A couple of reports came out of Opensignal today detailing the state of 5G, as well as the broader mobile experience in the U.S. The findings include T-Mobile leading the 5G race when it comes to availability and speed. Meanwhile, Verizon has achieved two wins for 5G video experiences and continues to lead the 4G experience.
Opensignal published its 5G User Experience Report and its Mobile Network Experience Report with studies based on more than 2 million devices and 15 billion measurements in the U.S. between September and December 2020. The company sees this as a major change for the 5G it was the iPhone 12 line that made the latest cellular connectivity available to more consumers than ever before.
As we saw at the beginning of these new reports, Verizon continues to have super fast 5G with its mmWave spectrum, but it lacks availability. T-Mobile beat Verizon and AT&T with its 5G network in terms of availability, download and upload speed. However, Verizon was able to come out on top for 5G video experiences.
Especially when it came to 5G availability, T-Mobile users could use the next generation connection 30.1% of the time. AT&T users saw 5G coverage of 18.8%, while Verizon customers had 5G only 9.5% of the time.
For average download speeds of 5G, T-Mobile won again with an average of 58.1 Mbps, AT&T came in second with 53.8, with Verizon last with 47.4.
Even though Verizon has some small areas where its 5G can reach 500 Mbps and more, it shows a clearer picture of the speeds you can expect in everyday use.
You can check the full 5G experience report in more detail on national and regional results here.
Opensignal also shared a report on the overall mobile experience in the U.S., which includes 4G. Verizon continued to lead the industry with 4G coverage and tied with T-Mobile for games and availability metrics.
AT&T took first place in download speeds and T-Mobile obtained the best upload speeds.
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