Does simulated testing = real world 5G performance?

Qualcomm’s simulated 5G testing is starting to show some very high throughput numbers when moving from 4G to 5G technology. In real world testing in Frankfurt and San Francisco, download speeds of 100Mbps were standard on 5G vs just 8Mbps on 4G. These are far cries from the gigabit theoretical speeds that 5G has to offer, but still a massive improvement. Browsing speed jumped from 56Mbps to almost 500Mbps, but the question is do mobile users really need all that performance anyhow?

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