As the title suggests, I want to know if you use 4G or 5G. The iPhone 15/Pro has been out for a few weeks now. Have you noticed any differences in connectivity compared to previous models? Here in Italy, we have good cellular data offers, and I have 5G on auto. The signal is consistently good almost everywhere, and download speeds range from 400 to 700 Mbps where I live. In larger towns, it’s obviously even better. However, I’m unsure if it’s worth the extra cost and battery drain (I have a 15PM). While I prefer using 5G over Wi-Fi, I’m considering switching it off and opting for a ‘less’ expensive plan (the difference is about 5/10 euros a month).

    • mdruckus@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Never in my case. I live in one of the biggest cities in the US. 5G speeds easily range from 300Mbps - 600Mbps.

  • TAbramson15@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I use 5G only, my state and town has amazing coverage for being basically farm land everywhere but the city. I can get 500-1500+mbps download speeds anywhere in my town on the ultra wide band 5G. I also even have T Mobiles 5G wifi and they just came out with even external antennas you put on the sides of your house for better reception and to enable ultra wide band 5G where it was normal 5G before, $55 a month and I get 1500+mbps download speeds and 300+ upload speeds for my home wifi on 5G UC. I love it. It all depends where you are in the country and how well your carriers infrastructure is developed, but T Mobile did it smarter, they put out tens of thousands of normal 5G towers first to get as wide spread coverage as possible, then upgraded them all to Ultra Wideband 5G later, where Verizon and ATT did the opposite, they slapped far less towers up and rushed Ultra Wide Band on them all so they couldn’t manage to get enough towers up in a fast pace. T Mobile gives me amazing 5G UC connection literally anywhere I’ve ever been since it came out on iPhone. Shits blazing fast. Only time I’ve ever switched back to LTE since my 12 pro max was to save battery life when I was running low and didn’t have a charger nearby. Otherwise I rock 5G anywhere and everywhere with zero problems.

    • Objective-Fortune-80@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      That’s another point that’s kinda crazy: You guys, no offense, have these prices for 5G or data plans in general that are crazy. Here, we pay 10, 20, or 30 bucks a month, depending on the carrier, for similar plans. I went from 7.99 to 16.99 to have unlimited 5G data. It feels like another world to me when I think about it. Still, it’s impressive that you get +1500mbps. Have you ever felt the need to use such high speeds? For social media and Netflix, 4G works well for me, but that’s just my use case.

      • TAbramson15@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        I mean most of the time it’s not necessary but it is convenient, allows us to have full HD FaceTime calls, 4k movie streaming benefits from it, apps download or load in seconds, no hiccups on music like I used to have all the time driving around on LTE… it’s just better. Course you gotta think of the future too, as tech progresses and apps and content demand more speed, its future proof for a long time. We have unlimited plans for 20-30 bucks too but you have a data cap. We also have the Ultra Wide Band on our iPhones, we have the little glass oval on the right side of our iPhones where most other countries don’t. You guys have normal Sub 6Ghz 5G, which is still good but barely noticeable difference compared to 4G/ LTE. It’s meant to go longer distances and through objects like LTE does. Ultra Wide Band connection here is why it’s a bit pricier, the cost has to come from somewhere for such high data speeds ya know? And the pretty fast development of 5G here once it launched also cost carriers a pretty penny. I’m sure as we get further along with 5G prices will fall some.

  • veni_vidi_utini@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I’m usually happy if I can get 4G signal lol. I just use wifi where possible.

    No idea if there is 5G coverage here or not.

  • GooseEvil@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I was on 4G until a few months ago because I refused to pay extra, or switch carriers for it. Then my carrier offered me a 5G plan cheaper than what I was already paying for 4G. It’s faster, but not by that much. Definitely glad I didn’t spend more on it.

  • Qwerky42O@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I think I have mine set to auto but I can’t remember. It doesn’t matter too much. I used to have problems with my data going out if I left the range of a tower. I would need to cycle airplane mode to get data back. Of course that was the early days of 5G iPhones in 2020.

  • salloumk@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I switched to LTE from 5G Auto and didn’t see any difference in my battery life so I just put it on 5G Auto again. I think it actually rarely connects to 5G in this mode anyway because 4G speeds are plenty. Getting about 800Mbps.