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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
IPad3 owners -- how has your wifi been treating you? Gizmodo and Engadget have both run stories suggesting a major consensus the reception's half as strong as that of the iPad2's.
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I wonder if
this is real:
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Update 2: Another reader told us a quite enlightening story that happened to him at an Apple Store's Genius bar:
I spent 90 min in the store. We compared the speed on the 3 and my 2. Wasn't a dramatic difference (because we were in the back of the store, closer to the router mothership!) But still there was a difference.
They did an exchange—but we all decided to test the new iPad 3.
We tested it, and still there was a difference - about 2/3 the strength. It wasn't that big.
Then the clerk suggested we try another machine to compare two 3's—and my 2.
When we went to the front of the store—at the entryway to the mall—I was vindicated! Because the signal was weaker—the the 2 was flying—getting 12 or 15—while the 3 was lagging at 3 or 4.
So the manager was called over. It was decided to swap it for yet another 3.
Tested it again and it was still the same problem.
But now everyone was aware that there is a problem with the 3.
Bottom line: I returned it, got my money back - and am back to the 2. It's not as sharp, but it's fast! So, I'll wait a month or so, and see if they manage to improve the wifi issue.
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Would this technically be a problem of range rather than reception?