No 5g for me
Cheap phones, yes. But even for a cheap one like Magic 5G, this is just unacceptable.
Unlocked devices on Cricket don't get 5G access?
What 5g device can be used with the Cricket Simply Data Plan?
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I don't have access to 5G for some reason. This is the fourth 5G-capable phone I've had that doesn't seem to pick up Cricket's 5G network. I live near downtown Nashville, which is a 5G area, but I still get nothing. I thought the problem might have been that my SIM card didn't support 5G, so I recently switched to an eSIM instead, but that didn't fix anything. The phone is a s25 ultra
laugh at me for buying their phone, but hear me out.
I changed my phone through cricket as an existing customer because my 3 year old phone got very slow and unresponsive. I was short on money so I bought Cricket Wireless magic 5. other options would have cost me a few hundred dollars because at that time, there was no promotion.
At first for 34.99 including activation it was fine. As I started downloading a few apps, however, it got notably slow. I thought, ok, perhaps I got what I paid for, a cheap phone. As long as it does a basic job, which is to call and text, I was content.
3 months and 4 days forward, my screen suddenly has stopped working in the middle of me watching a youtube video. I didn't drop the phone on a hard surface or in water, and it is always with a phone protector. It wasn't overheated either. The screen is white with bunch of vertical lines covering the entire surface and its completely unworkable.
I am hoping that Cricket Wireless help me replace this new phone because even for a cheap phone this is unexpectedly awful experience. So everybody, don't be tempted into buying a cheap one like me.