I don’t know if you still remember that on September 6, three years ago, in Berlin, Germany, Yu Chengdong took out the world’s first flagship 5G SoC Kirin 990 5G. At this moment, everyone believes that the 5G era is coming. The giant who once played the role of a chaser in the hi

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I don’t know if you still remember it. On September 6, three years ago, in Berlin, Germany, Yu Chengdong took out the world’s first flagship 5G SoC Kirin 990 5G. At this moment, everyone believes that the era of G is coming. The giant who once played the role of a chaser in the history of world communications finally became the leader.

At that time, Huawei , which had its first 5G chip, became synonymous with good signals and fast network speed. Major domestic manufacturers have also begun to devote themselves to the embrace of 5G. Without 5G iPhone 11, they can only act as a background board for various comparisons again and again. However, luck has made people feel bad. After experiencing some well-known reasons, iPhone used 5G, and the former pioneer can now only struggle in the quagmire of 4G. Even such a picture once became a topic of conversation for everyone after dinner.

Huawei 4G is greater than Apple 5G. Is it true?

So the question is, is this picture true? This topic is actually very interesting. The standard version of the iPhone 14 series released at the same time and the Huawei Mate50 Pro, the market response has subverted many people's imagination: Huawei without 5G will not only have to rush to buy, but also have to increase the price. The iPhone 14, which has long made up for the shortcomings of 5G, broke the light speed and no one cares about it. Can the 4G Huawei experience really be better than 5G Apple ?

with this question, we directly selected several representative scenarios: ground, subway station hall, high-speed subway, underground garage and elevator, and conducted actual tests and comparisons between Huawei Mate50 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro.

In order to ensure the fairness of the test, we conducted 5 tests for each different scenario. The ground test iPhone was successfully connected to 5G, with a peak transmission speed of 527Mbps, while the peak transmission rate of Huawei Mate50 Pro is only 150Mbps. Of course, this scenario is a relatively common good working condition, so what about relatively poor working conditions?

In the subway station hall, the iPhone 14 Pro failed to obtain the 5G signal after five tests. In the 4G state, the iPhone recorded the highest download speed of 140Mbps, the highest upload speed of was 47.6Mbps, and 2 of them failed to connect successfully. Huawei Mate50 Pro can be successfully connected for 5 times, with a maximum download speed of 144Mbps and a maximum upload speed of 48.6Mbps. Although it has not reached the "far leading" level, it is indeed better than its competitors in terms of stability and speed.

. When the subway is running at high speed, the iPhone 14 Pro can finally get 5G signals, but the network speed performance is even worse than that of its own 4G. In the end, 5 tests were successful 4 times, with a maximum download rate of 15Mbps and a maximum upload rate of 33.8Mbps. The Mate50 Pro also succeeded 4 times, with a maximum download rate of 71.8Mbps and an upload rate of 40Mbps.

And in the underground garage and elevator, the iPhone was defeated throughout the whole process and was no match for Huawei at all. Is this... 5G really useless? Why does

have the sound of "5G useless"?

Throughout the entire test process, iPhone 5G can only beat Huawei Mate50 Pro's 4G in relatively less harsh ground environments. In the occasions where signal stability is most needed, it has no advantages and even certain disadvantages. at least through this result, we can determine that in typical civilian scenarios, 5G is just a "icing on the cake" function compared to 4G, rather than a "timely help", and is far from being a necessity.

In fact, looking back at the past few years, everyone still has doubts about whether 5G is really useful or a pure gimmick. It is also true that the voice of "5G uselessness" has many fans.The reason why 5G gives us a weak perception is ultimately three reasons:

First of all, the upgrade of the mobile Internet experience is a big wooden barrel, and only 5G network speed and one long board is not enough to bring about qualitative improvement.

We can see: In the early stage of G commercial , the only thing that everyone feels the strongest is the speed test software. But three years later, there is still only such a so-called "killer application". Is there any difference between using 4G and using 5G for short videos? Can 5G be more stable when playing games than 4G? The answers to the above questions are theoretically yes, but you have also seen the results of actual operations.

Secondly, the marginal benefits of that experience upgrades are getting lower and lower. In recent years, the upgrade of mobile phone hardware has been unremarkable compared to previous years. From black and white screens to color screens, from nine-grid buttons to touch screens, from 2G to 3G to 4G, almost every upgrade is a qualitative leap. But the screen ratio has changed from 16:9 to 21:9, and the refresh rate has changed from 60Hz to 120Hz, which brings people much less shock than that of the past. Similarly, from 4G to 5G, the perception of the increase in network speed again is already very weak.

The third and most important point. The main battlefield of 5G is not for civil use, we have only enjoyed a slim dividend. In fact, many relevant practitioners on the Internet have shared some cases: such as video surveillance and robot line patrols on the power grid, 5G dedicated networks of some confidential institutions, and 5G dedicated line business slicing. 5G brings lower infrastructure costs, more flexible networking formats and lower cost failure solutions.

. For ordinary people, what we can perceive at present is only faster connection rates in specific environments, higher connection stability in crowded places (the typical scenario is in university classrooms with a lot of people), and... higher fees.

So, is the 5G direction wrong?

is nicknamed as the only successful case of 5G commercialization. He , a big V, once said in his video: "My biggest expectation now is that when I watch this video in 5 years, I will find that speed is actually the most boring application of 5G." Unfortunately, in civilian occasions, this expectation may be disappointed.

At present, everyone may still be rushing to "selling 8,000 4G mobile phones", and may still skillfully turn off 5G and turn on 4G after getting a new phone. But you should not think that the 5G direction is wrong. The development of history is a cyclical process. The G meaning of 5G is not the frequency band, but Generation, generation, and fifth-generation communication technology. It is a historical necessity for the fifth generation of communication technology to replace the third and fourth generations. But it has a certain trial and error cost. If 5G is not powerful, it does not mean that we will go back to 4G, but rather that we must find a way to avoid some problems at this stage in the upcoming G era.

The future is long, I still believe in 5G...