How would normal people benefit from 5G speeds on smartphones? I understand that sometimes you have to enable the technology before you can predict what interesting usecases come from it. I am genuinely curious and welcome your thoughts.
The 5G mobile gets used quite often as a hotspot when I need to download large files quickly.
It's not just about speed, a 5G network supports a greater density of devices compared to a 4G one. 4G can support about 4,000 devices per square kilometer, whereas 5G will support around one million.
5G will be able to connect the plethora of next gen IOT devices coming to a store near You!
Just imagine smart shopping carts that will finally enable the homeless to have connected homes too! How about smart protestor signs that will automatically change to display what ever SJW message the technocracy wants to get out in real time. There are so many wonderful things that "Harder, Better Faster" connectivity will bring us all...Queue Daft Punk background music!!
I think on mobile 5g might be not as revolutionary as 3g was back then. It won’t hurt either, faster download speed , same price I am okay with that.
I know your question was 5g on smartphones but I think it has even more potential in other areas. Remote surgery or closer to home think about Drenthe, Groningen or cities like Amsterdam where optical fiber rollout has been slow (kpn). 5g is potentially fast enough to replace your vdsl or cable from ziggo and be used as a main internet line.
You can use it on IoT, maybe there's some gain in that area. The near future will have many more devices connected to the internet, consider "smart phones", "smart watches" and all the other toys.