AT&T' Fake 5G Wireless Offer Is A Deceitful Way To Package Technology That Doesn’t Exist Yet

In what is likely an attempt to make huge waves that will wash away the residue of its competitors, AT&T recently made the announcement supposedly offering 5G Wireless connection. This is complete malarkey and is nothing more than a misleading marketing scheme designed to confuse and take advantage of customers who don’t know any better. AT&T’s offer is fake.

As The Verge points out, the carrier could not possibly offer 5G wireless connection simply because the technology is still incomplete. It essentially doesn’t exist yet, let alone be viable for widespread use. What AT&T is offering instead, is 4G connection on steroids and it’s not even anything new.

Based on the announcement that the carrier itself has launched, this supposedly new “5G Evolution” is twice faster than that 4G connection that it is currently offering. This much is true. However, T-Mobile has actually been offering this kind of wireless internet service since 2016. AT&T is basically trying to catch-up to its smaller competitor by offering customers a package of lies.

What really makes this case notable is the fact that the offer only applies to customers with Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus since its previous iteration has the same 256 QAM tuners and 4x4 MIMO antennas as the newest versions of the smartphones. By virtue of these wireless hardware alone, the phones should not be able to pick up 5G airwaves and hints at some other type of trickery at work.

It’s true that owners of these types of phones in places like Austin, Texas will enjoy faster internet connection, Gizmodo reports. However, customers should not mistake this to be 5G technology. For users in other parts of the country, the internet speeds will remain relatively the same and they will be spared the marketing madness that AT&T is spouting.