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The Smartphone Experience Shift from 4G to 5G

By Ian Fogg, March 2022

To understand why wireless operators — and the smartphone makers that supply them — are keen to switch users from older 4G-only smartphone models to 5G capable versions, Opensignal has analyzed the real-world smartphone experience of 4G and 5G smartphones.

How the 5G experience has improved across 50 US states and 300 cities

By Francesco Rizzato, March 2022

The 5G experience is changing rapidly in the U.S. as wireless carriers build out their 5G networks and expand the use of new 5G spectrum bands. In this insight we quantify how the 5G experience has changed compared to six-months ago across all 50 U.S. states and 300 cities.

Benchmarking the Global 5G Experience — March 2022

By Ian Fogg, March 2022

During 2022, 5G will start to become the mainstay of the mobile experience in many markets. In others, the 5G journey is starting, but 5G offers the promise of a significantly superior experience. Here, Opensignal's quantifies the current 5G experience.

5G Impact on the Global Mobile Network Experience

By Ian Fogg, February 2022

Approximately once a decade the mobile industry unveils a new network technology standard with the goal of revolutionizing users’ mobile network experience. Opensignal examines the real-world impact that 5G has had on the mobile experience by comparing 100 markets.

Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2022

By Sam Fenwick, February 2022

In the third Global Mobile Network Experience Awards report, Opensignal once again directly compares operators from around the world to recognize those on which our users had the best mobile experience.

USA, January 2022, 5G Experience

By Francesco Rizzato, January 2022

In this report, we have recorded many changes in the 5G experience of our U.S. users, but not all are upward. This time, T-Mobile is the only carrier seeing its experience improve across all six categories of the mobile experience we analyzed.

USA, January 2022, Mobile Network Experience

By Francesco Rizzato, January 2022

In this report it is clear that 5G is having a large impact on the overall experience scores. For example, T-Mobile now wins the Download Speed Experience award — fuelled by the progress it made during 2021 in 5G Download Speed.