BT5 real range with iPhone XR

RE: BT5 real range with iPhone XR

Einar Thorsrud — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 12:50:30 GMT

As far as I know, there are no iPhones that support long-range at this point.

RE: BT5 real range with iPhone XR

JesseJ — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 00:00:39 GMT

Does any iPhone model support long-range?

RE: BT5 real range with iPhone XR

Einar Thorsrud — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 13:36:25 GMT

The thing is that most Bluetooth features that are added since 4.0 are optional, and currently most BT5 devices do not support long-range.

RE: BT5 real range with iPhone XR

manu514 — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 13:03:30 GMT

Hey Einar!

Thanks for the heads-up about 1Mbps PHY :)

I understand that iPhone X doesn't support BT5. I thought iPhone XR did though.

RE: BT5 real range with iPhone XR

Einar Thorsrud — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 12:43:51 GMT

Hi,

iPhone X does not support coded PHY (long-range), so the long-range test you refer to is not relevant for your setup. Also, the 2 Mbps PHY will have a shorter range than the 1 Mbps PHY, so what you can do to increase range is to switch to 1M.