Finally Two Android Phones Beat iPhone 14 Pro Max in Download Speed

Last season when the iPhone 14 Pro Max was issued, the phone occupied the top status for the fastest download speed in various studies by conquering several competitors, such as the Samsung Galaxy S22.

However, in recent reports, the iPhone 14 Pro Max has lost its download speed crown on not one, but two Android phones.

Ookla released a new mobile performance report comparing US-specific carriers in terms of fetch and upload speeds, stability, availability, and more.

While the iPhone 14 Pro Max earned the crown for speed in Q3 with an average fetch speed of 147 Mbps and an upload speed of 17 Mbps, the table is already different in Ookla's new study.

Mobile with the fastest grab speed in the U.S.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 gained the top-notch status with an average fetch speed of 147.24 Mbps and the Google Pixel 7 Pro was in 2nd place the IPhone 14 Pro Max was in 3rd place with 133.84 and 14 Pro writing 130.14 Mbps.

Upload speeds and latency are all really close, but Pixel 7 Pro leads the way with 15.53 Mbps for upload and 50 ms latency.

Another interesting result is that Samsung phones lead the way in total for the fastest average download speed compared to all iPhones of around 7 Mbps.

The alluring side about the iPhone 14 Pro Max losing its crown for fastest grab speed is that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 took the win with a performance that was as seen from the 14 Pro Max in Q3.

The average download speed of the iPhone 14 Pro Max eventually dropped from 147 to 133 Mbps allowing the Fold4 and Pixel 7 Pro to take places one and two.

Because the iPhone 14 Pro Max once worked at high speed with these 2 Android phones, one opportunity is if between Q3 and Q4, more and more 14 Pro Max phones have successfully reached the hands of loyal consumers in more and more areas with slower operator achievements.

In other words, at launch, the share of iPhone 14 Pro Max wearers is likely to get higher in metro areas which could make the pick-up speed even higher for Q3 the moment before staying lower in Q4.

After all, all the top phones among Apple, Samsung, and Google offer strong fetch speeds with average performance between 125 and 147 Mbps in Ookla's tests.