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Slow Wifi on iPhone 6 Plus

Anyone experiencing really slow WiFi on their new iPhone 6 Plus? Mine is super slow. When I switch off WiFi, LTE works perfectly and very snappy. I didn't have any issues with my 5s and not having issues with my iPad Air. I doubt it's an iOS 8 issue because the 5s and iPad Air are running iOS 8. WiFi also works fine on my 13" MacBook Pro Retina. It's not a router issue. Any ideas??

Posted on Sep 19, 2014 8:09 PM

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Apr 30, 2015 5:14 PM in response to Community User

Day 3 with my I6. I had the problem described above: Consistent Wifi download speeds of around .3 - .4 megs with pings of 17 and upload speeds of 12 megs. Reset network settings didn't work. I then experimented with router settings until I put the router in G instead of N and now my download speeds are 13 megs with is the fastest possible with G.


So it's fixed but the solution is not entirely satisfactory because I have a 50 meg Comcast connection and a N router and I'm now throttled down the G. Which is not terrible but disappointing that a company with the resources of Apple can't fix this. I hope it's not a bug baked into the silicon.

May 12, 2015 8:26 AM in response to Mikef91

I bought my iphone 6plus form etisalat (UAE) couple of weeks ago now feel that my phone wifi is very very slow than my old iPhone 4s. now I'm so angry with my phone I've wasted my money to buy this iPhone why this new phone have ******* wifi problem, I dont wanna go etisalat service center.. Because there're *****.They don't even know how service client.I've promissed I would never buy iPhone in future again..I've wasted this time my money to buy this iPhone 6plus.

May 12, 2015 8:30 AM in response to Mikef91

I bought my iphone 6plus form etisalat (UAE) couple of weeks ago now feel that my phone wifi is very very slow than my old iPhone 4s. now I'm so angry with my phone I've wasted my money to buy this iPhone why this new phone have ******* wifi problem, I dont wanna go etisalat service center.. Because there're *****.They don't even know how service client.I've promissed I would never buy iPhone in future again..I've wasted this time my money to buy this iPhone 6plus.

May 12, 2015 1:23 PM in response to Mikef91

So, I was experiencing this same problem throughout my house with both my iPhone 6 Plus as well as a few other pieces of hardware. This might not help everyone, but it made a HUGE difference for me that does not seem to be stopping.


I have an Apple Airport (the new tower design) and had turned on both the 2.4GHz and the 5GHz networks. After I disabled the 5GHz network, everything seemed to come back to normal for me. My speeds went from close to 1 meg to well above 20 megs regularly. I had also had problems getting my older second generation Apple TVs to want to authenticate on the network with both the 2.4 and the 5GHz networks working together, but now have not had a single problem with any of my hardware. Not sure where the issue is coming from, but this worked for me. Cheers.

Jul 6, 2015 7:30 AM in response to Mikef91

before i updated my newly bought iphone6 plus,my wifi has a poor connection.worst thing is my sister and i have the same phone but mine is experiencing slow connection and most of the time network names doesn't appear.router is just behind me,still the network name doesn't show.i did network resetting,phone reset,check the router and password changed but my wifi connection's case doesn't change.just called up to the apple customer service here in japan and they will pick up my iPhone tomorrow.they said less 2 weeks.will post for the result!

Slow Wifi on iPhone 6 Plus

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