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It's curious how telcos' incessant blabbering about 5G ended up getting so deep into people's heads that they began thinking it was something that would make ev
by daneel_w 4y ago
It's curious how telcos' incessant blabbering about 5G ended up getting so deep into people's heads that they began thinking it was something that would make every interaction on their smartphones instantaneous. 5G was never about the individual user. It was always about the grid; the ability to provide expected bandwidth/connectivity to more users at the same time.
- nerfbatplz 4y agoFinally someone who understands. The benefits of 5G have nothing to do with your cellphone service and everything to do with enabling connected infrastructure that could not be done with LTE.
- OJFord 4y agoIt reminds me of 3G - at least in the UK, the rollout/marketing of it seemed synonymous with video calling.
- daneel_w 4y agoSame marketing style played out in Sweden. Endless advertisements showing manically laughing people overcome by joy from doing video calls on flip-phones without cameras.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoThis sounds a bit too absurd, do you have a link to an example video?
- iamben 4y agoRolling backwards slightly, here's a good one for "Internet on your phone" I remember from about the year 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkvNW3do-9g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkvNW3do-9g I did my dissertation project in WAP. This ad grossly oversold the concept of "Internet on your phone" (which properly kicked off in a way that the 'regular person' would embrace the UK around 2007, I think). The 'future' is always mis-sold.
- freitasm 4y agoA couple of videos I uploaded years ago; https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xKwHVQ3GA_A https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xKwHVQ3GA_A https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OCj9RDl3PgA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OCj9RDl3PgA
- daneel_w 4y agoNo, but you might find something on YouTube.
- alden5 4y agoAt least for me individually 5G has been a worse experience vs LTE because of how quickly it drains the tiny 2,227mah battery in my iphone 12 mini, turning off 5G doesn't noticeably affect my cell performance while at the same time increases my battery life by 1-2 hours. I can't imagine how bad it'd be if i had a ultra-wideband plan, that radio requires a giant cutout in the metal frame which is also only present on u.s. region iphones. 5g ultra-wideband has always seemed like just a party trick to me (who would ever need gigabyte speeds on a phone??)