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AT&T Misleads Customers by Updating Phones With Fake 5G Icon

posted by takyon on Wednesday January 09 2019, @09:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the marketing-rEvolution dept.

MrPlow writes:

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AT&T misleads customers by updating phones with fake 5G icon

AT&T has updated three smartphones from Samsung and LG to make them show 5G connectivity logos, even though none of them are capable of connecting to 5G networks.

Now, when the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active, LG V30, or LG V40 are connected to portions of AT&T's LTE network that have received some speed-boosting updates, they'll show an icon that says "5G E" instead of "LTE."

That "E" in the "5G" logo is supposed to tip you off that this isn't real 5G — just some marketing nonsense. But there's no way of knowing that just from looking at the logo. The "E" is smaller than the rest of the icon. And even if you do learn that "5G E" stands for "5G Evolution," it isn't immediately clear what that means.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by MostCynical on Wednesday January 09 2019, @11:45AM (1 child)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Wednesday January 09 2019, @11:45AM (#784071) Journal

    So, your petrol can be sold as 100, when it is only 95RON, don't mind if your medicine is only 50% strength, but labeled "strong"..

    All the phone carriers had to do was make the icon show "4G+", and no one would have raised an eyebrow.

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  • (Score: 0, Funny) by fakefuck39 on Monday January 14 2019, @09:48PM

    by fakefuck39 (6620) on Monday January 14 2019, @09:48PM (#786648)

    nice strawman. no, "petrol" can't be sold as 100, and this isn't labeled "5G" on your phone. forget the article, is the summary too long to read also? I'd get some pills for your ADD. Yes, 50% strength can be labeled as "strong", if 25% strength is labeled as "regular" from the same brand. retard.