ISSUE 64 • ANDROID ADVISOR 15REVIEW5
G has been buzzing about for a while – as
much as a buzzword can buzz, in fact. It’s the
next numerical step after 4G but does it really
improve smartphone use for the average person?
While it’s not as simple as being faster (we’ll get
to that) 5G has officially launched as a consumer
product in the UK. BT-owned EE got there first,
and lent me a OnePlus 7 Pro 5G device with
unlimited data to test out.
The basic line here is 5G is very fast, but with
the caveats that it probably isn’t that fast where you
live, and it isn’t noticeably faster than 4G for most
smartphone tasks. Sure, the speed tests slam dunkEE 5G
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