Help Why can't I disable 5G on my iPhone 13?

[skyscraper101]

EDIT. Problem solved.

iPhone boffins. Can you help please? I have an iPhone 13 Pro on EE. I'm trying to disable 5G and limit to 4G, mainly for battery reasons.

However, and this is really confusing me - every guide I reference - including EE's own picture by picture guide, points me to settings > mobile data > 'mobile data options'

But there are no 'mobile data options' on my screen. I'm literally unable to see what is in every guide which tells you what to do. Why is this? I'm confused.

 

[skyscraper101]

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[souljacker]

I can see those options on my iPhone 8 but that doesn't even do 5g so could be different from yours.

More importantly, 4G uses loads more power than 5g. It's one of its big selling points for carriers as well as users. 5g uses 10% of the power per bit of 4g.

 

[skyscraper101]

I think I've found the solution. Apparently I need to click on the individual number I'm disabling. I had more than one SIM installed, so 'mobile options' didn't show up by default. Duh.

 

[skyscraper101]

More importantly, 4G uses loads more power than 5g. It's one of its big selling points for carriers as well as users. 5g uses 10% of the power per bit of 4g.

The internet seems to think running on 5G uses more battery - especially if it's having a hard time getting a signal. I've noticed quite a lot of the time my '5G' is on like 1 or 2 bars and I'd rather just have a solid 4G signal.

 

[souljacker]

The internet seems to think running on 5G uses more battery - especially if it's having a hard time getting a signal. I've noticed quite a lot of the time my '5G' is on like 1 or 2 bars and I'd rather just have a solid 4G signal.

I suspect you are in a bad 5G area so makes sense I suppose.

 

[skyscraper101]

I suspect you are in a bad 5G area so makes sense I suppose.

Yeah it switches a lot around London from 4G to 5G. I really don't need super lightning speed anyway. 4G was always fine for me.