topic Re: New 5G plans compatibility in Get Support

New 5G plans compatibility

foreveryeg — Thu, 25 May 2023 16:58:01 GMT

Hello Public mobile family question about the 5G plans does it need to be with a 5G phone only or will it just downgrade speed to 4G for other phones right now I have a 6s but soon want to upgrade to a 8 or Xr or a 11 iPhone or maybe a android so any help on this would be appreciated a lot!

Thanks all

Re: New 5G plans compatibility

will13am — Thu, 25 May 2023 17:01:46 GMT

@foreveryeg , if the data throttling is like how it was implemented in the past, you would end up being throttled at 100 mbits/s if your phone is on the LTE network. That said, 100 mbits/s is plenty fast for most uses.

Re: New 5G plans compatibility

Handy1 — Thu, 25 May 2023 17:04:04 GMT

@foreveryeg If your a iPhone user you would likely want iPhone 12 and up for 5G compatibility interns of speed

Re: New 5G plans compatibility

HALIMACS — Thu, 25 May 2023 17:04:45 GMT

It’ll work with the lower iPhone, but you may not get true 5G compatibility/speeds.

Perhaps consider staying on a 4G plan until you have a device capable of 5G, and then switch to 5G.

Re: New 5G plans compatibility

sheytoon — Thu, 25 May 2023 20:49:38 GMT

As others have said, the plan speed doesn't affect which technology you use.

In other words, a "4G speed" plan can work on 3G/4G/5G, but it will be throttled on 4G and 5G to 100 Mbps. Similarity, "5G speed" plans will work on 3G/4G/5G, but will be throttled to 250 Mbps on 4G/5G.