I Repeat Myself (5G vs. LTE Edition)
Back in March 2022, Nicole Nguyen of The Wall Street Journal compared the battery life effects of 5G vs. LTE by streaming videos on several iPhone and iPad models. She found that using LTE saved significant battery life. (It would be nice if someone re-ran similar tests on more recent devices — just because it was true with the iPhone 13 Pro doesn’t mean it’s true with current models. But I’ll bet it is.)
Anyway, linking to her report, I wrote:
With both regular 5G and LTE, I typically get between 50–100 Mbps
down — and I see a regular 5G connection far far more often than
