mmWave vs. Sub-6GHz 5G iPhones: What's the Difference?

[whirldy]

Ok! Apple and Qualcomm ... please get together so carrier’s can engineer the iPhone 12’s (X55 modem) to communicate properly between towers!

Multifarious... iPhone 12 Users Report Sudden Drops in 5G and LTE Cellular Coverage​

 

[MobiusStrip]

More asinine hype and a massive waste of money. In addition to presenting yet another inexcusable "format war," the ultra-high-frequency version of 5G is fragile junk. Try WirelessHD wireless HDMI, which is 60 GHz. It barely stays connected when transmitter and receiver are in line of sight 15 feet away from each other indoors. It's pathetic.

MM-wave 5G is the same thing on a slightly larger scale: easily blocked by any obstacle. It's going to require a block-by-block blanketing of the landscape with new cells.

Then there's the idiocy of the whole "faster" cellular mania. What exactly are you "downloading" on a PHONE? Instagram pictures are puny.

The effort wasted to build the astronomically increased number of cells to support 5G would be way better spent improving 4G coverage and rolling fiber out to homes.

 

[macsound1]

More asinine hype and a massive waste of money. In addition to presenting yet another inexcusable "format war," the ultra-high-frequency version of 5G is fragile junk. Try WirelessHD wireless HDMI, which is 60 GHz. It barely stays connected when transmitter and receiver are in line of sight 15 feet away from each other indoors. It's pathetic.

MM-wave 5G is the same thing on a slightly larger scale: easily blocked by any obstacle. It's going to require a block-by-block blanketing of the landscape with new cells.

Then there's the idiocy of the whole "faster" cellular mania. What exactly are you "downloading" on a PHONE? Instagram pictures are puny.

The effort wasted to build the astronomically increased number of cells to support 5G would be way better spent improving 4G coverage and rolling fiber out to homes.

Only benifit of 5G that I see is increased bandwidth in very dense areas, like stadiums.

 

[Michael Scrip]

Only benifit of 5G that I see is increased bandwidth in very dense areas, like stadiums.

Agreed.

Unfortunately... "5G just got real" in a time when no one is going to stadiums...

It'll all be better someday though. Stay home, people, wear a mask.

 

[macsound1]

Agreed.

Unfortunately... "5G just got real" in a time when no one is going to stadiums...

It'll all be better someday though. Stay home, people, wear a mask.

Which is why I immedietly turned off 5G on my iPhone 12. I plan on turning it back on when I travel to see if any of my usually traveled spots have 5G where there wasn't 4G. Lots of areas in on Highway 5 in rural California still had spotty 3G. Whole family has iPhone 12s now so I can compare coverage.