If you’re wondering what 5G UC means at the top of your phone, you aren’t alone. To put it simply, 5G UC is T-Mobile’s “Ultra Capacity” 5G network. In other words, seeing this means that you are on ...

5G branding is going to get even more confusing, soon: T-Mobile has announced that it’ll be rolling out a new “5G UC” icon on the upcoming iPhone 13 lineup to let customers know when they’re connected ...

There is a difference between 5G UC and 5G UW icons on your T-mobile smartphone or other carrier. T-Mobile uses 5G UC or 5G Ultra Capacity as their fastest network. That is why, you see a 5G UC icon ...

You’ve probably noticed that there’s been much more hype around 5G than for any of the wireless technologies that came before. Some of that is just marketing, of course; we are living in an ...

If you’re among the first early adopters of 5G smartphones, we’ve got some bad news for you: That 5G icon displayed next to your network signal might be lying to you, but it’s hard to say just how ...

When Apple released an update for the software that powers its iPhones and iPads in late March, AT&T customers in Houston and many other cities in the country began seeing something new on their ...

It’s been a week since iOS 15 launched and it includes another tweak for 5G users. If you are a T-Mobile customer and see a new “5G UC” icon in your iPhone status bar, it’s good news for your iPhone ...

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AT&T may only have a handful of places where you'll be able to access 5G in 2019, but that isn't going to prevent the carrier from showing a 5G status icon on phones, it has confirmed. True 5G service ...

After Apple released the latest beta of iOS 12.2 to developers last night, some users noticed something strange. It seemed as if their iPhones had suddenly gained 5G capabilities. Indeed, after ...

With 5G networks and phones becoming more common by the day, Google has revealed how it’ll display 5G network icons on your phones with Android 11. Google’s updated icons will help users tell the ...

There’s a new cellular network technology on the way, and the whole industry is banding together to upgrade from 4G LTE to 5G mmWave. The 5G upgrade will require new modem technologies, lots of new ...