I have to be honest... 5G is brand spanking new and the range is very short - and it is not yet in very many places. I live near NYC and on my way by I pulled over into an area where I read it had been implemented. The upload speed I would think would still be much higher, but unless I was in just the right spots it keeps falling back to 4G. Therefore I think the upload speed was just affected by the flakiness of the connection (especially because it was slower than the upload speed with 4G!). I only went for a 5G model which a lot of people say is a big waste of money - because I know for a fact Verizon (and the other carriers too, but not as much as Verizon) - are spending literally billions of dollars to try to get this up and running everywhere, and one other reason... Usually I just get a phone every other year but with a cost of this one I'm going to make it last three - and it is so far leaps and bounds beyond the quality of the other Galaxy Note phones that I've had - unless the battery dies I believe it will easily last that long. I do have some concerns that the 5G radio might be vastly improved to also use much less power by the time 5G is implemented everywhere and I'd be stuck with an old slower hardware version, but it appears the design of the chip is pretty well set in stone because the standard had taken so very long to put into place (the 5G chip designs have already had years of testing). And why be stuck with an expensive phone for three years that doesn't support 5G? Phhhtt!
Thoughts anyone?
(P.S. and if I'm spending this kind of money on a phone, you can be damned sure I'm going to find a place to test 5G instead of just assuming it works!)