Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part for Its New iPhones

Re:Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part fo... by drevil-v2 on Thursday September 21, 2023 @06:20AM (#37595635)

What are you doing on a handheld device screen that would blow your mind once the novelty of seeing the big numbers on speedtest app wore off? Genuinely curious- what can you do on 5G phone that you can’t on your 4G phone?

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Re:Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part fo... by Sporktacular on Thursday September 21, 2023 @12:52PM (#37600407)

Run a faster hotspot.

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Re:Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part fo... by elcritch on Thursday September 21, 2023 @02:35PM (#37602001)

Upload video, sync photos, backup the phone, watch 4k movies, etc

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Re:Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part fo... by PeterisP on Thursday September 21, 2023 @05:47PM (#37604862)

A reasonably frequent usage of this speed is for families to switch over to mobile internet as the primary service for your home, having multiple people watch "TV" and videoconference all while someone is gaming (or dowloading a 40 Gb game) all through a single 5G modem.

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Re:Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part fo... by astrange on Thursday September 21, 2023 @09:01PM (#37606576)

Among other things, 5G works better in crowds. And the faster your transfer finishes, the faster you can turn the antenna off and save power.

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