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[–]FediNetizen[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You are correct about the battery drain, particularly if you have one of the first-gen 5G phones.

Several years ago, manufacturers switched to integrating the CPU and the modem on the same chip. Part of the reason for this was power savings. However, Qualcomm really wanted to push 5G as a phone feature before it was ready, so for their first 5G phones they put the modem back onto its own chip. This resulted in a crop of phones that were more expensive and had mediocre battery life for the battery size.

And honestly, 5G is really more of a benefit for the carriers than for most consumers. We've had enough bandwidth to stream HD video for a while, and that's about the most bandwidth-intensive activity most consumers engage in.

[–]BigFatRetard 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

My research indicated that the higher frequency signals do in fact interact with matter more than lower frequency signals, but because of that the waves are immediately blocked by a very thin layer of skin.

It all kind of makes sense, that's why ionizing radiation is scary, but even then you don't need to worry much about alpha particles unless an alpha emitter gets inside your body.

[–]FediNetizen[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

For reference, about the highest frequency 5G band is around 50 Gigahertz. Ionizing radiation starts in the UV band around 1000 Terahertz, or 20,000x higher frequency. It's really not even close.

[–]BigFatRetard 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I was only comparing the two because of the parallels between something that can penetrate and something that interacts. There's a clear difference between the two otherwise.