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Re:AT&T will put a fake 5G logo on its 4G LTE phones by zmmmmm on Friday December 21, 2018 @07:26PM (#18737999)
Playing devil's advocate: it's purpose could be to help them not lie. Imagine if there are circumstances where you have good signal strength but still poor quality; a carrier could adjust the bars displayed to be more realistic.
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Re:AT&T will put a fake 5G logo on its 4G LTE phones by berbec on Friday December 21, 2018 @09:33PM (#18738561)
At least you admit you're advocating for the Devil!

We could hope a cell phone company would be so honest as to make sure their signal indicators show possibly lower values.

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Re:AT&T will put a fake 5G logo on its 4G LTE phones by PhasmaFelis on Friday December 21, 2018 @10:06PM (#18738675)
They could, sure. They could also give you a free pony with every phone.
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