While my highest tested speed on T-Mobile’s low-band 5G network was achieved on the terrace of a rooftop hotel restaurant, standing in just the right place, I also hit 130-199Mbps speeds in my hotel room without even walking over to the window or holding the phone in some awkward position. than Sprint’s 5G, so you’re more likely to see it wherever you live. That was also the case with the Sprint OnePlus 7 Pro 5G, but by a wider margin in Sprint’s favor - the difference being that T-Mobile’s 5G service is far more available across the U.S. It’s worth briefly noting that my results were almost always better on the T-Mobile OnePlus 7T Pro 5G than on a new iPhone 11 Pro on LTE. That’s because T-Mobile says it’s currently using LTE for uploads, and expects to use 5G for uploads next year. Upload speeds were typically in the 25-54Mbps range, similar if not identical to what I’ve seen from T-Mobile’s LTE network, with the odd occasional stall-out. I was able to pull down 100-150Mbps speeds while standing on a beach with no obviously apparent cell tower, speeds that on LTE generally required me to be within a tower’s line of sight. Using Ookla’s Speedtest, my 5G download speeds ranged from atypically low 3-33Mbps results to a high of 227Mbps, though most of the numbers were in the 100Mbps range. Because I (and other early testers) are attending a Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit in Maui, Hawaii and can’t escape the island until later this week, my results may differ from what you’ll see on the mainland. ![]() To that end, T-Mobile loaned me a OnePlus 7T Pro 5G, the newer cousin to the OnePlus 7 Pro 5G I’ve been testing on Sprint’s network since August. What we’re talking about here is solely the performance of that low-frequency 5G blanket, or what you’ll see in 5G performance when you’re not close to one of the shorter-distance, higher-frequency cell sites. T-Mobile is building the low- and high-frequency 5G parts itself, and will - assuming the merger goes through - integrate Sprint’s mid-frequency 5G network next year. 5G will begin with a blanket or base layer of slow but long-distance, low-frequency (600MHz) coverage continue with faster, medium-distance mid-frequency (2.5GHz) towers and end with super-fast but short-distance high-frequency (millimeter wave) small cells. carrier has spent the better part of the past two years advancing a three-tier 5G strategy that was subsequently embraced by other carriers across the world, including its domestic rivals. It’s important to put T-Mobile’s current 5G situation in proper perspective. ![]() ![]() Why even sell a new phone as “5G” if it’s only going to be a little faster than the prior-generation technology? 5G was pitched as promising 10 times 4G/LTE performance, if not more, and in tests of Verizon’s and Sprint’s consumer 5G networks, I’ve personally seen peak speeds in the 500 megabits per second (Mbps) to 2 gigabits per second (Gbps) range, which is to say nearly 100 times faster than what many people experience on LTE today. While some areas will see 2 times LTE speeds, it says, the national average will be more modest, and the Un-carrier doesn’t want to over-promise performance. On the same day it flipped the switch on its nationwide 5G network, T-Mobile told customers to expect only a 20% improvement over LTE download speeds, an unimpressive promise made only after extensive discussions with its network engineering teams. I was actively worried - and somewhat confused - going into testing of T-Mobile’s first 600MHz “low-band 5G” handset, the OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren. ![]() Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here.
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