If you're gonna whine about theoretical vs real world performance, you're gonna have to whine about gigabit ethernet too - with a good hardware analyzer, you can literally watch the throughput change by bending and looping the ethernet cable, because its electrical properties change.
Also, does any of this really matter? Who chooses their mobile device based on the transmission technology? Most look for the features of the device itself. I could honestly care less what my iPhone or iPad use inside, as long as it's affordable, and works pretty much everywhere. I guess one out of two ain't bad
