Brits reveal how much they are willing to pay for 5G – and it’s not a lot

Brits have revealed how much they are willing to pay per month for a 5G mobile contract – and it's not nearly as much as some operators will be charging.

In a survey of 1375 mobile users conducted exclusively for Mirror Online by market research firm Streetbees, two thirds of respondents (67%) said they would be unwilling to pay more than £30 per month for 5G.

Meanwhile, 19% said they would be willing to pay between £31 and £40 per month, 10% said they would pay between £41 and £50 per month, and only 4% said they would pay more than £50.

This could be bad news for the UK's mobile operators, most of which plan to charge customers premium prices for access to 5G.

EE's 5G SIM-only deals start at £32 per month for 20GB of data, and range up to £52 per month for 100GB of data.

If you want a new 5G handset as part of your contract, you're looking at spending a minimum of £54 per month with EE, with prices ranging up to £74 per month, depending on which phone you choose.

Vodafone isn't offering any 5G SIM-only deals, so the minimum you're looking at paying is £50 per month for just 5GB of data. Prices range up to £77 per month for 100GB data.

The UK's other mobile operators, O2 and Three, are yet to announce any pricing details.

The Streetbees survey of 1375 people found that 43% were interested in getting a 5G handset, and 42 were "maybe" interested – with only 15% saying they weren't interested at all.

Handset price was identified as the primary consideration, with 67% of respondents claiming this would influence their decision, followed by the ability to get it on their network (37%) and the ability to upgrade their handset (26%).

Half of those surveyed (52%) said they would trust Apple to provide a 5G handset (even though it hasn't made one yet), with 26% saying they trusted Samsung, 8% Huawei and 7% Google.

The vast majority (75%) of respondents said the best thing about 5G would be a faster connection, with 17% citing wider signal availability, and 10% a better quality connection.

Interestingly, most of those people surveyed said they were satisfied with their current mobile phone provider, with 53% claiming to be "very satisfied" and 36% "somewhat satisfied".

When asked to elaborate, 22% said they had good coverage, 15% said their provider was good value for money, and 14% cited good customer service.

EE launched the UK's first mobile network last week, promising faster speeds and more reliable connectivity than existing 3G and 4G networks.

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