Companies are running a full-court press to make sure you know about it.
5G will eventually bring much faster downloads and much lower latency — but it’s not going to replace 4G the way 4G wiped 3G off the map. And it won’t come to smartphones until after it reaches other, larger devices.
At 4GHz, you're getting into microwave frequencies. At 24 GHz,you could literally fry your bacon (pun intended) by placing it next to the phone. Imagine what a 5G phone would do to your brain.