Here’s How Much Faster New iPhone Wi-Fi Is Than Your Old iPhone’s

TheiPhone 6and6 Plusaren’t just bigger and better than ever , they ’ve also got some subtle internal upgrades . I ’m not talking processors ; the new iPhones are the first Apple handset to ship with 802.11ac Wi - Fi , and that break them a infernal region of a speed boost , as you ’ll see in thishandy video recording by iClarified .

802.11ac has already poked its head out in Androids and Windows Phones like the Galaxys S5 and Note 3 , the HTC One , and the Nokia Lumia Icon , but this is the first time iPhoners will get a taste of the toothsome swiftness . 5GHz 802.11ac Wi - Fi link can suck in up data more than doubly as tight as the old 802.11n , and it show up here as the iPhone 6 Plus gets a more than 2x Wi - Fi speed improvement over its older comrade , and that translate to smoother web - surfin ’ and video - loadin ’ on your own dwelling house meshing .

The catch , of course , is that you have to have a router that can support this flavor of Wi - Fi too , and if you have n’t updated your router in the retiring few years , you are n’t go to benefit until you do . But if you involve something to give you a shove , maybe it ’s time . [ iClarified ]