TL;DR
- Motorola phone sales could be banned in the US if an ITC ruling in favor of Ericsson is upheld.
- Ericsson has claimed that Motorola’s phones infringe upon its 5G wireless communications patents.
- In an initial ruling, the ITC has found that Lenovo-owned Motorola violates Ericsson’s patents.
Me with with my 6 year old phone: “you guys have 5G?”
5G causes crazy battery drain and I don’t at all notice a noticeable difference in speed with it with typical cell phone usage. Not sure what I would need to do to actually notice the speed difference. Torrent a file? I have 5G disabled on my phone. Every now and then, I get a text from my cell carrier saying that my phone is 5G capable and I should enable it for better speeds.
My downloads, uploads, and connections in genral are much faster on 5G. I’m talking 200mbps-400mbps vs 10-20mbps speed difference.
On 4G every action takes longer. On 5G I can reliably stream or download FullHD or higher resolution video for offline viewing. Which is a nuisance on 4G.
This isn’t 2019 anymore dude. 5G is not the big bad wolf and I’ve not heard of anyone complain about it draining battery in half a decade. Idc what sources you pull up, this is absolute nonsense.
5G utilizes more power than 4G.
Here are some random links when searching about the phenomenon :
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/197006039/using-5g-network-drastically-reduces-battery
https://www.reddit.com/r/LGV60/comments/1asjta8/does_5g_consume_more_battery_and_if_so_how_much/
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/troubleshooting/TSG01201462/
https://www.androidauthority.com/does-5g-use-more-battery-3234940/
5G also does not seem to penetrate well in buildings, causing the phone to constantly be searching for a network under this circumstance.