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The Problem with a 5G Phone
YouTube ^ | December 19, 2018 | Dave Lee / Dave2D / D2D

Posted on 12/15/2019 10:01:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv

The best 5G phone is still going to be limited by 5G infrastructure in 2019. The cheapest 5G phone will still be very expensive compared to a 4G enabled version. Is 5G even worth it in 2019?
The Problem with a 5G Phone | Dave Lee | Published on December 19, 2018 | Background Music: Fili - H2O

The Problem with a 5G Phone | Dave Lee | Published on December 19, 2018 | Background Music: Fili - H2O

[Civ's comment: Dave2D is geekier perhaps than most, has some fussy quirks (that's probably a little unfair), but he starts his vids, gets to the point, covers a lot of ground, signs off fast, and has the best overall presentation on tech that I've seen on 'Tube. He really nails **** down in this one.]

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Music/Entertainment; Travel
KEYWORDS: 5g; apple; cellphone; cellphones; google; huawei; mobilephones; samsung
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Some other useful thoughts, boiled down:

Thoughts on the state of phones right now in 2019.
The Endgame is Near for Phones | Dave Lee | Published on May 3, 2019 | Background Music: Fili - The Break


The Endgame is Near for Phones | Dave Lee | Published on May 3, 2019 | Background Music: Fili - The Break

1 posted on 12/15/2019 10:01:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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The "5G" FR search results, edited (two unrelated topics, a couple of corrections to all-caps titles):

2 posted on 12/15/2019 10:01:56 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

With so many public hotspots, I rarely use my 4G connection.


3 posted on 12/15/2019 10:04:14 AM PST by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" - DAVID HOROWITZ)
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4 posted on 12/15/2019 10:07:38 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Doesn't the 5G operate at a height frequency than a micorwave? I don't want that high of a frequency near my head but I don't have reception any way.
5 posted on 12/15/2019 10:11:40 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: SunkenCiv

My 3G indestructible LG, dropped a thousand times, works over WiFi just fine.
I aint buyin shiite.


6 posted on 12/15/2019 10:16:20 AM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: Macoozie

Humm....3G support will be turned off at some point in the not to distant future.


7 posted on 12/15/2019 10:19:47 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: SunkenCiv

The “promise” of 5G is a lie.

It won’t work inside concrete and steel buildings without a repeater on every floor.

The required density of towers is more than people will tolerate.

Nobody, and I mean nobody, actually needs it. Who needs 1gbs on a phone?

5G benefits only the surveillance state.


8 posted on 12/15/2019 10:23:57 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: mountainlion

Your wireless in your house is microwaving you. 5G uses millimeter waves, which are worse in some ways. It’s the same as the airport body scanners.


9 posted on 12/15/2019 10:27:55 AM PST by Disambiguator ("Progressives" want government in action. Conservatives want government inaction.)
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To: Mariner

5G benefits only the surveillance state.

Ain’t that the truth.


10 posted on 12/15/2019 10:33:55 AM PST by Track9 (When the products of liberalism meet you face to face, itÂ’s best to have a loaded weapon.)
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To: SunkenCiv
long as my TracFone still works, i'm goodtogo
11 posted on 12/15/2019 10:34:17 AM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: Mariner

It is really going to disenfranchise rural folks. For at least 50 years or more it will not be “available” anywhere outside of larger city limits because they are NOT going to spend the money to build all those extra needed rural towers. Yet, you can bet that they will charge the same rate for those with no 5G service as they do for those who will have the signal. “one size fits all” service contracts.

“5G service not available in some regions” will be a huge huge gross understatement...


12 posted on 12/15/2019 10:38:10 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

“It is really going to disenfranchise rural folks. For at least 50 years or more it will not be “available” anywhere outside of larger city limits because they are NOT going to spend the money to build all those extra needed rural towers. Yet, you can bet that they will charge the same rate for those with no 5G service as they do for those who will have the signal. “one size fits all” service contracts.”

Be Glad. Using these things is like standing next to a microwave oven operating with the door open.


13 posted on 12/15/2019 10:44:37 AM PST by Revel
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To: Revel

Now... There are engineers here who claim that the wattage is so low that this is no more a concern than what we already deal with on a daily basis. But I am afraid they are not factoring in the human nature of greed.

At some point when these relay towers cannot quite reach each other because they refuse to spend the money to build more, they are indeed going to boost the hell out of the wattage so that they do reach each other. And the government is going to let them do it in the “best interest of the public” and backdoor lobbying. Then this safety factor is going to change greatly from what is currently explained or assumed.

Us rural folks are already very lucky to have carriers even come maintain what they have in place now, let alone spend the extra money to supply just a “few folks” with the extra needed towers, service, and maintenance of...


14 posted on 12/15/2019 11:03:40 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: SunkenCiv

IPhone bookmarked.


15 posted on 12/15/2019 11:25:05 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but ABCNNBCBS donates every hour, every night, every day of the year.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

Nope,most rural towers are T1 fed.Cell providers lease channels from the tower owner and they’re not going away anytime soon.


16 posted on 12/15/2019 11:26:52 AM PST by SanchoP (Yippy,the next generation search engine.)
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To: Openurmind

“It is really going to disenfranchise rural folks. For at least 50 years or more it will not be “available” anywhere outside of larger city limits because they are NOT going to spend the money to build all those extra needed rural towers.”

One of the commercials running on the radio talks of 1 tower being able to serve “hundreds of square miles.” Of course there is “line of sight” to take into account but either way that is quite the transmitter. Maybe it will smoke birds out of the sky better than the windmills...


17 posted on 12/15/2019 11:38:43 AM PST by Clay Moore (“Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities, Can Make You Commit Atrocities” Voltaire.)
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To: Openurmind

“It is really going to disenfranchise rural folks. “

No loss.

You want to see a tower in every-other section of land?

Multi gigabit wireless for phones is overkill.

Some stationary equipment might be able to make use of it in the cities, but those are all cabled in a dense lattice of fiber.


18 posted on 12/15/2019 11:41:46 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

“5G benefits only the surveillance state.”

And there you have it. We need 5g to fight terrorism.


19 posted on 12/15/2019 11:49:46 AM PST by dljordan
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To: Mariner
Nobody, and I mean nobody, actually needs it. Who needs 1gbs on a phone?

Who needs 100Mb? Who needs 10?

5G benefits only the surveillance state.

But not 4G. Or 3G. Only 5G.

20 posted on 12/15/2019 11:51:29 AM PST by Future Snake Eater (Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. - Dwight Eisenhower, 1957)
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