> does it really matter? Yes and no. > Ookla’s data ... iPhone X ... 31.5 Mbps ... 25.1 Mbps. > The Galaxy S9+, ... 38.2 Mbps on Verizon and 34.2 Mbps on Spr

> does it really matter? Yes and no. > Ookla’s data ... iPhone X ... 31.5 Mbps ... 25.1 Mbps. > The Galaxy S9+, ... 38.2 Mbps on Verizon and 34.2 Mbps on Sprint. If you buy a phone for this feature, then I suppose it would matter. But IRL no one cares about these performance numbers until/unless they're separated by an order of magnitude. > I don't know that additional download speed would be useful to me at the moment. Until someone comes up with clever new applications to consume this bandwidth, I agree: it's just not useful. I really prefer android and I like the Snapdragon phones. Clearly, AAPL made a smart bet in dual-sourcing the modems. People do not buy iPhones because they expect superior throughput. Device performance/latency likely matters much more than network performance.