Sven Slootweg: "@hugh@social.crablab.uk Do they mean 'support' as…" - Pixietown

Nov 23, 2024, 10:44

Hugh @hugh@social.crablab.uk

My phone provider, who are an EE MVNO, state that they don't support 5G on Google Pixel devices 🤔

This sounds...odd. Would anyone like to venture some possible explanations?

Perhaps naively, I assumed 5G was just...5G.

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Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

@hugh Do they mean 'support' as in 'works on the network', or as in 'will help you debug it'? As companies often mean the latter

Nov 23, 2024, 11:03 · · Web · · ·

Nov 23, 2024, 11:25

Hugh @hugh@social.crablab.uk

@joepie91 Support as in "functions" 🙂 It does not function on my device.

Nov 23, 2024, 11:38

wheeze_NL @wheeze_NL@hsnl.social

@hugh @joepie91 I would also hope that 5G is a standard, which supports all phones that support the standard.
Otherwise the provider needs to support hundreds of phones individually?

Nov 23, 2024, 11:52

Hugh @hugh@social.crablab.uk

@wheeze_NL @joepie91 I would also hope this!

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