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    EE 5G

    Jul 26, 2019 5 minutes
    Henry Burrell

    Price: £59 from fave.co/2Nt2Vn5

    5 G has been buzzing about for a while – as much as a buzzword can buzz, in fact. It’s the next numerical step after 4G but does it really improve smartphone use for the average person?

    While it’s not as simple as being faster (we’ll get to that) 5G has officially launched as a consumer product in the UK. BT-owned EE got there first, and lent me a OnePlus 7 Pro 5G device with unlimited data to test out.

    The basic line here is 5G is very fast, but with the caveats that it probably isn’t that fast where you live, and it isn’t noticeably faster than 4G for most smartphone tasks. Sure, the speed tests slam dunk 4G, but for what people actually do on their phones, me included, I can’t yet recommend the significantly higher monthly

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