iPhone 15 WiFi painfully slow.

Upgraded to an iPhone15 from an iPhone X (yes, really) and ever since the wifi connection is awful. Pages that loaded perfectly on the same WiFi with my iPhone X, will load very slow if at all. More often than not, I end up getting frustrated with the slowness that I just exit out of the app or site. It’s really bad and I’m not sure if this is a settings problem or if my WiFi chip might be defective??

iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 17

Posted on Oct 4, 2023 4:37 PM

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Posted on Oct 21, 2023 3:42 PM

I believe I've figured it out. If you have iCloud+, there is an option that I did add without realizing it when I first got the phone or updated it. It's not displayed as a VPN or in the VPN setting. That's why I think it's been so hard to figure out. It's under Settings > iCloud > iCloud+ > Private Relay > Off. Restart your phone after turning it off and my download speed went from 97mbps to 496mbps, as it should since I have a download speed of up to 1200mbps from my home service. I hope this helps. It has been driving me crazy since my 11-year-old computer was downloading so much faster compared to my new iPhone 15 Pro.


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Nov 16, 2023 2:04 PM in response to xarmanno

Worst iPhone ever released. Even after multiple updates still overheating and runs RIDICULOUSLY SLOW ALL THE TIME. I have done all settings adjustments listed to increase speed but on WiFi it will barely load a webpage half the time and forget streaming a video. Won’t even load ESPN app. Wish I had never purchased. Still inside return window so probably going to try and return for a 14. My wife’s phone has none of these issues

Jan 5, 2024 4:48 PM in response to xarmanno

Each Apple product I have is less capable than with less useful features than previous Apple products. I have this issue with my $1k iPhone 15pro as well. I wish had kept the 12 pro which worked just fine. The latests OS updates across the board were the worst I’ve seen in a long time. That said, I eventually did find a fix… I gave the device to my niece and bought a different product / brand. Now I have none of these issues. That was the only fix that worked for me.

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