Samsung users experience faster download speeds than Apple and Huawei users, globally

Date: 6-Aug-2019
Location : Singapore

In Opensignal’s global report on mobile devices, which examines how different smartphone models affect the mobile network experience across 73 countries. The research was conducted from April to June 2019.



The report shows how the different smartphone models affect the user experience, especially download and upload experiences. You will see how Samsung seems to have an edge over Apple. In USA for instance, Samsung users, on average, experienced download speeds 8.2Mbps faster than iPhone users. Given that Samsung makes a wide range of models from cheap to premium, while Apple only offers premium-priced models, this makes for an even more impressive result attained.

Other highlights include —
  • Across 40 countries, Samsung users experience faster download speeds than Apple and Huawei users in 35% of all the countries evaluated. Even with a strong iPhone market like the U.S, Apple users experienced download speeds 8.2 Mbps slower than Samsung users.
  • High-tier Samsung users experienced marginally faster speeds than Apple and Huawei users with global download speeds of 26.6 Mbps, 25.1 Mbps and 24.4 Mbps respectively. However, among the mid-tier category, Apple users experienced the fastest speeds of the three largest smartphone brands, while Huawei users were fastest among low-tier users.
  • Download speeds of high-tier smartphones (e.g. Samsung Galaxy S8, S9, S10; Huawei P20 Pro, P30 Pro; iPhone Xs) were at least twice as fast as those of low-tier users (e.g. Samsung A2 Core, J4 Core; Huawei Nova 2, ; iPhone SE or 6) in 25 countries.
Check out the full report.

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