5G has much higher speeds and capacity, and much lower latency, than 4G . Because 5G can send and receive signals pretty much instantaneously, 5G offers mobile internet speeds of more than 10 Gbps. That is approximately one hundred times faster than 4G. The latency is less than a millisecond with 5G.
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While 5G is an exciting new standard, it has nothing to do with Wi-Fi . 5G is used for cellular connections. Future smartphones may support 5G and 5 GHz Wi-Fi, but current smartphones support 4G LTE and 5 GHz Wi-Fi.
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