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- Owners of Apple's new iPhone XS and XS Max, officially released on Friday, are reporting poor WiFi and cell signal strength.
- A report from a wireless-technology blog said the new iPhones demonstrated less signal strength than last year's iPhones in lab testing.
- The issues might be growing pains for new iPhone owners, and it's possible Apple could fix them with software updates after gathering a bunch of real-world data.
Some are saying their older iPhones, like the iPhone 7 and the iPhone X, had better signal strength than their new iPhones — or simply that the new iPhones don't impress with their wireless reception. Apple didn't immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.
Reports from Reddit users suggest that the signal-strength issues aren't confined to a single carrier. Owners of the iPhone XS devices posting on MacRumors and Apple's support forums have also reported poor signal strength.
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A report from the wireless-technology blog WiWavelength seems to confirm the lower signal strength on new iPhones. It said that testing in a lab environment found that their signal strength was significantly weaker than last year's iPhone 8 and iPhone X devices.
The reports come as a bit of a surprise, considering the new iPhones have one more antenna band, placed along the bottom edge, than last year's phones.
With all this said, it's possible that signal-strength issues on the new iPhones, which started rolling out on Friday, are growing pains that come with a new generation of devices, and that Apple might be able to fix them with a software update after gathering user data. Something similar happened with the iPhone 7, and Apple was able to fix it with a patch.
