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  • iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 mini support mmWave 5G, but only in US [u]

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    mattinoz said:
    So can it be switched off to stop it needlessly wasting power (even in the US)?
    iPhone 12 will automatically switch from 5G to 4G LTE to save battery life when the higher data rates are not needed. The n260 and n261 mmWave bands are just part of the overall 5G band options in the US. It would be interesting to see if in addition to the automatic switching, users would be able to manually disable 5G mmWave (or 5G altogether) in settings to limit battery consumption. We'll find out soon as the first users get their hands on iPhone 12.
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  • iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 mini support mmWave 5G, but only in US [u]

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    jasonfj said:
    By omission, the headline suggests the Pro models do support mmWave 5G outside of the US...?
    @jasonfj - No iPhone 12 model will support 5G mmWave outside the US at launch. The spectrum has not been negotiated / allocated in other countries yet. The headline is worded that way because it was previously speculated that only Pro models would support 5G mmWave, but worldwide. Instead, all iPhone 12 models support 5G mmWave, but only in the US.
    larryjw said:
    Apple certainly pushed the 5G. 

    Is there an effort to limit the far faster Wi-Fi? Why would any consumer want to pay the exorbitant cellular data rates?
    @larryjw - Of course there is no 'effort' to limit Wi-Fi.  There are 2 incorrect assumptions in your question. For many people Wi-Fi is not always 'far faster', either due to where they live or because they don't work in a traditional office. If Wi-Fi is slow it is almost certainly due to the network, not the phone. Your other incorrect assumption is depending on where people live, cellular data rates are often not 'exorbitant' as you say.

    As 5G becomes more prevalent and is able to more easily handle large amounts of users, it could certainly fully replace WiFi in many parts of the world. Also, 5G offers much higher security and privacy versus using public WiFi networks.
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