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Is 5G really good? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by Darth_Vader__@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I've heard multiple issues with 5G, like range and stuff, effectively sacrificing range and reliability for even more speed just so that companies can market it better. Do you think 5G is a downgrade compared to 4G?

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

Some of what you may have heard about the range and such might not be about 5G phone networks but 5G wifi. Any range differences aren't really even gonna be noticed compared to 4G most of the time.

5G(hz) wifi has more capacity and is faster, but has limited range and doesn't penetrate walls as well as 2.4GHz

[–] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 11 points 8 months ago

I think this must be what's happening. 5G cell is equal or better than 4G cell in almost all ways. And if your phone is set to dynamically switch between 4g and 5g depending on what's best at any given moment then there's literally no downside, only upsides

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