![]() ![]() We have dozens if not hundreds of tests to come as we're able to test the same phone on the same network in the same city - and around the world. We're not done testing yet, not by a long shot. T-Mobile proved it has the foundation in place, but its proposed merger with Sprint could change the game. And Sprint showed us how slower-but-broader 5G coverage can still benefit you with faster-than-4G downloads across the board. Verizon has the upper hand when it comes to consistently fast 5G speeds when you can actually latch onto the network. What does it all mean?ĪT&T shows us the most potential for blazing downloads at the brink of our imagination. That larger coverage area showed in our Dallas tests, but again, this was one city with its very particular geography, and Sprint took its time to construct its network. Remember, 5G is still in painfully early days. ![]() The mmWave spectrum that Verizon and AT&T use also can't penetrate indoors or through glass, so you can't get the benefit if you're driving in a car or inside your workplace. On the ground, we'll need to keep an eye out for weather patterns affecting 5G data. This is not the first link between 5G and the weather, though meteorologists' concern that 5G could wreak havoc on atmospheric readings is quite a different consequence and one that the scientific community is actively discussing. The high-frequency radio waves used by mmWave technology could theoretically cause the phone to overheat, especially when paired with resource-heavy processing that spins up the CPU to its maximum levels, such as downloading large files or streaming in ultra-high quality (a future promise for 5G). At around 88 degrees in full sunlight, falling back to a 4G network would keep internal phone temperatures in check - in addition to any individual devices' internal cooling strategies. When we tested T-Mobile's network on the Galaxy S10 in New York, we noticed that 5G would hand off to 4G as the mercury climbed. The clearest takeaway here is that 5G will be faster than its 4G counterpart in ways you can already see. *Sprint later said there were issues at this location See for yourself: 5G coverage anywhere in the worldĢ7 seconds (download only), 1 minute, 23 seconds (download and install) PUBG was 1.96 GBģ minutes, 45 seconds (Sprint later said there were issues at this location) More 5G cities announced: T-Mobile is focused on the Sprint merger and expansion into low-band spectrum.5G cities: Six cities, including Atlanta, Cleveland, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and New York.More 5G cities announced: AT&T has plans for at least 30 cities.5G phone: Galaxy S10 5G (Business only, consumer by 2020).5G cities: Parts of 19 cities, including LA, Austin, and Dallas (started with hotspots).Network type: AT&T 5G Plus will work with mmWave technology, but the carrier will also use "sub-6" spectrum.More 5G cities announced: 30 markets by the end of 2019.5G phones: Galaxy S10 5G, Moto Z3 with Moto Mod.Total area: 2,180 square miles 11.5 million people. ![]() More 5G cities announced: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Phoenix, and Washington.5G cities today: Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and Kansas City.Network type: 2.5GHz "sub-6" wireless spectrum.Watch this: Putting Sprint's 5G to the test on the LG V50 AT&T will also rely on this midband spectrum for the majority of its future network and will give more densely populated areas and businesses a faster shot of 5G Plus. Sprint, however, uses midband frequencies, which cover a comparatively larger area but are a bit slower, hence the 400Mbps peaks. Verizon and this AT&T test use millimeter wave (mmWave), which produces extremely fast speeds to a targeted area. Verizon and Sprint use different spectrum (radio frequencies). This is an imperfect comparison in a lot of ways. Sprint covered a comparatively larger area throughout Dallas, with speeds that rarely crested 400Mbps (that's still much faster than your current phone). 4G speeds were also faster where we tested 5G. Verizon's speeds in our test consistently spanned 400Mbps to over 1Gbps, and we broke through the 1Gbps barrier four times in a 4-hour testing period around downtown Chicago. Over the course of 12 speed tests, eight climbed higher than 1.4Gbps - again, that beats our top Verizon speed. AT&T had the advantage of tightly controlling its network in a smaller area, and it showed. ![]()
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