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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.

[–]bobbobbybob 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

remember that in order for the phone to work inside a building, the 5G has to make it through the cladding, insulation and framing material. Your skull and brains are equally traversable by the waves

[–]BigFatRetard 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The tech will switch between the ideal frequency for the case. They're not going to use 50GHz for broadcasting through a neighborhood. It's much more likely they'd use that frequency for line of sight in an airport or arena.

There's studies from long before 5g was a twinkle in anyone's eye that show that 50GHz won't penetrate more than a mm of skin. This is consistent with the concerns of 5g critics who are worried that the higher frequencies will interact more with human tissue, as well as the law of conservation of energy. The more the frequency interacts with the human body, the less it can penetrate the human body because it's consumed in the process.

As I said, this is similar in concept to radiation. An alpha emitter will probably have every single particle that reaches your body will interact with your body, whereas a gamma emitter can penetrate but is less likely to interact with your body. The result is that generally speaking gamma sources are the scariest because shielding can only do so much, and the best protection against gamma is distance.