Its not the phones capacity I am on about but rather the network capability, if you have ever been to a popular event or large campsite for example where there are a couple of thousand people vying for that connection you get bugger all, the amount of devices contesting for mobile data is only going up, 5G will aim to reduce that congestion and the latency it brings, that's its biggest benefit more so than bandwidth, everything is after that mobile data now, not just peoples phones, I was driving around in a Polestar 2 the other day and the whole UI pretty much demands data and that's just a boggo car.
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Its not the phones capacity I am on about but rather the network capability, if you have ever been to a popular event or large campsite for example where there are a couple of thousand people vying for that connection you get bugger all, the amount of devices contesting for mobile data is only going up, 5G will aim to reduce that congestion and the latency it brings, that's its biggest benefit more so than bandwidth, everything is after that mobile data now, not just peoples phones, I was driving around in a Polestar 2 the other day and the whole UI pretty much demands data and that's just a boggo car.
I haven't been keeping up to date with 5G (because I have no need of it), but won't this same congestion happen once everyone is off 4G and onto 5G? Won't the telcos provide the absolute minimum infrastructure they can feasibly get away with in order to limit their costs?
I'm also curious as to what benefits lower latency brings to phone users. Hardcore PUBG and Fortnite players who exclusively play on mobile must be few and far between. I can understand that low latency in the home brings benefits (should 5G ever take over from wired broadband), but not so much on mobile.
Latency shows itself in all sorts of apps, how quick webs pages load, how quick google/siri etc respond, 4G hardware handles less devices than 5G hardware by many orders of magnitude, 5G is nothing but beneficial, in the same way that the shift from 3G for 4G was, of course if you will change phones in 2 years it is vaild to say that it would be a better time to adopt then as no doubt more spectrum would be opened up and more frequencies supported in newer hardware
https://www.raconteur.net/technology/4g-vs-5g-mobile-technology
https://www.raconteur.net/technology/4g-vs-5g-mobile-technology
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Yes, me too.
Yes and in these instances, latency isn't an issue. If you're waiting 0.2 seconds longer for a response from Google, I think that's okay...
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Well , better late than never I guess. 5 weeks to arrive I think. It's a lovely looking phone, the rear is quite interesting even if the transparency/ layout is purely for aesthetics.
Working day long but will get to grips with it later.
Bummer, I took to the Note20 Ultra really well so I was intending to sell this on. However after half a days usage I'm reconsdering, it's such a nice device to use and funnily enough gives me the same positive vibes I had towards the Mi 10 Pro.
Negative things so far - no 4G on O2 ( H+ only so far), as someone who uses very little data out and about this isn't an issue. Can't test 5G unfortunately.
As with the Mi 10 Pro the auto brightness seems quite agressive. Will needs to see if there's a fix for this.
Keep this or sell Note 20.... hmmm
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Trying to avoid using the 120W charge regularly to preserve the battery but christ it flies.. full charge from 18% in about 20 min. The 55w charger is crazy too..
Bummer, I took to the Note20 Ultra really well so I was intending to sell this on. However after half a days usage I'm reconsdering, it's such a nice device to use and funnily enough gives me the same positive vibes I had towards the Mi 10 Pro.
Negative things so far - no 4G on O2 ( H+ only so far), as someone who uses very little data out and about this isn't an issue. Can't test 5G unfortunately.
As with the Mi 10 Pro the auto brightness seems quite agressive. Will needs to see if there's a fix for this.
Keep this or sell Note 20.... hmmm
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Trying to avoid using the 120W charge regularly to preserve the battery but christ it flies.. full charge from 18% in about 20 min. The 55w charger is crazy too..
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As most will be aware the Mi store 17th Sept has the POCO X3 on offer from 13:00 onwards, been looking at the specs on GSM arena and for the money it just seem a hella lot of phone. What are peoples opinions on the battery life (longevity) with with a 33 watt charger? Is the AMOLED worth it Mi Note 10 Lite for the +£100 over POCO X3 since they share a *most* features? Would peeps expect these phone to last 3 years before upgrading is needed or would that be pushing it?
It's 2.0, put me right off, if it had sd card I might have gone for it.
Like you say no tv output is a bit daft seeing it's a gaming phone.
Soldato
As I've not had much to play with for a while, I've ordered a Poco X3. Could be interesting.
Good shout, never thought about it I would prefer a bigger screen mind.
Sounds spiffing, cheers!