What is 5G and how does it differ from 4G, 3G and what came before? That's the question most people ask when it comes to the increasingly hyped new 5G mobile technology. 5G stands for fifth-generation ...

If you’re a T-Mobile customer in the US, chances are that your smartphone has displayed a 5G UC badge at some point. While most of us already know that 5G is the successor to 4G LTE, the exact ...

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These days, every flagship smartphone, be it Android or iPhone, can connect to the 5G networks each major US carrier has built over the last few years. All this new 5G technology was supposed to usher ...

The 3G network shutdown is coming and mainly will affect older phones like iPhones before iPhone 6. As AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile usher in the 5G era, they're also about to end their support for 3G.

It has been over five years since 5G was introduced across the globe, and it's safe to say it has brought about major improvements both for personal and industrial use. With speeds that are ...

AT&T is scheduled Tuesday to turn off its 3G cellular network. T-Mobile is scheduled to turn its off on July 1, 2022, and Verizon is slated to follow suit on Dec. 31, 2022. So why are the ...

Though there are rumors that a 3G-capable iPhone is in the works, all official indications are that the initial iteration of the device will make use of "2.5G" (affectionately known as "EDGE" in ATT&T ...

I'm sure that someone out there has run some sort of formal benchmarks, but I can say that the difference between 3G and LTE is easily noticed. Especially as almost everything becomes more media heavy ...

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