Archived Don't buy a 5G smartphone-at least, not for a while (arstechnica.com)
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https://archive.fo/sFtbR :
"While the company spent hours beyond measure hyping up the Snapdragon 855's 5G compatibility, it won't actually have a 5G mmWave modem onboard.", "With 5G, we're going to lose plenty of this technical maturity initially by packing in tons of new and expensive 5G hardware."
'The industry is doing its best to hype 5G up as The Next Big Thing™, but 5G hardware in 2019 is going to be a decidedly first-generation affair. '
'Today, modern smartphones run on "4G" LTE, which operates somewhere in the 450MHz to 5.9GHz range. '
'For years, Qualcomm users have enjoyed SoCs with onboard 4G LTE modems, and the company rode this design advantage to market domination. '
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