I was pretty surprised to find out I have 5G at my house. T-Mobile says I don’t have it, according to their map. Guess they haven’t updated yet. I’m satisfied with these speeds. Can’t wait to see what mmWave does.
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iPhone 12 5G Settings: How to Save Data and Battery
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Glad this will all be sorted by the time the iPhone 12s or 14 come out
btw - as an ATT customer for 24 years, they’ve failed 100% of the time when a new feature (WiFi calling, SMS/MMS, 4G LTE, etc) comes out.
Verizon failed more often on the device side (I’m looking at you HTC Thunderbolt and Motorola T720).
btw - as an ATT customer for 24 years, they’ve failed 100% of the time when a new feature (WiFi calling, SMS/MMS, 4G LTE, etc) comes out.
Verizon failed more often on the device side (I’m looking at you HTC Thunderbolt and Motorola T720).
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I’ve gotten 150-200 on 4G LTE (iPhone 8 Plus) near my house. Uploads are slower, but definitely faster than 28.
even in a crap area - inside - with my 11 Pro Max and wife’s 11, we get 30-50 now.
Then again my home WiFi is 450-550 bidirectional.
Mine says to add a cellular plan, but even on my Verizon account it shows the phone activated. Any ideas? Haha I’m using it now... haven’t tried to take or make a call
Yes in general it is. You and I both might be ok but lots of urban areas around the world have congestion on LTE and it's increasing quickly.
However for us buying a phone? For a lot of people who doesn't live in a congested area it is probably not really worth it just yet, if only upgrading for that.
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It's very nice that Apple offers this level of configurability for 4G/5G.
I wish they'd do the same in other places and provide a toggle for wifi-calling to be wifi preferred or network preferred for example.
I wish they'd do the same in other places and provide a toggle for wifi-calling to be wifi preferred or network preferred for example.
I'm wondering if that has anything with Verizon having to use DSS (which shares LTE spectrum) to implement 5G?. Verizon and AT&T are handicapped (as opposed to T-Mobile) by limited 5G spectrum.
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I would (for now) use only LTE on the T-Mobile US network. Maybe there will be some improvements in future iOS 14.x releases to make using T-Mobiles sub-6 GHz 5G network so it doesn't run my battery down so often.
Probably because you're using two sims. One eSim and a regular one. Currently there is a limitation to LTE instead of 5G in that case. Apple wants to update that later. See separate thread in the forums.
Turned off. 5g only available in big cities over here and as lockdown is on I won’t be going near one till prob after iPhone 13
I wonder if that’s actually a false economy with regard to battery life.
Sure, LTE will use less power, but it will also need to be active for much longer because the data speeds are much slower. If the download can be completed 8X faster on 5G, then it’s probably better to use 5G so the phone can go back to low-power idle mode much sooner.
I suspect where it really matters is when data requirements are really minimal. Just staying connected for incoming notifications, etc.
Unless Apple really screwed something up, it won’t try to use 5G in areas where 5G isn’t available. So turning 5G off won’t make a difference to battery life here.
This could be due to some sort of misconfiguration of your carrier’s network. I saw similar things earlier this year when 5G first launched here (Vodafone network in London, UK), but after a couple of months they sorted it out and now it seems to cleanly pick the right network at the right times and not bounce back and forth (nor remain connected to 5G too long of the signal is too weak).
For those on AT&T who aren't seeing 5G options appear, there is likely one of three reasons for that:
- Your plan does not "support" or allow for 5G access. The only consumer plans that include 5G network access are:
- The highest end unlimited prepaid (I believe it is the "Unlimited Plus" plan)
- On postpaid
- Unlimited Starter
- Unlimited Extra
- Unlimited Elite
- If you are on one of these plans and still not able to choose 5G Auto or 5G On, you may need to contact AT&T to have the correct account codes reprovisioned to your account for 5G
- You need a new SIM
- Older SIMs may not support 5G NR. The iPhone 12 SKUs that include carrier activation (the $30 discounted models for iPhone 12 non-Pro) include a SIM in the box that will support 5G. If you bought the SIM-free model, you may need to contact AT&T to have a replacement SIM sent to you or pick up a replacement at an AT&T store
- You are using dual-SIM mode with an eSIM
- iPhone 12 (all models) do not currently support 5G when dual-SIM is active, except in China where you can install two physical SIMs into the device
- eSIM alone should still support 5G, as long as a physical SIM is not also in use. However, some people are finding that they have had to contact AT&T to have the correct account codes for 5G reprovisioned onto their account before the 5G options would appear
Tbh that test is not correctly done. They’ve used different carriers for the 12 and 12 pro. Since the hardware is exactly the same there shouldn’t be any difference whatsoever.
And as you can see battery life on 4g on the 12/pro is way better than on the iPhone 11 Pro.
I don’t see this option on my iPhone 12. We have the AT&T business unlimited elite plan so we have 5G.
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A 5G phone and the first thing folks are told is how to turn off 5G and/or how to reduce 5G usage.
There is something is wrong with that ...
There is something is wrong with that ...
I am amazed at how AT&T and VZW can charge extra for 5G service!
Glad TMO does not upcharge for 5G and has more 5G service (Sub 6 & mm Wave) compared to the other 2!
Glad TMO does not upcharge for 5G and has more 5G service (Sub 6 & mm Wave) compared to the other 2!