AT&T Sued by Sprint for Misleading '5GE' Branding [Updated With AT&T Statement]

[rjohnstone]

Any noticeable speed differences?

It sucked.... no different than my daughter's phone.

Edit:
To be fair, we were at KatsuCon with 50k-60K other people, so I'm sure all carriers were getting hammered there.

 

[code-m]

Back then there was no actual 4G standard.

If it is not an established standard, then one cannot market it as such. Doing do is misleading and false advertising.

 

[Nicksd84]

But it was something that was being worked on and was going to be different than HSPA+ or something else similar. Doesn't mean that you just take the name of the next thing and call it that if that's not what it's actually called and if that next thing is going to be something different, even if it wasn't officially codified yet.

Why not something like 3G+ or 3Ga (for advanced or something like that), or 3.5G -- basically something that still implies improvement without an incorrect implication that a whole new and different technology is in play that was only being finalized at that time?

I agree. I'm just stating that a lot of people mischatacterize the facts without understanding them. There network was theoretically faster and supported a faster standard iPhones could utilize that other carriers didn't offer. They should have marketed it better and certainly 5GE is meant to mislead consumers.
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If it is not an established standard, then one cannot market it as such. Doing do is misleading and false advertising.

I'm not disagreeing with how it's marketed. I'm disagreeing with your understanding of what they were able to offer. They actually did have a faster network that other carriers did not.

 

[code-m]

I'm not disagreeing with how it's marketed. I'm disagreeing with your understanding of what they were able to offer. They actually did have a faster network that other carriers did not.

Theoretical speed is subjective on so many variables. Marketing it as such is questionable as a constant is not defined.

 

[Nicksd84]

Theoretical speed is subjective on so many variables. Marketing it as such is questionable as a constant is not defined.

Sigh. I’m agreeing with you. Your initial premise was their network wasn’t faster which it was. I had an iPhone 4G on AT&T and tested it against Verizon’s and it had faster speeds because their network had a standard that was faster than Verizon’s and Verizon couldn’t match. Now. On to marketing 5GE that isn’t actually 5G and intentionally misleading customers. Yes that’s a problem.

 

[mofoliar]

I noticed att removed “5Ge” logo

Running ios 12.2 beta 3

Anyone else notice the removal?

 

[code-m]

Sigh. I’m agreeing with you. Your initial premise was their network wasn’t faster which it was. I had an iPhone 4G on AT&T and tested it against Verizon’s and it had faster speeds because their network had a standard that was faster than Verizon’s and Verizon couldn’t match. Now. On to marketing 5GE that isn’t actually 5G and intentionally misleading customers. Yes that’s a problem.

Seems AT&T “5Ge” network is slightly slower compared to it’s competitors.

 

[Nicksd84]

Seems AT&T “5Ge” network is slightly slower compared to it’s competitors.

Yea realized speeds will usually be the case. Again the marketing is stupid, but the technical capabilities are the facts.

 

[GDF]

What a scam. There is now way they should have changed it to that and especially on an iPhone when it can not even do 5g. Annoys me everytime I see 5Ge display on my phone. There is absolutely nothing different from 4G