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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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 09 2019, @03:14PM (1 child)
On the flip side of the coin, executive discretion on what to enforce is setting aside marijuana prohibition right now.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday January 10 2019, @04:00AM
Kind of failing to see what that has to do with the price of tea in China.
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