Asus launched the ZenFone Max Pro M2 in India this Tuesday, the 11th of December, and the phone comes with some pretty great specs for a starting price of ₹12,999. At that price, the ZenFone is competing against some of India’s most popular budget smartphones — the Redmi Note 6 Pro, and the Realme 2 Pro.
Normally, WiFi networks use the 2.4GHz frequency to communicate with devices. At this frequency, WiFi signals can only support a maximum (theoretical) speed of up to 600 Megabits per second. However, a 5GHz network can support much faster data speeds and can go up to 1300 Megabits per second. Awesome right?
However, while 2.4GHz supports lower speeds, it also has more range than a 5GHz network thanks to the much longer waves it uses in comparison to a 5GHz network; but 2.4GHz is also very congested. The frequency is used by a number of wireless electronics including cordless phones, garage doors, and a lot of other electronics that communicate wirelessly, and this higher congestion can result in much lower speeds, spotty network, and just poor connectivity in general — all problems that don’t exist in 5GHz networks because they’re simply not as crowded.
The ZenFone Max Pro M2 may not support 5GHz WiFi networks but it doesn’t really matter.
How often have you used a network that was running at a higher speed than 600Mbps? Even if you have, and I doubt it, chances are you don’t need such speeds on your smartphone. Maybe on your laptop, maybe on a smart TV, but definitely not on a budget smartphone.
