Look at the top right corner of your phone. You might see an icon with “5G” and another with vertical bars showing the strength of your internet connection. Those symbols don’t mean what you ...

Only T-Mobile answered the question directly. "Coverage Maps provide a general service expectation; it's not flawless," a spokesperson said. Users may see a 5G icon on their phones even when not ...

Users may see a 5G icon on their phones even when not connected to a 5G network. The Washington Post reported that, in the US, the icon just means that a mobile network is nearby and not ...

And as reported by Business Insider, that 5G icon doesn’t even mean you're actively connected to a 5G network—it just means one is nearby. Coverage, not speed, remains the biggest challenge.

These 5G icons are the same size and design as the preexisting icons Waze uses to flag up parking options, traffic, roadworks and other useful information. To be clear, this isn’t a feature that ...