Verizon. 5G in name only
I have had a 5G ready phone for about 5 months and have only seen it acquire 5G inside a Costco store and a couple of airports. That amazes me because, if you watch the Verizon tv ads, 5G is all you h...
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mikestock wrote:
My point is that cellular manufacturers emphasize that they have 5G capability when it means nothing to most of us and progress to expand to less populated areas seems slow. Ever having towers every 1000 feet throughout the country seems unlikely.
This is what Marketing and Sales 101 is all about.
Market it hard enough and everyone will buy into the idea that it is needed.
Yes, 5G is pushed hard by all cell companies via marketing advertisements but so is pretty much everything else we "consume" in life. Advertising and marketing is all about creating a market to sell to, out of nothing.
Buy something based solely on 5G promise right now and you will be disappointed.
If what you have works right now, don't bother getting a new phone just because a new phone has 5G capability. Simply wait until your existing phone is on it's death bed to consider a device with 5G capability and by that time 5G devices and service will be more the norm and be dirt cheap to buy.
