How to check if your phone supports 5G
The 5G network was first lunched in Wuhan China. Although it promises a great deal of better experience, it has come under serious criticism after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
About 5G
5G as much talked about is a next generation revolutionary mobile technology network . A growing number of countries including the likes of Italy, U.S, Canda, China, India, U.K, South Africa, Japan, South Korea have had a bite of the 5G network. Mobile Smart phone brands with 5G support have also been growing.
5G brings a faster data speeds of between 50Mbps to as much as 1.8Gbps depending on the standard. In 2020, the GSA reports over 77 market available 5G smartphones.
Big mobile heavy-weights like One plus, Samsung, TCL, Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, Nokia have one or two of their smartphones with 5G support.
Surprisingly, Google and Apple dont seem to be the leaders in this one but iPhone 12 is said to support 5G.
That being said, lets move to the main point. So if you recently bought a smartphone and you arent sure if it supports 5G, This post will help you know for sure if your device supports the latest mobile technology standard?
The most convenient to check if your smartphone really has 5G is to Google up its specs online. Youll most likely land on Gsmarena a platform boosting the largest database of smartphones specs in the world. Simply input your smartphone model in the search bar and scroll through its specification. Under the Network field, lookout for 5G bands.
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How to check if your phone supports 5G
We can say for sure that Gsmerenas data is relatively accurate and you can count on it.
Also its easier to check if your smartphone supports 5G or not by navigating to the phone settings.
Assuming its an Android phone, tap on Settings >> Network & internet >> Mobile Network >> Preferred Network type. A list of all the Mobile Network technologies supported such as 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G. If 5G gets listed, then your phone supports it.
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So far, here are the top list of 5G smartphones in 2020
This list will be updated occasionally since the number of of 5G Smartphones keeps growing every year. We cant practically name all device for now, but here are a few smartphones as of 2020 that have 5G support so far.
- Samsung Galaxy S20 series
- Galaxy Note 10 5G / Plus 5G
- Samsung Galaxy A71 5G
- OnePlus 8 series
- OnePlus Nord
- LG V60 ThinQ
- Sony Xperia 1 II
- Oppo Find X2 Pro
- Xiaomi Mi 10 series
- Realme X50 Pro 5G
- Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
- Vivo IQoo 3 5G
- Redmi K30 5G
Note✓Ensure that you mobile network provider or operator has 5G listed in its current offered networks. If not, you might not be getting the full potential of your 5G device.
With the idea from this post, we are sure you can now answer the questions, Does your device support 5G? And how to know.
