[poffins]

This is because of ENDC (E-UTRAN New Radio – Dual Connectivity) as carriers transition to SA (Stand Alone) in 5G.

Back in the LTE days, you only had one transmitter. With ENDC in 5G, you have two transmitters, one LTE as an anchor and another for 5G.

The sooner we get to SA, we can drop the LTE anchor and go back to a single 5G TX with however many DLCA bands you want for UEs.

Twice the transmitters, twice the current = worse battery life.

[ksec]

Yes and then we have to figure out which Modem ( early 5G modem? ) they are using and and spectrum available as well as signal tuning went into the tower and possibly 60 thousands other factors.

It is tiring. May be we should just let the media keep spinning whatever they want the public to believe. But at least the mmWave fad is finally dying, the truth will always arrive, no matter how hard media tries to hide it.

[zinekeller]

While this is indeed true (which makes the problem worse), paltry run times are also reported in areas where 5GSA systems have been already deployed, so I'm just chalking this to plain old early adopters' tax.