5G

Sometimes your phone has a mind of its own.  You are standing in a 5G area. Your plan supports 5G. Your phone supports 5G. The signal icon even shows 5G for a…

A bad client call can ruin the whole mood.  You finally get a lead on the phone. They are interested. You start explaining the quote, the booking, the delivery, or…

If your phone is mostly used for WhatsApp and the odd Google search, almost any decent SIM plan will do.  But if you are a heavy streamer or content creator, it…

Rural UK residents depend on Wi-Fi Calling because mobile signal can still be weak indoors, even where outdoor 4G coverage looks reasonable on paper.  In villages, farmhouses, coastal towns and…

For the UK expat community, 5G is changing video calling by making mobile video chats faster, smoother and more usable away from home Wi-Fi.  When you’re trying to speak to family back home, a…

You are streaming a video, everything is fine, then suddenly it starts buffering. You check your signal, full bars, 5G showing at the top. So, what is going on?  There is a good…

You hear people say 5G is superfast, and naturally you expect your phone to behave like a rocket.  You open YouTube. It loads quickly.  You download an app. Done in seconds.  You run…

You’re at home, phone in hand, trying to make a simple call.  The person answers, but the call sounds awful.  You move near the window. Still patchy.  You walk around the…

We’ve all had the call. Somebody you love, or somebody from the bank, and they may as well be phoning from the bottom of a well with a sock over the mouthpiece. You…

If you want the short answer to whether 5G drains battery, it is this: yes, 5G can drain battery faster than 4G, but not all the time and not by the same amount…

Here’s something that trips up a lot of people. When you search “how to switch from 5G to 2.4G Wi-Fi,” you’re almost certainly not talking about mobile 5G networks.  You mean the 5GHz band…

You see 5G on your phone and naturally expect everything to fly.  You open YouTube. It buffers.  You open TikTok. The video loads halfway and gives up.  You try Google Maps. It…