> There still isn't a standard for what 5G is. Unlike 2G, 3G, and 4G LTE, which all have very specific technological definitions In common usage, these "genera

> There still isn't a standard for what 5G is. Unlike 2G, 3G, and 4G LTE, which all have very specific technological definitions In common usage, these "generations" always match a change in the low-level protocol used by the radios. For 1G it was analog, for 2G it was GSM, for 3G it was W-CDMA, for 4G it was LTE, and for 5G it's NR. So distinguishing between 4G and 5G is simple: if you're using LTE, it's 4G; if you're using NR, it's 5G.