China has been developing 5G for almost 4 years, but only about one-third of China's mobile phone users use 5G, and the advanced nature of 5G is difficult to reflect, so experts recommend gradually turning off 4G and forcing users to use 5G.
The number of 5G package users of the three major operators has exceeded 1.1 billion, but the actual number of 5G network users disclosed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is less than 600 million, only half of the 5G package users use 5G network, and only about one-third of mobile phone users use 5G network.
Among the users who use the 5G network, many users have turned off the 5G function after buying a 5G mobile phone, and only occasionally use the 5G network, showing that consumers' acceptance of 5G is indeed not high, why does it lead to such a result?
The main thing is that the 5G signal is too poor, the number of 5G base stations in China is about 2.4 million, and China Mobile's 4G base stations alone are more than 2.4 million, coupled with the diffraction and diffraction capabilities of 5G signals are too weak, there is no signal in the open areas of the city, and 5G has not been covered in the vast areas of the countryside, which has led to a poor consumer experience of 5G.
In addition, the power consumption of 5G is too high, the power consumption of the base station is too high, operators have to configure air conditioning rooms for 5G base stations, resulting in a surge in operators' electricity bills, and the results announced by China Mobile in the first half of 2020 show that electricity bills have increased by half, and expensive electricity charges force operators to shut down 5G base stations during idle hours; The power consumption of the mobile phone is too high, forcing mobile phone companies to increase battery capacity, 5G mobile phones are generally too heavy, and are ridiculed as half-pound machines.
In the face of the slow progress of 5G popularization, experts have put forward such a suggestion, gradually shut down the 4G network, force users to switch to 5G network, so that more users can enjoy the smooth Internet experience of 5G.
In fact, it is not appropriate for experts to suggest this, after all, the 5G network of the three major operators has not yet been perfected, in the open areas of the city and the vast countryside, it is still mainly used 4G, 4G allows consumers to enjoy a perfect 4G network, consumers are unwilling to give up 4G is reasonable.
To attract consumers to switch to 5G networks, I am afraid that we still have to start in the construction of 5G networks, further improve 5G networks, and promote users to switch to 5G networks with a better 5G signal experience, which is the right way, 4G can quickly replace 3G, but also in China Mobile in only one year to build 700,000 4G base stations, two years to basically cover the whole country, to cover a good 4G network to attract users to abandon 2G and 3G.
Now the three major operators are actually doing the same thing, China Mobile and China Radio and Television are accelerating the construction of 700MHz 5G network, China Unicom and China Telecom are promoting the construction of 900MHz 5G network, with the construction of low-frequency 5G network, 5G signal will be rapidly improved, and low-frequency 5G speed is still much faster than 4G, low-frequency 5G should be able to improve consumers' experience of 5G, and gradually attract consumers to switch to 5G networks.
It can be expected that with the improvement of 5G networks and the introduction of advanced process chips, the power consumption of 5G will gradually decrease, and 5G can provide faster data transmission rates will also be felt by consumers, by then it is estimated that consumers will no longer resist 5G, and it will be logical for 5G to replace 4G.