Except:
- It's shorter-range, so coverage will be spotty for a long time
- It doesn't go through buildings, so even the urban centers most likely to get the first towers will have spotty coverage
- It will require buying a new device, which OEMs love but the average person won't
- That device will take a hit in battery life
And all of this for ludicrously-fast new speeds on mobile devices that we'll use for... what exactly? We can already stream HD video over 4G. What experience is 5G, assuming you actually have access to it, going to improve?
I'm sure we can contrive some use-cases like streaming VR video or whatever (even though all current phone-based VR platforms have been sunsetted), but I'm extremely skeptical that it will do anything to make the average user's mobile experience better in any meaningful way.
- It's shorter-range, so coverage will be spotty for a long time
- It doesn't go through buildings, so even the urban centers most likely to get the first towers will have spotty coverage
- It will require buying a new device, which OEMs love but the average person won't
- That device will take a hit in battery life
And all of this for ludicrously-fast new speeds on mobile devices that we'll use for... what exactly? We can already stream HD video over 4G. What experience is 5G, assuming you actually have access to it, going to improve?
I'm sure we can contrive some use-cases like streaming VR video or whatever (even though all current phone-based VR platforms have been sunsetted), but I'm extremely skeptical that it will do anything to make the average user's mobile experience better in any meaningful way.