Wi-Fi 7 Iphones Are Basically Wi-Fi 6e with Better Marketing
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The article claims that iPhone's Wi-Fi 7 is essentially Wi-Fi 6E with rebranding, sparking skepticism about the actual technological advancements.
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I have my home network configured for conservative resilience because my high-density apartment complex near an airport makes any configuration wider than 80mhz randomly flaky due to the erratic 30-device interference patterns, so I can absolutely see why someone would design a handheld wireless product to prioritize stability over excess megabits. The technical details buried in this article are noteworthy — I haven’t read them anywhere else — and now I want to experiment with QAM at home to see if I can improve things for ‘faster’ devices too.