iPhone 16 Pro Models 'Widely Expected' to Support Wi-Fi 7

Think how fast you will be able to watch movies, read emails, be served advertisements, and have your privacy violated. It boggles the mind.

I've yet to see a Wi-Fi 7 network; the routers are stupid expensive. Cool, though!

I just updated my network to Wi-Fi 6 (not +) less than a year ago... It'll probably be 2030 before I get to Wi-Fi 7!

I have an Omada EAP 783 Wifi-7 access point and with the 6Ghz band alone my iPhone 15 PM gets around 1600 up and down if I am in the same room as it. Other then if I am uploading backups of photos to One Drive what is the use case for this speed?

My WiFi-7 Intel BE200 enabled PC one room away can get 2500Up/Down connected to a MLO SSID I set up between 5 and 6Ghz bands to the same access point. Though I still prefer my 2.5Gbe ethernet connection on the same PC for online gaming.

I truly want to know other then nightly backups what people are using this speed for? Uploading ProRes video to the cloud? My cell contract isnt up until the iPhone 18 comes out so it doesn't matter to me if the new model has it or not other then the cool factor of saying I have a WiFi 7 iphone.

You’re just referring to your simple home setup.

But when 7 rolls out to event venues, sporting events, public spaces, things like a crowded McDonalds, etc that is when 7 really shines.

Better speeds, better on the edge, all in high congestion with tons of connections.

7 also completely gets rid of the need for the vast majority of homes to ever need any type of wired connections AT ALL. I know 6 is that way for most people currently, but 7 really maxes out those “Gig” connections from the cable and fiber companies.

It really is a huge step forward for WiFi

Wow a bunch of people here complaining that THEY can't find a use for something, so therefore that thing MUST be useless for everyone else.

If these people ran the world we'd still be on 802.11b.

/edit. Just to add to this: Sure, you likely don't need Wifi 7 at home right now, but you sure as ? will love it at that conference, or at the airport, or at a stadium. Wifi7 handles congestion SO much better. It's not just about speed to the device, it's also about how many devices are using the wireless in your area and how your devices and the base stations communicate in this crowded RF environment.

Half the people here thinking the world revolves around them in their little cabin in the remote Arkansas wilderness. Think bigger.

Wi-Fi 7 routers are still way too expensive and offer very little real world benefit for most people, IMO.

I have an Omada EAP 783 Wifi-7 access point and with the 6Ghz band alone my iPhone 15 PM gets around 1600 up and down if I am in the same room as it. Other then if I am uploading backups of photos to One Drive what is the use case for this speed?

My WiFi-7 Intel BE200 enabled PC one room away can get 2500Up/Down connected to a MLO SSID I set up between 5 and 6Ghz bands to the same access point. Though I still prefer my 2.5Gbe ethernet connection on the same PC for online gaming.

I truly want to know other then nightly backups what people are using this speed for? Uploading ProRes video to the cloud? My cell contract isnt up until the iPhone 18 comes out so it doesn't matter to me if the new model has it or not other then the cool factor of saying I have a WiFi 7 iphone.

The benefit of Wifi 7 isn’t the speed (which is theoretical), it’s more robust connections and less interference when you have many users and/or competing networks.