iPhone 13 Pro Hotspot Question

[seanerin]

Hello all,

Currently I have an iPhone X and love it. I have had it since 2017 and really have no desire to change. There is, however, one thing that could convince me to give it up. I use my phone's hotspot (ATT) quite a bit at work. Would the iPhone 13's 5G translate to a faster hotspot connection via the phone? If so, what is the download/upload speed of that 5G connection?

Ok, so I said "one thing that could convince me to give [the iPhone X] up." I often wonder about the photo quality difference between the two phones. But I digress... How 'bout that 5G hotspot?

Thank you.

 

[Waterman316]

If the 5G in your area (or wherever the phone is) is faster than lte, then yes it will be faster. Where I’m at I get 5G, but even 2 bars LTE is faster than full bars 5G. Your hotspots connection speed is going to be whatever the phones speed is.

 

[now i see it]

My experience with hot spots was that the tethered phone got download speeds 1/2 of the actual connection speed