> But Ookla, the folks behind the SpeedTest app and website, have analyzed about five weeks’ worth of users’ testing data to get an idea of how the iPhone 17 lineup stacks up to the iPhone 16, as well as Android phones with Wi-Fi chips from Qualcomm, MediaTek, and others.
So it is not about the chip but overall network performance.
And comparing Apples with Androides (i.e. oranges).
Actual headline: "Testing shows Apple N1 Wi-Fi chip improves on older Broadcom chips in every way"
They changed the headline on me after submission. I had to lightly edit (remove punctuation) to make it fit in the previous iteration.