Chinanews client, Beijing, August 30th (Reporter Wu Tao) Even though the publicity is a mess, some users just don't open 5G packages, and even buy 5G mobile phones as 4G mobile phones, and resolutely don't open 5G packages.

why is that?

  Recently, a survey conducted by the media on Weibo shows that 21.9% of netizens said that they often turn on the 5G function of their mobile phones to enjoy the high speed of 5G; but at the same time, 26.8% of netizens revealed that they often switch the 5G of their mobile phones. Turn off.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Jimin

  According to the latest data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, as of the end of July, the total number of mobile phone users of the three basic telecommunications companies reached 1.619 billion, a net increase of 25.21 million from the end of the previous year.

Among them, the number of 5G mobile phone terminal connections reached 392 million, a net increase of 193 million from the end of the previous year.

  Calculated in this way, the number of 5G mobile phone terminal users accounts for about 24% of the total number of mobile phone users, which is not high.

If you remove the number of users whose 5G switch is turned off, you can imagine the users who actually use the 5G package.

Operators may force users to turn on 5G?

  So the news said that operators are in a hurry and may force users to turn on 5G.

In particular, "Huawei Hongmeng's cancellation of 5G shortcut keys" has recently aroused heated discussions.

  Sources quoted Bruce Lee, vice president of Huawei’s mobile phone product line, as saying: “Removing the 5G pull-down shortcut switch is a unified requirement of the three major operators, because the operators found that many users have bought 5G mobile phones but turned off the 5G switch.”

  However, a reporter from Chinanews.com learned through various channels, including Huawei, that Huawei Hongmeng mobile phones can still enable or disable 5G data on the "Mobile Data" page.

Huawei Hongmeng mobile phone users can still choose whether to turn off the 5G data function.

  The reporter noticed that users of multiple other brands of mobile phones can also choose whether to turn on the 5G function.

  A reporter from Chinanews.com also contacted the relevant departments of multiple operators and asked whether the terminal manufacturers were required to remove the 5G switch. The other party said that "there is no relevant response to this question for the time being" and "I haven't heard of it."

Why are some users unwilling to turn on 5G functions?

  Some analysts pointed out that the reason why some users do not use 5G is definitely not a 5G terminal.

It is understood that 5G mobile phones are not expensive now, and you can buy one at a price of more than 1,000 yuan.

  According to data released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, in July, the domestic market mobile phone shipments were 28.676 million, of which 22.834 million were 5G mobile phones, a year-on-year increase of 64.1%, accounting for 79.6% of mobile phone shipments in the same period.

  Many netizens said that the reason for not opening 5G is because the package is expensive.

Up to now, the 5G package has been released for more than a year, and the official pricing of the three major operators has not clearly decreased, that is, the cheapest 5G package costs 128 yuan per month, but some users can enjoy discounted prices.

Image source: iPhone 12 screenshot

  Another reason for "not being able to drive 5G" is high energy consumption, which is an indisputable fact.

Many 5G terminals will even remind.

For example, the iPhone 12 clearly reminds, "Enable 5G will use 5G when 5G is available, even if it may reduce battery life."

  Some analysts pointed out that sooner or later the threshold price of 5G packages will be lowered, and high energy consumption is not a problem. Now the key is to find a 5G "killer" application. 5G lacks a "hot spot" in the consumer market.

This is the key reason why users are not willing to use 5G.

Image source: Screenshot of the report released by China Mobile

  The good news is that on August 24, China Mobile's 2021 smart hardware quality report showed that 5G news has gradually matured, and active users have increased rapidly, from the end of 2020 to mid-2021, an increase of 213%.

  Regarding the upcoming commercial 5G news, do you think it can drive the rapid increase in the number of 5G users?

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