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

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1984

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: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday January 09 2019, @11:33AM (9 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday January 09 2019, @11:33AM (#784066) Homepage Journal

    In case you were wondering what's to be done about this, that's a long since solved problem [ftc.gov]. The current problem is how to get someone with a low bullshit tolerance appointed to head the agency rather than a partisan shill.

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  • (Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Wednesday January 09 2019, @12:39PM (3 children)

    by PiMuNu (3823) on Wednesday January 09 2019, @12:39PM (#784085)

    > The current problem is how to get someone with a low bullshit tolerance appointed to head the agency rather than a partisan shill.

    I think they are appointed by the POTUS, right?

    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday January 09 2019, @01:02PM (2 children)

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday January 09 2019, @01:02PM (#784088) Homepage Journal

      As far as I know. Too lazy to look it up this morning. That does make getting someone who tries to do the actual job instead of helping out donors a bit tricky, yes.

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      • (Score: 3, Informative) by nobu_the_bard on Wednesday January 09 2019, @05:25PM (1 child)

        by nobu_the_bard (6373) on Wednesday January 09 2019, @05:25PM (#784188)

        The FTC has five commissioners, each nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. They can't serve a term of more than ... seven years, I think it is. The president gets to choose which among them is the chairman. I don't think this choice needs to be confirmed.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 09 2019, @03:14PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 09 2019, @03:14PM (#784131)

    On the flip side of the coin, executive discretion on what to enforce is setting aside marijuana prohibition right now.

  • (Score: 2) by Spamalope on Wednesday January 09 2019, @03:54PM (2 children)

    by Spamalope (5233) on Wednesday January 09 2019, @03:54PM (#784147) Homepage

    Sorry, all we have is the other side's partisan shill pick. There is no non-shill option.