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by drevil-v2 995 days ago
What are you doing on a handheld device screen that would blow your mind once the novelty of seeing the big numbers on speedtest app wore off? Genuinely curious- what can you do on 5G phone that you can’t on your 4G phone?
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Among other things, 5G works better in crowds. And the faster your transfer finishes, the faster you can turn the antenna off and save power.
A reasonably frequent usage of this speed is for families to switch over to mobile internet as the primary service for your home, having multiple people watch "TV" and videoconference all while someone is gaming (or dowloading a 40 Gb game) all through a single 5G modem.
Run a faster hotspot.
Upload video, sync photos, backup the phone, watch 4k movies, etc