AT&T's '5GE' Service No Faster Than LTE From Verizon and T-Mobile

[NachoSH]

I think mobile networks in the US are collapsed. 30mbps is 3G speeds and AT&T is selling it as 5G Evolution!!!
I usually get around 100mbps on 4G LTE in most European countries (I'm using Vodafone ES, but same speeds in France).

 

[w5jck]

A rose is still a rose by any other name, and a pile of AT&T poop by any other name still stinks just as much!

 

[techwhiz]

I'm sitting at my desk here in Silicon Valley,
I'm getting 90Mbps down and 10 Mbps up on Verizon 4G-LTE.

We need 5G on a mobile platform why?

 

[MrTech0384]

AT&T and T-Mobile did this in the past..... Not sure why everyone is all upset about this when it's been going on for years...

https://www.theverge.com/2011/05/04/att-t-mobile-dipping-hspa-4g-branding

Also, It like T-Mobile and Verizon advertising unlimited 3G HotSpot.... But the connection operates at 512kbps... Which I remember 3G being 3 to 4Mbps..... Just saying...

 

[btrach144]

So glad I left AT&T

 

[iBluetooth]

I'm sitting at my desk here in Silicon Valley,
I'm getting 90Mbps down and 10 Mbps up on Verizon 4G-LTE.

We need 5G on a mobile platform why?

So, your computer monitor is 480 x 320 px? We always need to improve because webpages get larger if the speed allows and everything increases in size - because we can.
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So glad I left AT&T

To get 50% slower connection???

 

[MrTech0384]

Not sure why everyone is so suprised by this tactic?

AT&T and T-Mobile both did this back when 4G LTE was beginning to become a big thing and they didn't have 4G LTE Coverage everywhere.....

https://www.theverge.com/2011/05/04/att-t-mobile-dipping-hspa-4g-branding

Kind of like T-Mobile offering unlimited 3G Hotspot, which actually only operates @ 512kbps.... I remember when true 3G was 2 to 4Mbps...

 

[rysmtihaz]

My speeds on 5g e never hit more than 30mbps. LTE speeds though 15 miles away are consistently 120mbps or more.

Apple should not get sucked into AT&T’s scam.

 

[cfurlin]

Kudos AT&T, for trolling the FOMO crowd. Great entertainment right there. Best laugh I’ve had all day.

 

[gwhizkids]

I'm going to be the contrarian here: who really cares? What if they used the words "Really Fast!" instead? My own anecdotal experience using it weekly in the Boston metro is that it is very, very fast (I routinely get 100+mbps down in the center of a building). Sure, it may not be "true" 5G, but they're also not claiming it is, hence the "e". Time to find something else to be enraged about. This one is not worth it.

 

[Osxguy]

Why does this surprise anyone. AT&T is the Death Star for a reason.. they are an evil company

 

[Nicksd84]

South Park sue you meme fitting. I’ll sue you! I’ll sue your pants off! Go ahead. Sue me!

 

[The Oak]

apple have to wait til 2020 cause intel is not ready til 2020

???

With Gigabit LTE capable on the XS series ... I doubt real 5G speeds will be faster than that for the next year+.

 

[Smith288]

I could do without the editorializing of this. Let the facts of the story allow me to decide if they are rightly or wrongly branding their 5ge.

 

[Jimmy Bubbles]

You, Mac Rumors readers, have a duty to call out AT&T's fake branding to those who are not aware of this nor understand.

Lol do people really care about this though? My iPhone still works just fine, regardless of the status of my cellular network. They could call it 69G for all I cared.

 

[axboi87]

I regularly get 80-100 down and 20-50 up on T-Mobile in Central Dallas. It's the reason we use it for our field iPads. We have over 30 iPads in the field and pay less than 100 a month for all of them to have unlimited LTE data at those speeds. Total no-brainer compared to Verizon wanting hundreds a month for limited and slightly slower LTE.

 

[richard371]

Apple or ATT should update the software to call it LTE-E or something less misleading.

 

[elie195]

They did the same thing with their "4G" on the 4S and up (it was just HSDPA+ iirc) so I'm not surprised

 

[C DM]

Lol do people really care about this though? My iPhone still works just fine, regardless of the status of my cellular network. They could call it 69G for all I cared.

They could call anything anything -- what's the point if it doesn't really have meaning behind it?

 

[ray6088]

John Legere should campaign "5GE ≠ 5G, Free XR on us". Just trade in 5GE iPhone with iOS 12.2 and add a new line.

 

[oliverlubin]

is "5GE" trademarked by AT&T? if not, why not have all the other carriers just relabel their own version of the exact same LTE service the same? And if AT&T does have a trade/wordmark, maybe the other carriers just the same thing but just change the label slightly:

Sprint = 5GS (s for special)
Verizon = 5GV (v for variant)
TMobile = 5GT (t for transition)

the whole thing is pathetic on AT&T's part but maybe there's a way to just neutralize the gimmick by playing along.

 

[bigjnyc]

I'm sitting at my desk here in Silicon Valley,
I'm getting 90Mbps down and 10 Mbps up on Verizon 4G-LTE.

We need 5G on a mobile platform why?

I'm sure in the 90s someone said "wow I am getting 90kbps from my dial up modem... we will never need faster speeds than this!!"

 

[Villarrealadrian]

Those are rookie numbers you got to pump those numbers!
TELCEL - Mexico

 

[richard371]

Isn't this only the case on the 12.2 beta on the iphone? If this is the case no one has a leg to stand on as beta is beta. I have a feeling it will change or remain just LTE when the final 12.2 is rolled out.

 

[EM2013]

Yet they claimed it is still faster than lte smh