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I'm going to be honest and say that I do not understand most of the technical jargon in that article or how it applies to the scenario. I don't know what to tell you because both my and others real world experience have seen battery improvements when disabling 5G. Could just be where the towers are in my area or something, but that's how it is for me and others.

When my phone is connected to a 5G signal, it is connected to "5G UC" which the forum user in the first article stated is a specific type of 5G signal which consumes more battery. I don't know if that bit about it being a specific type of signal is true, but the battery effect I have noted in practice. I don't have a Pixel phone, but I do use T-Mobile. I also often have a worse time trying to use data when my phone says "5G UC"...occasionally giving me a poor signal unless I disable it. I live in a very well populated, major metro area supposedly with good 5G coverage. I don't live out in the sticks and I don't live in an incredibly hyper dense urban center with excessive people crowding the cell towers. My phone is a flagship-level phone from 2023. So idk.

Edit: I feel like this is the 1080p vs 4k debacle all over again. I cannot for the life of me tell the difference between the two at a normal viewing distance. On a computer monitor? Sure. On a TV where you're sitting across the room and not on top of the screen? Absolutely not. Same with 4G vs 5G for me. No discernible difference in speed for "normal" usage. I'm sure if I was cloud gaming or torrenting a file I'd notice, but the average person isn't doing that.

Not specifically the first day, no. But in general during my period yes.

Wow, what a windfall, OP! You sure are fortunate! Don't go spending it all in one place now.

5G utilizes more power than 4G.

Here are some random links when searching about the phenomenon :

https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/197006039/using-5g-network-drastically-reduces-battery

https://www.reddit.com/r/LGV60/comments/1asjta8/does_5g_consume_more_battery_and_if_so_how_much/

https://www.samsung.com/us/support/troubleshooting/TSG01201462/

https://www.androidauthority.com/does-5g-use-more-battery-3234940/

5G also does not seem to penetrate well in buildings, causing the phone to constantly be searching for a network under this circumstance.

5G causes crazy battery drain and I don't at all notice a noticeable difference in speed with it with typical cell phone usage. Not sure what I would need to do to actually notice the speed difference. Torrent a file? I have 5G disabled on my phone. Every now and then, I get a text from my cell carrier saying that my phone is 5G capable and I should enable it for better speeds.

Omg glad you were ok! New fear unlocked!!

Ok but why is my browser doing this in incognito mode? Incognito mode isn't a banking app. It's me not wanting my browser to save my Facebook login info or history.

Most of the time I just plug in every few days when I get home

That's literally exactly what I'm talking about. There are a very large, statistically significant number of individuals who do not live in detached, single family homes and cannot put in a charging station at home.

It doesn't really make sense for those of us without to go sit at a public paid charging station for a couple hours each week when it only takes a few minutes to pump up on gas.

I think it would be different if these charging stations were in places where people spend a decent chunk of time each week, like the grocery store. But they most often are not.

The salary for one person? That's extraordinary for a discord admin.

Or we don't have a good way to conveniently charge them. This makes up a significant portion of users who would buy an EV. Dunno why everyone peddling EVs always conveniently ignores this.

Look, I think EVs are a fantastic idea, but if you can't figure out the charging infrastructure, then it doesn't make sense for many of us.

Don't you have to use their stupid app for the reduced prices like that now?

I remember years ago when I went to order one of those $5 meal boxes at Taco Bell. I asked for it by calling it the "$5 box" or something. The person over the speaker replied with "it's $9 here" lmao. That was pre-COVID and it had been advertised as a $5 box where I was from.

For me, I blocked about a zillion communities before we had the ability to block instances. I did it so my main page wasn't absolutely inundated with porn. But I didn't want to disable all NSFW posts because I don't mind seeing NSFW memes or topics.

Jesus Christ

Well I know they aren't. I just don't understand why they aren't.

Yeah but it seems like some names are always somewhat popular no matter the era. "John" and "James" for example

Curious what country you live in? In the US, your medical information is protected information and it's generally illegal for employers to ask you information about it. I think certain fields have exemptions for this though... possibly the military?

Add me to the unwashed bedsheets club lmao

It's just so much of an ordeal imo

Is it the salsa con queso or just a plain cheese? Because for some reason the salsa con queso jars are like crack to me. I can eat a whole jar in maybe 2 days, so I only purchase it very sparingly lmao.

In my experience, people do sometimes do what your husband says. Not everyone, obviously, but a lot of people really are shitty. So I get that to a degree.

A thing I do actually is that when I'm the first car sitting at a red light and my intention is to turn right, I actually explicitly do NOT use my turn signal. I use it in every other scenario except this one. Because I've found that if I use it, I run into the occasional asshole that decides to blare his horn at me for not immediately turning right and getting into an accident with oncoming traffic. When they don't know whether or not I'm turning or going straight, they don't honk at me like an asshole.

It's not that I never make right turns on red, it's that I just like to make sure it's safe to do so. I watch oncoming traffic and check the crosswalk for pedestrians. If there is an obstruction to view of traffic (happens occasionally at certain intersections), then yeah I just wait for the green light. But inpatient dipshits don't give a shit because it took them an extra 3 seconds to get to the grocery store.