Like I know if you're in a car say, with a few other people and your powering their devices internet it's cool. But let's say you all get out of the car and leave in different directions let's say at a mall somewhere; How far will your iphone 4 hotspot go on powering your homie's devices? Is there a specific limit like 50 feet, or a 100 feet? Thanks for your answers.
iPhone 4, iOS 5.1, HotSpot Distance for powering other
Wi-fi range from your iPhone's hotspot is going to vary according to many factors (interference from a variety of sources, materials between the hotspot and the user, etc.) There is no way to spec this accurately, but my guess is that this is designed to work in a very small circle, say within 20 feet (possibly a lot less). Sure you might get range beyond that, but not by much, and certainly not in an environment where there may be other 2.4 GHz signals bouncing around.
I don't know why I thought 20 feet, maybe I heard or read that somewhere, but that's what I was thinking. Thanks, and if anyone has any official i-phone 4 spec's to do with my question I'd appreciate that.
Hi,
It seems in an open field, the wifi signal is within range of about 350ft according to an experiment performed by this guy: http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1669985-3GS-wifi-tethering-distance-l imit
Also, the device was iphone 3GS and i supposed there will be slight improvement with the newer iphone's.
:-)... Cheerss!!!
How far does the hotspot from iphone4 reach to other devices?
