Why Is GNex Getting Such Bad 4G LTE Speeds Compared to iPhone 5?!?!?!?!

[androidluvr2]

I don't know the detail to which Google specified the device, but regardless, it is a Google phone.

The Verizon Galaxy Nexus is not a Google phone the way the GSM variant is. Google can't push updates directly to the device like they can with the GSM variant.

Regardless, Samsung hardware engineers designed the GNex radio/antenna and they are badly flawed. Those weren't designed by Google software engineers.

 

[Aquila]

I get amazing speeds on my Verizon Galaxy Nexus but my wife does not on hers. We have different software radios and different ROMs and different kernels. I consistently pull upwards of 20-30 mbps and have seen 45 to around 60 pretty frequently. This makes me believe it to be a software issue OR it could be hardware, but that would mean it varies more than I feel it should on a per device basis. I've never tested an iPhone 5 so not sure how it does in my area. We just got LTE this past November, so it's pretty new in this area still, but I haven't seen any degradation in data speeds yet and my wife's data speeds have sucked (10-20 with the highest I've seen hers at 35). I can seriously test them right next to each other and I'll pull 10-15 mbps more than hers. We also have different data plans. I'm on unlimited and she's on the 4GB for 2GB special they ran last summer/fall.

 

[androidluvr2]

I get amazing speeds on my Verizon Galaxy Nexus but my wife does not on hers. We have different software radios and different ROMs and different kernels. I consistently pull upwards of 20-30 mbps and have seen 45 to around 60 pretty frequently. This makes me believe it to be a software issue OR it could be hardware, but that would mean it varies more than I feel it should on a per device basis. I've never tested an iPhone 5 so not sure how it does in my area. We just got LTE this past November, so it's pretty new in this area still, but I haven't seen any degradation in data speeds yet and my wife's data speeds have sucked (10-20 with the highest I've seen hers at 35). I can seriously test them right next to each other and I'll pull 10-15 mbps more than hers.

Do you by any chance have a Chinese model and she a Korean?

I would put the 2 back to stock and test them and see if there is that much difference. If there is, I would call Verizon and try to get your wife a CLNR. I am right now in the CLNR process and the Korean models have an inferior signal. The Chinese model I got had a better signal but it had a lot of use (3000+ hours of call time and a lot of data use) and the screen was degraded. If it had not been, I would be keeping the Chinese model.