With the public release of iOS 16.4 for iPhone users, many in Canada are starting to see a ‘5G+’ carrier icon from Bell and Rogers, with their compatible 5G plans.
Many iPhone in Canada readers such as Rogers customer Sagar, noted the 5G+ icon is now present for his iPhone.
Similar Bell customers on 5G+ plans also shared they are seeing the 5G+ icon, with many noting this was visible since the early beta days of iOS 16.4.
5G+ bands offer faster download speeds and increased bandwidth leveraging the 3500 MHz 5G spectrum. Bell debuted 5G+ plans last June, while Rogers also did the same, and Telus as well.
We’ve reached out to Telus for comment on whether they will introduce a 5G+ carrier icon for iPhone users. Stay tuned for an update.
Apple released iOS 16.4 yesterday for the masses and it introduces a variety of new features, including new emojis and more.
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I certainly hope to see TELUS follow this move. I know some would say it is irrelevant, and certainly that may prove true, but I’d like to be able to see when my phone is connected to what type of service; if for no other reason than to evaluate the relative pace that TELUS is building their 3500mhz network out relative to Rogers.
That’s not how it actually works. That’s the trick that they want you to think. In reality the carriers either artificially throttle your plan to only 150 or 250 mbps, or they don’t throttle it. That’s what determines whether you see the 5G+ logo. What bands your phone is actually connected to and what speed you are actually getting have no bearing whatsoever. It’s all just for show.
In theory a “5G+” connection could be getting 25 mbps downloads while an LTE 4G one could be getting 250 mbps.
You’re both generalizing and incorrect.
First, legacy plans (at least on Telus) have completely unthrottled speeds regardless of network technology.
Second, the 5G/5G+ indicator on your device has nothing at all to do with your plan and everything to do with what your phone is seeing on the network. So unless throttled plans actually prevent connecting to 3500mhz spectrum, which at least currently they do not, then your phone will show 5G+ whenever there is a 3500mhz signal regardless of what speeds you get from it.
I find it odd that the “carrier icons” are dictated by the carriers. There are technical standards that should dictate which icons are shown. If you have a 5G+ connection, you should get that icon, not depending upon whether or not the carrier decides to show it.
and Freedom doesn’t have 5G and now that the Rogers Shaw merger and been officially approved it’s unlikely that Vidatron will be able to secure 5G or 5G+ from Rogers since they are now an effective competitor. It could be another decade before Freedom mobile has access to 5G and 5G+ will be another decade after that.