How to disable 5g on I phone

iPhone as always has to strive to remain relevant by leading the industry with the latest technology, which currently is the 5G. And because of the above iPhone has released a breadth of the 5 G-ready phones mostly in the iPhone 12 series line. The iPhone model that is, therefore, compatible with 5g are such as the iPhone 12 Pro, the iPhone 12 mini, the iPhone 12, and the iPhone 12 pro max.

The release of the new 5G enabled devices, has brought with it a lot of flexibility where users can turn off 5G on their phone at their convenience. And before we get to why you might have to turn off 5G on your iPhone below is the simple step by step process.

How to disable 5G on iPhone

On your iPhone 12, open the settings feature
Proceed to the Cellular-Cellular data options-voice & data and the tap on the LTE option
And 5G will be turned off

To turn 5G back on, the above procedure will be repeated and the only difference is that at the end, where the user will proceed to tap on 5G AUTO.

Another simple procedure will be to go to the settings feature, then proceed to tap on cellular, select the cellular data options, then proceed to tap on voice & data. A user will then be presented with the 5G Auto feature, as a default and then proceed to select 5G on, so that you can use it when it is available.

And still on the same if a user doesn’t want to completely use the 5G network then they will just select the LTE feature.

Benefits of using 5G on your iPhone

And while turning off 5G might be a necessity to some of the iPhone users, the particular technology does have some rather interesting features, for people looking to upgrade their phones to consider. One of the benefits is that the 5G auto enables smart data mode, more especially when 5G is not providing a noticeably good experience. In the above case, your iPhone 12 will automatically switch to LTE, which in the long run saves battery life.

There is also the option of leaving the iPhone on 5G always, which means that the phone will only use 5G when it is available, and which in the long run will impact the battery negatively. Users who therefore wish to settle with the above option, the below step by step will offer guidance.

Go to the settings feature, then proceed to cellular, then to cellular data options, then data mode. A user will then be presented with up to three options on how their phones will behave as regards the apps and services under the 5G connection.

To get a clearer picture, this is what will happen if for example the user Allow’s more data on 5G; the phone will then be able to download future ios updates, and if they wanted to face time or stream a video then they can expect to be provided with high-quality immersive images.

Various Apple iPhone 5G features

Model	Specs	Price
Apple iPhone 12 mini	Uses GSM, 5g, CDMA, LTE, EVDO, and HSPA. Easy to use, offers smart performance, and protects privacy	Check Price Here
iPhone 12 Pro max	Has 60 times more colors, has the best night mode, offers up to 11trillion operations per second	Check Price Here
Apple iPhone 12 pro	Features the lidar technology has more 5G bands, durable, and retains value	Check Price Here

N/B the iPhone features described above are available in all the iPhone 12 models with major differences in size and storage capacity.

Reasons Why People Turn Off 5G on Their iPhone

Given the large number of iPhone models that come 5G enabled, there bound to be users who might need to revert to the previous technology but still use their iPhones. The first and most obvious reason as to why people prefer to turn off 5g on their iPhones is because, they might not have subscribed to the right price plan, or they might not be ready and willing to upgrade to the new technology.

On other occasions the 5g network is rarely reliable mostly because of location, in such a case your iPhone could be having problems sticking with 5G and will, therefore, alternate between 5G and LTE. The above will, therefore, result in problems with the successful transmission of messages from your iPhone to other users. On other occasions, some users complain of not being able to refresh the various applications on their phones.

And in other instances, battery consumption might be high on 5G than on LTE, and maybe the user is not close to somewhere that they can charge thier phones. While the above might be a headache for the new iPhone users, it really shouldn’t because users can simply customize the phone to work on LTE and still enjoy the various services and carrier products.