Verizon Support says that you should turn off 5G to save your phone’s battery

Despite its relentless promotion of 5G phones and the fact that it bid more than $ 45 billion on a new fast spectrum, Verizon support now closes 5G access to its phones to people on Twitter to preserve battery life Is suggesting to do.

in Sunday morning tweet, Verizon Support helpfully suggested that “one way to help preserve battery life is to turn on LTE” if users got their batteries “drained faster than normal”. This step will definitely turn off 5G in a phone which is available with it. It is also worth pointing out that you actually do not “turn on LTE” when doing this step – LTE is always enabled as a degradation for 5G networks. But Verizon is clearly cautious not to actually ask its customers to “shut down 5G”.

Twitter users naturally reported that simply switching to LTE would mean turning off 5G (which is available in some newer phones), but the assistant assistant said that to find out the root cause of any issues with speed It was important to “troubleshoot the steps,” adding that Verizon is “quickly launching more 5G regions, and constantly updating to improve speed.” Verizon’s nationwide 5G network uses a technology called DSS Uses, which in many instances is actually slower than the LTE network it is trying to replace.

Verizon announced its big 5G plans for 2021 last month, after formally launching its next-gen network in October 2020. One of its top priorities is the expansion of its ultra-fast mmWave coverage, which is currently limited to parts of certain cities. The us It also depends on how close you are to the Verizon 5G site.