TL;DR
- Motorola phone sales could be banned in the US if an ITC ruling in favor of Ericsson is upheld.
- Ericsson has claimed that Motorola’s phones infringe upon its 5G wireless communications patents.
- In an initial ruling, the ITC has found that Lenovo-owned Motorola violates Ericsson’s patents.
It is much faster and more secure. It shouldn’t cause battery drain.
How is it more secure?
It much more resistant to Stingray attacks
5G utilizes more power than 4G.
Here are some random links when searching about the phenomenon :
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/197006039/using-5g-network-drastically-reduces-battery
https://www.reddit.com/r/LGV60/comments/1asjta8/does_5g_consume_more_battery_and_if_so_how_much/
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/troubleshooting/TSG01201462/
https://www.androidauthority.com/does-5g-use-more-battery-3234940/
5G also does not seem to penetrate well in buildings, causing the phone to constantly be searching for a network under this circumstance.