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this is about the closest thing you'll
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find a breaking news on this channel
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and it's coming from verizon ownvisible
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hey i'm michael welcome to the michael
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saves youtube channel and i'm recording
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this video one day after the apple
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event and the same day that i got some
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about its 5g plans so we're going to get
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into the four things that you need to
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know this is going to affect
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current customers as well as people who
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switching to visible and lowering their
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cell phone bill let's get into it
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number one when will visible 5g access
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so here's the headline that i just got
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from visible it plans to launch
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5g access in the coming months kind of
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egg right well that is as of october
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14 2020 and when i reached out to
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they told me they don't have a date but
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according to their website and the
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they promised to keep customers updated
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when that comes along so it looks like
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we got at least a few more months before
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customers on visible will get to
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where it's available number two where
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and as i'm sure you know the major
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wireless providers they still have a
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long way to go in terms of building out
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networks so it is not available
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everywhere but here's what you can do to
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if you're thinking about switching to
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visible for its upcoming 5g network
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visible says that it's 5g is going to be
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verizon's 5g so you can go to verizon's
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and use its 5g coverage checker tool
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just enter the cities where you live
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work and travel to see whether 5g
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coverage is available or not
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and keep in mind this is going to change
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so you may want to check back every
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couple of months or so
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to see the progress now visible is able
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to offer 5g access on verizon's network
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because it's actually owned by verizon
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but if you don't have 5g available where
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that's okay your 4g lte that's not going
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it's still going to work one other note
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from visible it plans to offer
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5g with speeds of up to 200 megabits per
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that is incredibly fast and it's really
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interesting considering that visible
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launch with a five megabits per second
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speed cap now that five megabits per
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it was removed a long time ago these
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about 25 megabits per second when i run
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speed tests and that is on the 4g
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lte network with 5g the speed's only
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gonna go up from there
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number three what phones are compatible
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with visible 5g let's say that visible
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will have 5g coverage where you live
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well you're going to need a compatible
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in order to access those faster speeds
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so if you want to be the first with 5g
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you're going to need an iphone 12 all of
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the phones in the iphone 12 family
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they're 5g compatible and visible
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that those devices will be the first to
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once its network its 5g network gets
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but if you've got an android visible
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says compatibility for those 5g capable
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that's going to come on shortly after
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now i'm an android user i have a google
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and i wasn't really thinking about
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upgrading quite yet but if you'd be
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interested in seeing a review of
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with a 5g compatible iphone 12
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let me know in the comments below i'll
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come to think of it i don't think i've
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had an iphone since the iphone 4.
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and number four how much will visible's
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cost and this is the best news of all
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visible says it's going to offer 5g
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at no additional charge let me read you
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statement from visible's website i've
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got right here on my phone
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it says we believe that people deserve a
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better phone service experience
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which is why we're including 5g with
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speeds up to 200 megabits per second
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as part of our core plan at no
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visible standard plan is forty dollars a
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month for single line unlimited talk
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text and data now there is party pay and
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that was not mentioned at all on
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5g page party pay as of this recording
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lets you lower your price to as low
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as 25 a month when you hook up with some
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i explained how that works in a separate
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in the description below wrapping things
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up here a lot of visible customers gonna
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be pleasantly surprised myself included
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about the introduction of 5g
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in the coming months but if 5g isn't
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available in your area yet
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there's no need to rush into upgrading
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compatible device remember 4g lte
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it is not going away so if you're happy
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with the data speeds that you already
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you'll be able to use your existing
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device with visible or
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another carrier for years to come if you
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want to learn more about visible i have
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a separate video with all the things you
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need to know before you sign up
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as well as an article on my website
