Posted on November 18, 2011 by TNW in Mobile With Apple widening the availability of the iPhone 4S to include AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, USA residents looking to purchase the device have a lot of flexibility/choice but deciding on a carrier can be troublesome.
We’ve seen speed tests run before, highlighting AT&T’s ability to sustain fast upload and download rates that trump Verizon’s and Sprint’s, but a new test performed by Metrico Wireless sheds light on which of the three carriers is able to perform best for voice calls and how they rank in terms of data reliability.
Metrico tested the iPhone 4S on AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, performing more than 21,000 web-page downloads, 8,000 download/upload tests and 6,000 voice calls on real and simulated networks, and while stationary and in motion. They found that, out of the three carriers, Verizon was the most reliable for making and holding calls, with a 2.1% call failure rate, compared to AT&T’s 2.8% and Sprint’s 3.7%.
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