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Save me hours of research, please. My LG android battery is dying its expected, slow death. The screen is less and less responsive. It's old and tired. So I'll be shopping for a new one, but definitely staying with T-Mobile.
Question: Is buying a phone that has 5G necessary? It looks like the bump in price is significant. For our purposes, 4G has NEVER been inadequate, even when we travel. And between Covid and age, I suspect our traveling will be considerably less in the next few years.
We're decidedly not into the latest and greatest bells and whistles. We replace our phones every 3-4 years. Always android simply because the i-phones have a high price tag.
ETA: I spoke with one sales rep who was trying to convince me that a phone that isn't 5G will not work in a few years because they will phase out 4G - like they have with 3G. That soundslike a sales pitch to convince me to pay for 5G when I may not need it. Which is why I'm asking the question here.
My view is this. 5G is best now when no one else is on it. Buy the new phone as soon as it comes out, so that you can be using bands that 90-95% of other subscribers can't.
Add a line, port number, cancel old line. For years, people have been able to use each other's upgrades on family plans. So long as the line you are canceling has no contract, there can be no ETF.
You can buy brand new iPhones of older models for under $200 and have Verizon's network through....
Total Wireless which keeps getting cheaper and better.
i pay $33 per month for 5 gigs of data on an iPhone SE 2016 model.
Everyone of you should go to Walmart and get 4 lines for $100 mo. with any carrier's network.
5G doesn't use big cell towers, but rather those little cylinders on top of poles at intersections. It only travels a couple of blocks so that why there's limited coverage now.
The iPhone 12 mini arrived in stores today and that's what i'm saving for.
iPhone 7s and 8s can be bought brand new under $200 with the budget carriers like Total Wireless, and all the others too.
My view is this. 5G is best now when no one else is on it. Buy the new phone as soon as it comes out, so that you can be using bands that 90-95% of other subscribers can't.
If you're within reach. As I understand it, Downtown Raleigh has the most coverage right now, but I don't know which carrier it's through, probably AT&T, I think Verizon's 5G is only in Charlotte right now.
They claim that 5G different spectrum is so capable that a lot of users at once wouldn't be something that would slow it down.
In fact, they think this will be enough to handle demand well into the future. The previous generations have done pretty well so far.
You can buy brand new iPhones of older models for under $200 and have Verizon's network through....
Total Wireless which keeps getting cheaper and better.
i pay $33 per month for 5 gigs of data on an iPhone SE 2016 model.
Everyone of you should go to Walmart and get 4 lines for $100 mo. with any carrier's network.
5G doesn't use big cell towers, but rather those little cylinders on top of poles at intersections. It only travels a couple of blocks so that why there's limited coverage now.
The iPhone 12 mini arrived in stores today and that's what i'm saving for.
iPhone 7s and 8s can be bought brand new under $200 with the budget carriers like Total Wireless, and all the others too.
We have 5GLTE in Los Angeles. But with Coronavirus, nobody travels... so my phone is on the house Wifi 99.95% of the time.
Your choice of apps and what you do with the phone is the greatest determiniant of whether 5G will mean anything to you. There were times when I was in the parking lot of the mall, trying to get the movie times off fandango (you know... back in 2018) and the website would timeout and you would shake your fist at the sky.
My employer gives me a new phone every 2 years but my personal phone I bought 5+ years ago off eBay, rooted it and replaced the operating system with the latest and greatest (at the time) Android Pie. I couldn't tell you the difference between the 3 month old phone with 5G and the 5 year old phone with 4G, as an ordinary user.
I dont do silly things like download 4k full length movies to my SDCard while driving at 85mph down the interstate, but some people, I'm sure do. I'd pay +$50 for the newest flagship phone with 5G, but not +$500
If you're within reach. As I understand it, Downtown Raleigh has the most coverage right now, but I don't know which carrier it's through, probably AT&T, I think Verizon's 5G is only in Charlotte right now.
They claim that 5G different spectrum is so capable that a lot of users at once wouldn't be something that would slow it down.
In fact, they think this will be enough to handle demand well into the future. The previous generations have done pretty well so far.
5G Nationwide "A rose by any other name" if the speed is there, so am I. I am not worrying too much about the pedigree of the underlying technology, or whether it's officially X or not.
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