It's only "days away" too! Maybe we'll see 6G in 5000 days.
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British Carrier Says 5G iPhone Just 'Days Away' in Internal Video Featuring Apple's Eddy Cue
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Seems the “5G” hype had died off, ATT already testing 6G
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All the carriers sit on extra performance. For three reasons:
1. It's more profitable.
2. In case a competitor launches something that gets them farther ahead.
3. People are less discontent when they get consistent speeds than if they get occasional higher than promised speeds because they can't tell the difference between what they are supposed to get and what they got - they just know "it feels slow."
Yep. I have plenty of LTE coverage most of the time (Verizon), but it still doesn't do me any good when congestion slows it to a crawl. Faster theoretical speeds means nothing to me. Many times I can turn off LTE and get faster speeds on the 3G network, which is totally bonkers. I literally don't care one bit about 5G right now, and probably won't for a couple years.
5G is supposed to handle congestion better than LTE. However, that is dependent upon the implementation of course.
It's for China / Asia. Many customers demand future proof 5G phones. For you in the US or for me in Germany 5G makes little sense, but China? They are really ahead of us.
“dollarydoos”. I’m guessing that’s Australian? (Your icon appears to show Sydney.) Prices there are pretty steep, indeed!
I think it’s a safe bet that they will announce the iPhone during the first two weeks of October.
Apple will not want to compete with the US election cycle which ramps up heavily the second half of October through the first part of November. They need to get good press out before the election news wave takes over. Late November is too late to announce all their new products and still have them ready before the holiday season.
October 5-6 or 12-13 are the most likely days.
Apple will not want to compete with the US election cycle which ramps up heavily the second half of October through the first part of November. They need to get good press out before the election news wave takes over. Late November is too late to announce all their new products and still have them ready before the holiday season.
October 5-6 or 12-13 are the most likely days.
AT&T changed their name around 1994, so they are just the initials Now.
I just don’t see a huge demand this year. Sure the new iPhone models are always popular, but “biggest ever for Apple?”
This board isn’t representative of the overall population, the layman seems pretty content with 4G speeds and there isn’t much of a selling point for them to upgrade anymore as most new phone releases have been iterative.
Add that to a lot of economic uncertainty, and this launch may be a bit of a whimper.
I'm on WiFi so much that back when I still had my iPhone 6 I'd turn off LTE to preserve my battery. Never missed it.
Depending on your carrier, I wouldn’t get too excited over 5G. You can check on your carriers website for 5G coverage in your area. Also, consider the extra $ for you to have a 5G plan.
Wow interesting use of words. He said Days, and not weeks or months. Invites this week? :O
What’s more fun is having full bars yet still not being able to transceive data.
Kinda disappointing confidential doesn't mean anything to so many employees anymore...
5G can go longer distances(the mid frequencies), which means your poor AT&T LTE, if upgraded to 5G would have much better signal, without them having to add new towers and such. I'm excited for 5G for the better coverage, not the speed.
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5G is just another iteration that works really well in densely populated areas. Huawei did a weeklong demo of the technology at my uni last year and it is amazing what it can do, especially at short distances. It was actually faster than wireless 802.11ac when transferring large datasets. However, that was in a self contained unit where the modem and devices were in close proximity, but I still think 5G works better over long distances too. I'm curious to see how it holds up in practice, but I think the real benefit will be seen in big cities like New York, London, and Mumbai versus smaller towns and regions.
I’ve been so happy with my XS that 5G is about the only feature that MIGHT make me consider upgrading. I have said that before though, skipped the iPad 2 because I liked my OG iPad well enough and held out for an iPad with Retina display... that was a mistake....
Not yet.
Apple Leadership - Eddy Cue
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