The move from the previous 4G LTE generation of mobile connectivity to the current 5G era is marked by a transitional period much shorter than the move from 3G to 4G. Pandemics aside, it took just a year for
in earnest, and call it a revolution.
The best 5G phones to buy right now
The best Verizon 5G phones
Here’s the list of the best Verizon 5G phones:
The millimeter wave networks like the current 5G one that Verizon uses, offer the fastest speeds and thus marketing bombast at their initial rollout, yet on the other hand mmWave spectrum has very low penetration rates. So low, in fact, that the signal can get easily dispersed by the phone’s glass body, and it has trouble getting through your hands holding the phone, let alone trees, buildings, and even windows.
The best АТ&T 5G phones
Here’s a list of the best AT&T 5G phones:
Verizon may have shouted “first” on the 5G connection switch, but AT&T was the one with the first commercially available 5G device a few months prior, albeit it was actually not a phone, but a “puck,” the Netgear Nighthawk 5G Mobile Hotspot. Well, the carrier that delivered the “world’s first millimeter wave mobile 5G browsing session” has since added a lot of other gear and even a Nationwide 5G network on the low bands.
The best T-Mobile 5G phones
Here’s the list of the best 5G phones on T-Mobile:
- Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
- OnePlus Nord N200 5G review
- T-Mobile REVVL V+ 5G
- OnePlus 9 Pro
- Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
- Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
- Apple iPhone 12
- Samsung Galaxy A52 5G
- Google Pixel 4a 5G
After its merger with Sprint, the new T-Mobile is very well positioned across the 5G spectrum, and the synergies of its 600MHz band with Sprint’s 2500MHz, and whatever it can scrape off in the mmWave bands, are undeniable. There’s barely a 5G phone under the sun that T-Mobile doesn’t carry, but we’ve set our sights on a few deal-friendly ones to help your choice.
The best unlocked 5G phones you can get in the US
In the end, what’s the best 5G phone?
As you can see, the Apple-Samsung duopoly has the lion’s share of the best 5G phones in the US, but thanks to their value-for-money street cred, the OnePlus 5G phones are encroaching on their turf with the best phone displays at the moment.
