- in what ungodly scenario would a consumer need 1gbps speed on their desktop, let alone on their phone. I consider myself a power internet user (I own an ISP), and even I can't think of many scenarios where I would need more than 50 Mbps of internet speed for a sustained period of time.
- On mobile devices, higher speed will almost surely result in higher power usage. When consumers are asking for longer battery life on their phone - does 5g theoretical speed really gives that, much advantage over a 4g phone? I can't think of any situation where it does.
In conclusion, 5g advantage is nothing more than to stimulate tech industry component sells to consumers and business, ie, 5g modems, phones, antennas, license fees for goverments, exporting tech stack to other countries. All these scenarios adds up to a huge financial market. The first country/company to be in this market will benefit from it. Thats whats its all about. I am not worried about snooping - the telcos and ISPs are already inside government's pocket for decades now under eecutive order (I am not only talking about USA here).