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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:

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 09 2019, @11:58AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 09 2019, @11:58AM (#784074)

    Just remember, it's not a lie if you believe it. [youtube.com]

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DannyB on Wednesday January 09 2019, @02:50PM (4 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday January 09 2019, @02:50PM (#784114) Journal

    New process for manufacturing lies that are true.
    1. Tell the lie to someone gullible (note FoxNews has a large audience to choose from)
    2. The gullible person believes the lie and retells it, thus transforming it into truth
    3. Profit!

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    • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Kalas on Wednesday January 09 2019, @03:13PM (3 children)

      by Kalas (4247) on Wednesday January 09 2019, @03:13PM (#784129)

      Interesting. Rather than "alternative facts" I suppose you could also call it "fact laundering."

      • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 09 2019, @04:59PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 09 2019, @04:59PM (#784174)

        Wouldn't that be "lie laundering"? They certainly aren't starting with "facts".

        • (Score: 4, Funny) by bob_super on Wednesday January 09 2019, @05:16PM (1 child)

          by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday January 09 2019, @05:16PM (#784183)

          "lie laundering" is too long. Doesn't roll off the tongue. I propose "Foxing" instead.

          • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday January 10 2019, @07:41PM

            by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Thursday January 10 2019, @07:41PM (#784635) Journal

            Foxing can be done at a fact laundromat. Paid in bitcoin.

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