 Last time we partnered with T-Mobile on a video about 5G, you guys had some fair questions. So we're back, again sponsored by T-Mobile, to address them and shed some more light on the current state of 5G. It's the weekend of the s- Oh, no, I can't s- The massive contest and thousands of people are gonna be converging on the stadium behind me, some of them equipped with 5G phones. Naturally, I am one of them. So I've actually got 5G devices from both T-Mobile and one of their competitors, and I'm gonna be checking out what the 5G coverage looks like here in the Miami area. So T-Mobile is using a combination of their low-band 600 megahertz 5G and millimeter wave, while their competitors rollout is focused entirely on millimeter wave. That should give us great speeds, but I suspect we're gonna run into some of the same signal drop issues that we did last time around. Behind us is one of the event spaces for the big contest. So we think that millimeter wave 5G has been really juiced up in this area, so we're gonna go ahead and Colton and I are each gonna walk until we drop our signal, our 5G signal. Oh, we're just walking together. Alright, so if it picks up again, you're allowed to keep walking. You better watch out for these buildings, Colton. Ah, ha ha! See ya, Colton. Nice knowing you, Colton. You want something to eat, Colton? Colton? Want something to eat? I can grab you something, bring it back. I'm coming back. I'm coming back for you. You know what the thing about old technology is? It's always getting in the way of progress. So I'm using my phone, using my phone, think maybe I'll relax in this very comfortable chair here. Ah! See ya, 5G. It was nice knowing ya. Now let's try our 5G being blocked by... nothing. I was 10 years second ago, and it just went from 5G to 4G. Now last time in New York, I ended up filming my video just a few days before T-Mobile lit up their nationwide 5G network covering over half of the US population. So I was only able to show how a millimeter wave only 5G network behaves. It's now you see it, now you don't. Quite literally, almost any object between the phone and the tower drops you back to 4G. Well now let's take a look at what happens on T-Mobile's low-band 5G. Hold on, where was exactly the spot where the other one dropped? I think it was like here? Here? Here? Still got it. My two phones here? Uh-oh, got that glass in the way. Oh, and the millimeter waves are gone. T-Mobile 5G is still working though. Still got it! So this is fantastic. We've had 5G basically everywhere we've gone today on T-Mobile. But the funny thing is compared to 4G LTE, we're not getting otherworldly speeds. Like it's good, we're over 100 megabit, but it's not insane. That is where some of the confusion came from last time around. A ton of hype surrounding 5G has been hyper-focused on these blazing fast speeds. I mean even we got swept up by it, you know, wow look at this! Mobile internet speed in excess of what most people can get to their homes, it's crazy. But 5G is a lot more than just speed. Millimeter wave, so the high band frequencies between 20 gigahertz and 100 gigahertz is an exciting new component of 5G. Because that spectrum wasn't already being used for anything, carriers could just jump right into it, bond together a huge number of channels, and then give you these insane download speeds in excess of 1 gigabit per second. But there's a reason no one was using it. That performance, and in fact any connection at all, can only be achieved over short distances and within direct line of sight. So I mean in a large stadium or a concert hall where tons of people are taking videos and sharing them with each other, it's a complete game changer. But the thing is that even within a single building, it's very challenging to get perfect coverage. So millimeter wave needs something else to fall back on. Oh, and of course, it's basically useless to anyone who lives outside of the select areas where it has decent coverage. In the last video, I explained that T-Mobile plans to achieve a mixture of broad coverage, high speeds, and strong penetration power for indoor use by using high band, so that's millimeter wave, their existing low band, and the mid band spectrum that they're planning to acquire in the future. And the comments got absolutely flooded with this comment or some variant thereof. So here we go. 5G means 5th gen, and it's not bound to a particular frequency range. Low band 5G is 5G, mid band 5G is 5G, and high band 5G is 5G. As long as your device is equipped with a 5G NR or new radio, and your carrier is using the same frequencies that your phone supports, you are on 5G. The big picture benefits looking into the future of 5G include lower latency, which is essential for the future of autonomous cars. Better handling of dense pockets of users like at the massive sports ball competition, and then of course, faster speeds. Using 5G versus 4G on the same spectrum at the same width should yield some improvement, but it just isn't the main point. However, like any new technology, early adopters are going to have to wait a little while to see the full benefit. So you shouldn't be surprised to see multiple 4G bands bonded together outperforming an early 5G deployment, especially in terms of a basic speed test run. 5G is going to keep continually getting better. If you're going to take anything away from this video, it should be this. If all you're after is faster video downloads, there's no reason to throw away a perfectly good 4G device today. But, this is one of those times where if you are in the market for a new phone, you should be looking at the future-proof option. T-Mobile's 5G network has massive low band coverage today, with other bands coming soon. So thanks again to T-Mobile for sponsoring this video. If you guys enjoyed this one, you can check out the previous one where we were walking around New York. I'll see you guys later.