What is 5G and why do we need it?

5G is the next generation of mobile broadband that will eventually replace, or at least augment, your 4G LTE connection. Experts say the technology will revolutionize the way it connects our world.

[deevhyp]

Thank you but 4G is enough for human being.

[jorda.]

Yup we need 5 g just as much as a 4k t.v....4k is beyond humans sight needs ...
Faster at sacrifice of distance...we can't get good service now...and we're gonna make it worse.

[brendaverzani]

No we don't want this! We Americans should be able to vote on this!

[yvonnemckay]

I don't need a cell phone period miss life without all this technology

[arkhamasylum]

If Israel doesn't want it. Maybe that says alot

[THAT.RANDOM.GUY_]

We don't "need" it, people want it. That's the difference. Companies need an extra leverege to make sure they can intice customers to buy a new phone after only 2 years of owning their last one.

[classicliberal]

Establishment politicians have the intelligence of using an airport to land a job

[gluehigh]

I swear if I see any self-driving cars near me. A brick is going right through the window!

[iheartlreoy]

Who cares if all of us peons lose our jobs to automation? Faster streaming woo hoo!

[SSViper-hjyb]

Why aren't we talking about the side effects?...Read the comments below...So odd that these people discussed this 1 year ago..and now the COVID-19 stories are starting to bring 5G into the scenerio. Can we have an extension to this story...?

[kernowarty]

Wow! I will be able to download a movie in 3 seconds?? Unbelievably fast. This will be amazing and awesome! When will it be available here in the UK? I cannot wait. This will be life changing. I live right near a phone mast so I hope they convert it to 5G soon. There are trees near the mast and that is only 4 G at present and the leaves are so luscious and green. What is that you say? They wont be for long? How so? Because 5 G will kill them. Huh? No that cannot be true. That is just some crackpot conspiracy theory right? No. I will be ok though wont I? No. What? I will get headaches, and skin rashes and my eyes will become sore. No, this cannot be true. And long term I will die of cancer. What???!!! I am going to ignore you because I love technology and the people who invented this would never want to hurt us. It was developed as a weapon against humanity. What???. I must do some research on this. Yes, you really should.

[oedihamijok]

My country Germany can't even afford 4G i mean literally that technology is made for other countries... not for us... tja Thaddäus...🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️

[rishavbhowmik]

5G is not Radio wave its microwave.
And on 5G it takes about 6min to download the 1.5GB app, and 4G takes about 10 min.
And no matter how fast your internet is, beyond 100mbps it is of no use as no one will burn his server to give you your 1gbps.
So 5G is just a marketing drama, telecoms should improve 4Gs instead of wasting money on 5G.

[letal]

Psicotronic weapon... massive sacrifice...

[spntageous]

All this radiation just so you can download a movie faster....

[redblue]

We dont need this keep this for the companies and military

[AeZothesh]

I don't buy this 5g marketing PPT. Most people do not DOWNLOAD movie on phone. They stream. Most people do not have phone that support 4k streaming on phone. Most people do not own expensive phone. So steaming of devices is maximum at 1080p may not need more than 30mbps. Infact no one uses 350mbps of speed or downloads enough data on phone expect the handful. The general mass does not. So 5g is not economical specially in European countries and America. You can sort problem by easier ways then what is being marketed

[OKay-njhp]

I don't see how they can truly replace 4G everywhere since 5G needs many radio towers that are small and they only travel a short distance. I mean the radio waves of 5G are much smaller and only travel a very short distance. In big cities they would have to put it up every block for it to work.

[dusty]

Has people become so smart to go so dumb

[ROMA--AETERNA]

Yeah, so, … why do we “need” 5G technology?? Oh, my movie only downloads within several minutes, boo-hoo!!