Now that the iPhone 3G S has been out for a full day people are turning in all sorts of reports. Especially since the new phone is close enough to what everyone wanted since the first generation iPhone. One of the improvements of the 3G S is supposed to be the 3G connectivity. The iPhone 3G S could, at least on paper, use that 7.2Mbps 3G speed but it looks like it doesn’t really do that. First of all, AT&T is still working on upgrading its network to 7.2Mbps, and, unless you live in Chicago, you won’t be getting speeds anywhere near that. As you can see from the test screenshot above, the 3G S is indeed faster but the added speed isn’t significant. In fact it’s all thanks to the new processor of the phone. In other words, you’ll still have to wait for a faster 3G connectivity so better postpone upgrading to iPhone 3G S if all you want is just faster download and upload speeds. Maybe next year when Apple will launch the iPhone LTE, AT&T/Verizon customers will be able to surf the Internet on the go at speeds of 7.2Mbps and beyond.

via Engadget