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135.17 Mbps speeds that Ookla observed in its Q3 2021 report. T-Mobile also scored top marks for consistency, reliability, and especially availability; it’s the only carrier that can boast that the majority of its users with 5G-capable devices actually spend most of their time on 5G. T-Mobile scored 61.4% on this metric, while AT&T came in second, with 48% of its users actually benefiting from 5G. Verizon came in a distant third at 36.4%, which isn’t all that surprising considering its early focus on deploying smaller pockets of mmWave. The Manufacturers One other interesting tidbit to come out of Ookla’s latest report is that even though the iPhone 13 leads the pack with the fastest 5G download speeds, Apple is actually in third place behind Google and Samsung when it comes to having the fastest smartphones overall. Since Ookla’s report measures download performance across all the available cellular technologies, from 3G to 5G, it’s likely that Apple’s older devices pulled its score down here. This is one area in which the longevity of the iPhone actually has a downside; users who are still running Ookla’s Speedtest on an iPhone 6s — which can still run iOS 15 — will contribute just as much to these stats as those with the latest iPhone 13 Pro models. By contrast, there are likely fewer folks still toting older Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy devices, most of which are stuck on outdated versions of Android, and don’t care too much about the speeds they’re getting.