Why is 5G so bad on my phone?

honestly until I got c-band Verizon I felt the same about 5G as you. A total waste and marketing hype.


But I live out in BFE and get C band UWB 5G in my driveway. I've seen close to 1gbps on it.

With that said anytime I just see standard 5G, there is literally jack shite of benefit compared to LTE.

thanks, so much better now.

but why is it so bad? i don’t get it

Because "5G" doesn't mean "more spectrum". Good speeds and widespread coverage depends on the spectrum being used by carriers. Right now, AT&T is simply sharing their existing LTE spectrum with 5G NR via Dynamic Spectrum Sharing. This means that your data sessions are traveling through the same spectrum being used by LTE. Their speeds are going to suck until they can deploy 5G in the 3.45-3.7 ghz band (Massive MIMO is easier to deploy and there are larger swaths of contiguous spectrum ready to be used).

IMO, the carrier that may lead 5G in most markets for the foreseeable future will be T-Mobile. They have the ability to deploy 100 Mhz of contiguous 5G in most markets. The 2.5-2.6 Ghz band is low enough for good coverage and high enough for Massive MIMO. They have ocean front property when it comes to spectrum.

I don't think it is just the 5G. I have a 13 and we don't have 5G yet and it still sucks. I restart it 4 or 5 times a day.

I shoulda seen this thread before posting mine.

Same exact issues.

I agree.