Motorola, Qualcomm, and Verizon show off a prototype 5G MotoMod for the Moto Z3, demoing how fast it is on 5G wireless.
So how fast is 5G, anyway? About as fast as a premium-tier cable modem, according to a live test performed by Qualcomm, Motorola, and Verizon on Tuesday.
All three companies showed off the technology at the Snapdragon Technology Summit in Maui, demoing a prototype 5G device on a prototype 5G network. And according to the test, the modem transferred a gigabyte’s worth of data in 17 seconds. That’s 0.0588 gigabytes per second, or 58.8 Mbps or 470.4 Mbits/s. That’s pretty damn fast.
Want to see it for yourself? Watch the demo below.
Unfortunately, you have to take this demo with a fairly large grain of salt. And you have to ask some important questions: Who owns the network? What device are you using for downloads? How far is that device from the network antenna? Is there network congestion? All of these factors will affect wireless speeds.
