turn to the XR version of the iPhone right now if you want the fastest data speeds, that might not be the case next year. Rumor has it that Apple will be upgrading the 2019 iPhone XR to 4x4 MIMO for its LTE antennas in order to bring it on par, in terms of data-speeds, with the premium iPhones that will also be released at the same time.
