N1+AT&T Smacks Droid Incredible.

[icebike]

I was teaching a new Incredible owner about Google Maps on his shiny new phone while sitting in a restaurant, near a window.

He bought the phone on my recommendation (he was a Verizon customer and not really in a position to ETF out of his contract).

I was shocked by how fast my Nexus One on At&t found our location, displayed the map, zoomed the map, went to street view, etc, etc, etc.

We are not talking about a difference of a few second, we are talking about a couple minutes before the Incredible could populate a map, zoom, etc. His GPS took forever to get a lock. (Verizon shipped the phone with GPS turned off, but we turned that on two days ago. What were they thinking?).

This is Seattle area, not exactly some backwater cell dead-zone.

We both had 3G showing, similar bars, but his on Verizon and mine on Att 3G.
Speed test confirmed that the droid was getting less than a third of the bandwidth that the N1 got.

I had no idea the difference was this great.

 

[Cory Streater]

Maybe it was just a fluke. I'm in Seattle and get instant locks and speedy downloads.

 

[Duvi]

A better test would have been Verizon DI vs Verizon N1 (although it will never happen). AT&T's 3G speeds, if you have similar coverage to Verizon, will likely be faster on AT&T as UMTS beats Verizon's 3G.

I do notice though with all my AT&T devices (BBs, iPhones and some other devices), that my N1 is faster, even when tethering.

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

Or is it possible that all location data on the Incredible goes through Verizon's private 3rd party location vendor like it does on the Pre plus?

Someone with an Incredible and a laptop needs to go outside, fire up maps and run top to see exactly what services get started.

 

[dan1431]

Remember that CDMA's 3G is slower(approximately 700kbps down) than GSM's(approximately 900kbps-1.5mbps down) and that could be the culprit right there.

Another issue could be as the previous poster wrote the proprietary location DATA provider(but I do not know about that).

Dan

 

[TreyDaPrince]

Just waiting for someone to say "We'll give you that one but the Incredible still owns the N1 in EVERY category". Fact.

 

[GenericMessage]

And let the mud slinging start in three.........two..........one...........*hides*

 

[icebike]

And let the mud slinging start in three.........two..........one...........*hides*

Actually you are not likely to see that sort of mud slinging here.

Android Central is not The Iphone Blog.

We are used to all sorts of different platforms here. We are used to lots of different phones and many different carriers. We welcome them.

The Incredible and the Nexus One are so close that the only valid reason for choosing one over the other is the Carrier involved.

 

[rew001]

I came into this thread thinking there'd be a link or 2 regarding a side-by-side comparison of speeds between AT&T N1 and Verizon Inc.....I was wrong.

 

[r-nice]

Proves nothing.

 

[Jasonrj]

I'm also near Seattle, my Incredible does everything isntantly. As soon as I open maps it has already pinpointed and zoomed in on my location, even from a cold boot without having it already in memory. And I usually have 0-1 bars reception at my apartment.

 

[derichio02]

Verizons 3g is not 700kbps. Its actual maxed at 3.1Mbps and I see average speeds of 1-1.5Kbps. And yes I do run 3-4 speed tests a day(sorry Im like that). I just ran a test right now and I got 1.89mbps down and .78mbps up. I cant post a link yet sorry Im a lurker not a poster.

I am also upset that VZW didn't get the N1 but I am also very happy with my DI

I am also 70 miles from my server Lancaster, ca to Los Angeles