Yesterday, the 5G-icon showed up on my phone. Should I be happy?

[GammaGlobulin]

Dear Folks, 

 

I am not exactly sure if I SHOULD be happy; but I AM happy.

 

As you will no-doubt recall, I had been using a NOTE4 for many years, until I switched to a budget Samsung, the A5-5G, which I am rather pleased to be using now.

 

For some reason, the 5G-Icon has only recently showed up on my phone, probably either yesterday, or today, since I have not really been paying much attention.

 

What do you think this might mean for someone like me, one who rarely uses my phone for much, except texting on WeChat or Line?

 

Probably, it will not mean much to me, except to make me feel happy, for a day or two.

 

Do you have access to 5G where you are?

Does it really make that much of a difference?

 

I am using AIS and DTAC services, with two SIMS installed in this phone.

 

Someday, maybe, if I ever leave my compound, I might have use for faster mobile connection speeds, but not now.

 

Every year, we have something new to look forward to.

And, this New Year, I have been blessed by seeing this 5G-icon suddenly appear on my phone.

So, yes, I am happy.

 

Still, 5G will not really make me that happy.

I just hope I live long enough to have 6G show up on my phone, in the very near future, and before I die.

 

Some say that 5G will help to extend battery life.
I hope so.

 

What else can it do?

Do you know?

 

If you want a decent phone, one that is very cheap, might I suggest this A5-5G Samsung, with 256GB of internal storage, and room to add up to 1TBytes of MicroSD storage.

This thing is quite well built, for such a cheap phone.

I would say that Samsung has provided me with a real winner.

 

Although, NOTE4 still remains my all-time favorite phone, except for my older....

Samsung Galaxy S3, which was even more amazing for its time.

 

Best regards,

Gamma

 

 

[ChumpChange]

Burn it or return it to the shop immediately. And by all means, don't ever even consider using it. Not even for a minute. It's very dangerous and it could already even be too late. In fact, if you have it powered on right now, then just shut it down immediately and wrap it up in a thick lead blanket in order to protect yourself from any further radiation poisoning. Thoughts and prayers are with you.

[GammaGlobulin]

1 minute ago, ChumpChange said:

Burn it or return it to the shop immediately. And by all means, don't ever even consider using it. Not even cut a minute. It's very dangerous and it could already even be too late. In fact, if you have it powered on right now, then just shut it down immediately and wrap it up in a thick lead blanket in order to protect yourself from any further radiation poisoning. Thoughts and prayers are with you.

 

OK.

It's not on, now.

 

[ChumpChange]

Just now, GammaGlobulin said:

 

OK.

It's not on, now.

 

Hopefully you'll be safe now. Can you just bury it in the backyard?

[marin]

Much much easier to insert spyware as well via 5g. The main reason I wont get it. Who wants big brother looking over your shoulder all the time. Chump is telling it like it is. 

[GammaGlobulin]

28 minutes ago, marin said:

Much much easier to insert spyware as well via 5g. The main reason I wont get it. Who wants big brother looking over your shoulder all the time. Chump is telling it like it is. 

 

Yes, I have grown to depend upon Chump's advice, more and more.

 

In fact, he has now told me to bury my new Samsung in my backyard.

 

However, I might not actually need to bury it myself because:

 

There is this neighborhood cat which visits me once per day, to bury its droppings in the same place, in my backyard.

Such a fastidious cat, it is, and it always buries its droppings without a trace.

 

I might just use the same spot, and place the phone in plain site, where the cat will notice it, and bury it, as it goes about its normal daily business.

 

These smartphones cause more trouble then they are worth, IMHO.

They eat up money which might be better spent.

And, they rot our brains, among other negative effects.

 

Seems like just yesterday, we all were far happier....without them.

 

Still, smartphones will not last forever.

Someday, smartphones will become to us like the 8-track Tape Cartridges of yesteryear.

 

 

[soi3eddie]

In the UK the 5g signal is S. He. I. T. E. On most networks in recent times. Here in Thailand it's full strength just about everywhere. Not sure if it's true (no pun intended I'm with ais), but I read that it's to do with UK banning Huawei mobile base station equipment - therefore shortage of replacements. I'm sure that here in Thailand, Huawei is likely the prime supplier of mobile base stations. Certainly, even my 3BB fibre router is Huawei. Enjoy the 5g to the max. 

[ChumpChange]

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Yes, I have grown to depend upon Chump's advice, more and more.

Good man! Even smarter than you look. 
 

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

These smartphones cause more trouble then they are worth, IMHO.

They eat up money which might be better spent.

Absolutely. After you either burn or bury this one, then you can stop using smartphones completely. Will be the best decision you ever made.

[GammaGlobulin]

34 minutes ago, ChumpChange said:

Absolutely. After you either burn or bury this one, then you can stop using smartphones completely. Will be the best decision you ever made.

 

With minimal facetiousness, and as I have repeatedly and clearly stated here during past months, I would most gladly bury my smartphones, if only I could do mobile banking any other way.

 

The PC apps offered by my local banks are very clunky to set up.

And so, it was the need for mobile banking access that finally pushed me to buy the new Samsung A55 5G, which, by the way, also has 12 GB of RAM.

A fine and CHEAP phone, might I add, which is not offered in the USA, and who is not able to guess why.

Samsung offers this phone outside the US, I guess, because Americans are VERY RICH, and we over here are poor, by comparison.

Poor in terms of useless material things, but not poor in spirit, unlike the Americans, as you must also know.....

 

Conclusion:  I happen to agree with you that I should bury my phone, or let the cat do it for me, if it were not for Mobile BANKING.....

 

I am also not that worried about 5G security, but only for me, since I have never felt the need for security.

Thailand is a very safe place, if one does not drink and drive, or drink and wander around Pattaya, late at night, while insulting others.

 

You might be interested to know that I keep my phone in a cardboard box, most times.

This helps me to stop staring at my phone, every few seconds, as is typical behavior for most others, these days.

 

I enjoy my LINUX computers, above all.

 

These days, I would say that one of the few pleasures in life using Linux on all my devices, other than the Samsung phone.

 

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Something strange have I noticed recently....just below the 5G icon.

There exists these two arrows, one UP arrow and one DOWN arrow.

And, very often, these up and down arrows blink, and blink.

I can only assume that this signifies data going up and down.

So then, what data keeps going up and down to the cloud?

 

Is my phone CALLING HOME, or something?

This is my guess.

 

These arrows never seem to stop blinking.

 

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You might recall that Carly Simon was one of the first to sing a great song about going Up and Down....

Up and Down

Up and Down.....

 

 

One thing is for sure:

 

If you listen to this song.....

You will be hearing it in your head for about....

The next entire week.

 

So, sorry for this.

 

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But, anyway...

Here is the UP and DOWN song, sung by Joni Mitchell, one of my favorite artists....

 

UP and DOWN....

UP and DOWN....

UP and DOWN...

 

Hard to forget......it.......

 

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No way that Simon could hold a candle to Mitchell....of course.