Mobile technologies have improved enormously; one of the main developments is the development of 4G technology. It’s a word that you’ve definitely encountered in your daily life, but what is 4G? And is LG G5 4G capable? We will answer these and other questions related to LG G5 4G technology in the following article.
Does the LG G5 have 4G?
Yes. 4G is one of LG G5 embedded features.
How to check the availability of 4G on LG G5
There are different ways to check the affordability of 4G in your LG G5, or any other mobile. And presuming you’re not a techy person , I suggest that you start by checking the phone package, network information is usually displayed there. Or you can simply search on google using your phone model name and figure out the information on the official website of the manufacturer.
If you have already bought the phone and inserted the SIM card, you can turn on the mobile data, if the phone connects to a 4G network you will notice a 4G ot LTE sign up on the status bar.
Another way is to check the settings: Go to your settings and search for network mode, usually as follows: Settings > Cellular (or Mobile Data) > Cellular Data Options (or Mobile Data Options). If your phone has 4G you will find a 4G or an LTE option. If you don’t see either of them, then your smartphone isn’t 4G-capable.
How to switch to 4G on LG G5?
If you need to enable your LG G5 4G network, then follow the instructions (it might vary a bit from the settings on your own device):
1- From Home screen, choose Apps.
2- From the Apps tab, tap Settings.
3- Make sure to turn on the Mobile data.
4- Tap Networks.
5- More.
6- Tap Mobile networks.
7- Select Network mode.
8- Choose 4G or LTE option.
Note: If you intend to switch off 4G then choose an inferior network type (e.g. 3G).
Introduction to 4G technology on LG G5
4G is the fourth generation of wireless technologies, it comes just after 3G and before 5G. Although 5G is considered the highest technology existing in the market, 4G is still the fastest most spread technology.
4G has fast uploading and downloading speeds, overtaking the previous 3G standards, and it also comes better latency, allowing users to do much more activities using their mobiles, things such as live conferencing.
To be more accurate, 4G is a designation named by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and it is also a commercial word used by mobile network operators to exhibit a set of protocols used in their networks.
One of the most famous protocols is LTE and LTE-Advanced, So for LG G5 4G to be useful, it should be correspondent with the protocols used by local mobile network operators.
What distinguishes 4G on LG G5?
4G has all the features of 3G at more speed. It allows download speeds of around 14 Mbps up to speeds as high as 150 Mbps, five times more than 3G. And it allows more than ten times the uploading data speeds of 3G, ranging from 8Mbps up to 50 Mbps.
Low latency is another advantage, it ranges from 60ms to 98 ms, Even though it’s only a bit lower than 3G, it is very vital for some use cases such as video conferencing or online gaming, and other real-time interactions.
The appearance of VoLTE standard added another feature to 4g technology which is the ability to make phone calls and navigate the internet concurrently, with even better voice quality. All of these advantages are within your reach with LG G5 4G technology.
Get to know 4G bands in your LG G5
4G and other cellular networks use radio waves to communicate data. These waves have different lengths and frequencies. To prevent interference between signals, governments and the ITU decided which regions use which frequencies for 4G.
Each region has been allocated certain frequency intervals called bands. Band number 7 and band number 28 (for example) are used all around the world.
What you should know as a consumer is that each mobile operator grants certain bands according to the area, and different phones enable different bands. So you should make sure that your LG G5 supports the bands offered by your local cellular provider.
Here are the LG G5 4G-enabled bands:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28, 38, 40 – H850;1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 20 – H830;1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 20, 29, 30 – H820;1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41 – H860NLTE 2,3,4,5,7,13 – VS987LTE 2,4,5,12,13,17,25 – US992;.