Brazilian cell carrier Claro’s ‘4.5G’ network logo is breathtakingly dishonest

  • Thread starter Thread starter The Verge RSS
  • Start date Start date
T

The Verge RSS

Guest
Author: Chaim Gartenberg

Screen_Shot_2019_02_14_at_3.48.56_PM.0.png

There is a long and colorful history of cell carriers lying to their customers about speeds and sticking terrible names on products, but Brazilian carrier Claro may put them all to shame with its almost breathtakingly dishonest 4.5G network logo. It looks to be trying to pull the same kind of manipulation as AT&T’s 5G E network, just without any of the hard work involved (via Gustavo Santos on Twitter).


@reckless just listened to the 5G Bonus Vergecast. What about this cellular provider in Brazil changing the design of the “4” in the 4.5G ad. pic.twitter.com/s4uceDQjk6

— Gustavo R. Santos (@GusRocket) February 14, 2019

So, instead of coming up with a new name to hide behind, Claro is taking the unorthodox approach of just calling...

Continue reading…

Continue reading...