ewanmclean2005
Super Pro Member
From what I understand the 5G logo on your phone isn’t telling you the full picture about which network technology you’re actually connected to.
Have you ever been on a 5G connection, pulled out your phone, pulled up a benchmarking app to test your connection speed and been sorely dissapointed with the results? Well it could actually be that your phone isn’t connected to 5G but 5G is actually locally available but you’re not within the coverage footprint this isn’t a bug from what I’m lead to believe but within the design specification.
This was one of the most bizarre things I remember coming across when I first got a 5G phone.
There is a dead zone near my house where my signal indicator states 5G, but my phone is in fact connected to 4G but one of the local masts broadcasts a 5G signal. The throughput (3UK) is about 2-3mbit/s and some of my benchmarking apps tell me that the phone is indeed on 4G but my status says 5G on the signal indicator.
I’m sure someone on here would be able to explain why this is.
Have you ever been on a 5G connection, pulled out your phone, pulled up a benchmarking app to test your connection speed and been sorely dissapointed with the results? Well it could actually be that your phone isn’t connected to 5G but 5G is actually locally available but you’re not within the coverage footprint this isn’t a bug from what I’m lead to believe but within the design specification.
This was one of the most bizarre things I remember coming across when I first got a 5G phone.
There is a dead zone near my house where my signal indicator states 5G, but my phone is in fact connected to 4G but one of the local masts broadcasts a 5G signal. The throughput (3UK) is about 2-3mbit/s and some of my benchmarking apps tell me that the phone is indeed on 4G but my status says 5G on the signal indicator.
I’m sure someone on here would be able to explain why this is.























