topic Transition to 5G in Mobile Data

Transition to 5G

MD106 — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:40:56 GMT

Hi,

I recently understood that my current SIM card does not have to 5G. I mean wherever I go in London I can't reach a 5G connectivity. How can I change safely my card with EE to have it ?

Re: Transition to 5G

Chris_B — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:53:44 GMT

@MD106 is your device a 5G device? If it is is 5G enabled on it ? What device is it?

Re: Transition to 5G

MD106 — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:57:43 GMT

Yes my phone is a 5G device and it is enabled on it. It's a iPhone 16 pro.

Re: Transition to 5G

Chris_B — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:00:11 GMT

@MD106 If you got the sim with the device it’ll support 5G even if that sim is around 3 years old it’ll support 5G.

Re: Transition to 5G

Matt_124 — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:42:27 GMT

Are on Pay As You Go or a Pay Monthly Contract?

Re: Transition to 5G

MD106 — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:50:36 GMT

I was on PAYG. But I called on 150 to set it up to Pay Monthly Contract.

Re: Transition to 5G

bristolian — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:03:25 GMT

EE SIMs are not "G" specific, they support all technologies form 2G > 5G. This applies to SIMs from 7 years ago just as much as it applies to ones from last week.

The difference is that older SIMs may not support 5G-Standalone, thus will always use 4G as an anchor coverage layer in addition to 5G. 5G-Standalone uses 5G-exclusively without using 4G, this can require a more recent SIM.