google's going to change 5G icons in Android 11 to make things clearer (or not)
https://www.androidauthority.com/5g-...id-11-1121554/

there's two "true" types of 5G: 5G+ and 5G both use the new 5G standard
5G+ or 5G mmWave, which offers very very very fast speeds due to more spectrums, but get blocked by your hand

5G (sub-5ghz 5G), which offers better latency than 4G LTE, slightly better speeds (but not as much as 5G+).
uses similar frequencies as 4G LTE (low-band <1ghz for coverage, mid band <6ghz for others)



not-5G:
5Ge, which is just LTE Advanced PRO (which is 4G LTE with more features to get higher speeds)

LTE+: 4G LTE with carrier aggregation (combining multiple frequency bands to boost speeds)

LTE: regular 4G LTE



difference between 5Ge, LTE+ and LTE? there can be significant differences if you can use carrier aggregation(CA) vs no carrier aggregation)
4G LTE hardware is pretty mature - you can find phones that support 30+ LTE bands with CA

5G/5G+ hardware on the other hand: not mature, pretty fragmented market right now.


mmwave:
5G+ n260 (37-40ghz) - Verizon, AT&T, T-mobile
5G+ n261 (27.5-38.35) - Verizon, AT&T, T-mobile
-> Verizon's deployed a lot of mmWave, the other two not as widely deployed, can reach 2000mbps in speed tests with 4x100mhz blocks

sub-6ghz 5G(the 5G band numbers below are shared with LTE band numbers, aka using same frequency)
5G n2 (1900mhz) Verizon
5G n5 (850mhz) Verizon, AT&T
5G n41 (2500mhz) Sprint/Tmobile
5G n66 (1700mhz) Verizon
5G n71 (600mhz) Sprint/Tmobile
-> tmobile's deploying a lot of n71 and n41 (60mhz of n41 aggregating with 20mhz of LTE b66/b2 can get you about 800mbps), though 10mhz of n71 can be 5-100mbps in reallife, not fast)

coming soon: (1-5 years?)
5G n48 (3500mhz CBRS) Verizon
5G n77/78/79 (3300-5000mhz C-Band) whoever wins


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...al_deployments
I'm guessing that n40/41/78/79, n257/258/260/261 will get popular