Why are 5G users experiencing problems with their phone signal? - BBC News

I'm finding that with video downloads in Sydney with Vodafone. On 5G, with my latest 5G phone, 4G is either the same or faster than 5G. On top of that, when in 5G mode, my phone heats up to the extreme, and my 500 ma battery gets chewed. I am not that impressed. Web pages may spring up a tad quicker, but that's all. I personally think the issue is that the phone has to connect to multiple towers on 5g, causing way more power usage from my device and making it heat up and because perhaps it has too constantly be connected to multiple towers, which inhibits the signal and thus the download speed.

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On EE, I am getting 100mbps average on 4G. On EE's 5G, I get 958mbps average.

5G a huge disappointment

No signal at all 3g was the best

5g, roads, airports, public transport, NHS...

*sigh*😂

I tested EE 4G on my phone and EE 5G on my mums phone my phone was faster she has an iPhone 14 plus as well and I have an 8 plus depending on where you live it makes no difference and sometimes it’s better to just swap back to 4G in your mobile data settings

Because you guys banned HuaWei for stupid reason and because US government fucked

❤ Hi . I’m from Uzbekistan.

5G without Huawei is just like 4G upgraded. If you are using 5G in China you will get more and more surprise

Yes whartt 5 g

How sending texts is affected by 5g 😂 oh look iPhone user imessage uses data but when not available reverts back to sms legacy but android can use sms without data and still get received and read notifications through rcs messages

O2 5G is a myth, EE seems to be good. But O2 the speeds are slower than 3G and O2's 5G is patchy at best

I wonder how much of this had to do with UK being forced by US to get rid of all Huawei components even after they had already completed a lot of the installations. All this was after British security experts said the risks were manageable: "If your package is sealed in a strong enough container then it doesn't matter if the carrier is dodgy", UK telecom businesses were forced to shell out millions to replace the equipment.

I honestly don't think people should blame the network providers. I mean it is a massive operation that was forced upon them. :D

The end result: Cost will be passed on to the customers while quality of service will diminish.

Because its not a phone service its a military grade weapon used to cause cancer and brain damage its extremly painful literally cooking your brain with microwaves....

There is a 7G summit ongoing at the minute in the UK to address these issues ...

Don’t why EE IS NOT Allowing pay-as-you-go, uses not to use 5G
WE ARE PAYING TO CONNECT TO THE NETWORK PERCENT OF ANYONE ELSE
IT IS A VERY PUNISHING LOW INCOME PEOPLE
And on THREE NETWORKS 3G is faster than 4G IS CENTRE OF THE CITY BIRMINGHAM LOL

These problems don't exist in South Korea. Unless there is something wrong with Britain's setup .

Even if you have a 5G phone and you have problems with it just turn off 5G and use LTE on your phone. Problem solved

5g is pointless. Even if it worked as intended nobody needs those kind of speeds on a phone..Where I’m at I get around 250mbps on 4G-LTE so you’d be hard pressed to need anything faster than what’s already overkill. People don’t need faster speeds they need better signal and reliability of the network. The network owners are completely out of touch

I just don't see how this is viable. How are gonna put a tower every 10 meters.

They aren’t.

The thing that people said they wanted wasn't faster connections, 4G is quick enough. They wanted more reliable 4G. There's no need for 5G.

NOT SAFE AT ALL! YOUR THICK AS SHIT IF YOU THINK IT IS!!!
WORLDWIDE COURT CASES AGAINST IT NOW WAKE UP!!!
NO TOWERS WITHIN PALM BEACH…INTERESTING!!! UP TO 40% increase risk of cancer within 400 meters. IT IS AN EXPERIMENT WITH NO INFORMED CONSENT TURNED ON AND OFF PERIODICALLY..

is china's 5g better?

5G HYPNOTISED Zoombies 1984 is here already.

5G is dangerous and unnecessary.

I have s22 5g

I am using 5G and it is much faster than 4G, hopefully this year 2023, i will remove my 4G devices.

5g is not useful to most people

5G network has not yet develop in the U.S. I believed all the major phone carries are still broadcasting in 4G signals but they advertised 5G technology. This is a fail advertisement they are doing. drive 50 miles out of the city and you' will have NO signals. what a F%$King joke.

simple answer is UK has not fully implemented 5G hell we removed most of the 5G and 4G implemented by Huawei in 2020, its not worth getting 5G phone if your area does not have enough 5G towers in your area

it is just a scam to trick you into buying new phone paying more for your subscription!

the lesson is: for every purchase you make, you can't buy something else. Varied sources of income is wise and especially living within your means. Think about taxes and how you get your income. I made $160K combined net last year and paid no Federal taxes. I own a 23 y/o vehicle because that's all I need and I like it well enough and I can do anything I want to. I can pay my bills with no stress, but I don't live like I have that. I have no complaints but ideas to help multiply sources of income will be nice

True 5g suck marketing strategy on phone Maker

4G Is The Best!!!

I'm no expert but i think it's all controlled by the cellular mast your handset connects to. They may have QoS (Quality of service) applied to them allowing them to switch which band on the frequency spectrum your phone connects to, thus throttling the speed. I have a 4G modem and on power up it connects band 1 which i think is the highest speed but then the mast recognises that it's not a phone connected then lowers me down to a slower band. Some operators guarantee higher speeds but they are expensive. With the lesser expensive sim only contracts, you are not priority and so you will rarely be on band 1.

5G sucks.

Just be patient he says, I wish the networks were patient with increasing the cost.

5G WAS MADE TO KILL THE BRAIN, I'LL USE SMOKE SIGNALS WEN 5G FINILLY TEKS ALL NETWORKS OUT, GOVERNMENT ARE REPTILIANS & ALIENS THEY RULE THE WORLD I RULE MI FUCK 5G

OMG, BBC is so in denial, keep on mentioning 5G problem is the same around the world.....NO ITS NOT! Singapore and China enjoy a very reliable 5G services for a long time now.!

Funny how BCC could not mentioned anything about Huawei and how UK made the wrong decision , and until today no government officials could find any security threats to Huawei equipment.

BBC , u suxk

To me it all seems like just another excuse to charge more money for a service they've managed to convince us we all "need". Remember when making a phone call meant you had to be at home at the little table or in a booth in public? 5G isn't there yet, IF it ever becomes "mainstream" I might be convinced. Right now, I believe they had to get a number of people convinced to use it just to get it up and started, I'm not keen to be a guinea pig.

Don't trust the science.

And so the telecom con goes on. People, do not fall for any of it until any new system is quality-approved by an independent authority

Hopefully the delay, is in not using Chinese equipment.

5 g maybe -5 brand new phone wen I call 5 g became 3 g

I went from 4G with 3 to 5G with EE and it’s a world apart. Multiple times a day, three would not load a webpage. It was infuriating.