This week has seen the hype for 5G, the creatively titled successor to 4G mobile internet connectivity, go from a simmer to a boil as Qualcomm, AT&T, Verizon, and Samsung rattled off a series of launch plans for early next year, while Apple was reported to be sitting out the technology until at least 2020. As much as I love the excitement surrounding the introduction of the new cellular networking standard, I’m inclined to think that Apple has it right: none of us should be factoring 5G into our phone purchases in the coming year.
It’s not that 5G isn’t hugely promising. Samsung today issued a press release saying it’s achieved a throughput of 1.7Gbps with a combination of Verizon’s spectrum and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X50 5G modem. That’s...
from The Verge - Mobile Posts https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/5/18126951/iphone-5g-apple-development-roadmap-network
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