This year, a critical mass of US carrier 5G networks expansion and sub-$400 5G phones may usher in a watershed moment in the next cellular connectivity standard adoption rates. After all, Apple made sure that even the cheapest members of its iPhone 12 family carries 5G connectivity, while Samsung will have phones as low as the Galaxy A32 on the 5G totem pole.
While unlimited 5G plans from Verizon, T-Mobile, or AT&T haven’t budget much in price, the footprint of the next-gen networks is growing leaps and bounds so fast that speed and coverage awards are coming left and right for each carrier recently, depending on the timing of the network snapshot, how and what is being measured.
