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
[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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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 "5G" FR search results, edited (two unrelated topics, a couple of corrections to all-caps titles):
With so many public hotspots, I rarely use my 4G connection.
What he omitted however, is that no one will manufacture in the U.S. unless they absolutely have to due to a 38% corporate tax rate.
My 3G indestructible LG, dropped a thousand times, works over WiFi just fine.
I aint buyin shiite.
Humm....3G support will be turned off at some point in the not to distant future.
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.
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.
5G benefits only the surveillance state.
Aint that the truth.
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...
“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.
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...
IPhone bookmarked.
Nope,most rural towers are T1 fed.Cell providers lease channels from the tower owner and they’re not going away anytime soon.
“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...
“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.
“5G benefits only the surveillance state.”
And there you have it. We need 5g to fight terrorism.
Who needs 100Mb? Who needs 10?
5G benefits only the surveillance state.
But not 4G. Or 3G. Only 5G.
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