For anyone who thinks the smartphone market is saturated with devices that are virtually indistinguishable from each other, there’s good news on the horizon. 5G is on the way and will eventually offer up mind-blowing data speeds that will make you wonder how you ever lived without it. A number of carriers are rolling out 5G networks but you’ll have to wait a while until 5G-equipped smartphones are available for purchase. Further, there’s a good chance you’ll have to wait until 5G coverage is expansive enough as to make spending extra cash on a 5G smartphone worth it.
In the interim, a report from FierceWireless relays that AT&T will be replacing the LTE indicator on its smartphones with a 5G E symbol in markets that support the latest and fastest LTE technologies. The ‘E’ stands for Evolution and is available in 99 markets across the country and will expand to include 400 markets before 2019. AT&T notes that 5G E enables “peak theoretical wireless speeds for capable devices of at least 400 megabits per second.”
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AT&T will soon put a misleading ‘5G E’ logo on 4G Android devices originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 16:41:15 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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