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Kuo: All Three iPhones Coming in 2020 Will Support 5G
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Its possible they are idiots so that's not really an argument for or against. Most the UN invetigatory groups are relatively small staffing and often by part time people. The fact that cigarette companies tried to protect their product should make us suspicious of the claims of big organizations like corporations and governments but doesn't really add any evidence beyond some wisdom.
The specific claims of can heating and cooling of tissue lead to cancer is more interesting - hyperthermia is known to be a way to destroy human tissue but the damage tends to be in protein malfunction not long term genetic damage. But its hard to heat human tissue in a sustained way without a huge energy source like the sun or an ultrasound probe designed for the purpose. But the sun doesn't raise the temperature of the skin very much because of our bodies homeostasis counter efforts, and the skin most heated is actually not reproducing skin so the heating doesn't induce cancer - genetic damage is caused by more penetrating and higher energy radiation. So - given the sun has a hard time heating our skin given the homeostatic response could a small digital device heat deep tissues for a long period of time? Its all possible but given the unlikelihood I would want to see compelling evidence that it is occurring because the science says it is possible but unlikely given what we know about carcinogenesis and the human body and thermal management.
So the final question is where you fall on the population risk vs innovation spectrum. Thats a personal and cultural decision but the evidence is in most peoples behaviors we are very risky when adopting new human innovations.
They will use Qualcom as they are locked in a contract for 5 years or so. Intel purchase is strategic long term vision.
Aren’t we all using WiFi most of the time anyway? Why wait?
There can be some AI stuff, like offline Siri, some AR stuff, processor, 3 cameras, being wireless charger for Watch, AirPods and maybe some surprise....
OK, you can put me in the minority, 5G is not something that will get me to upgrade in 2020, what will, will probably be a midsize phone with an affordable price point. As much as I like the larger phones, I do want something smaller/more portable in the pocket without being too obtrusive. My needs are becoming more minimal now that I can resort to the Apple Watch/iPad for other accommodations.
if you live where its available YOU WILL WANT 5G NOW.
re sell value of iPhone with an early 5G modem will be lower than expected
got 2019 money to burn?
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I highly doubt it. This is the same jazz that has been spewed about 3G, 4G, and LTE. The next standard coming is always the one where cellular data finally gets serious. Seriously, this has been the same story each time. The truth has been far less interesting.
I'm still here in an extremely popular, and populated county and LTE is precisely 1 bar. 1.5 if I go outside. Drive 5 minutes toward a main road, and suddenly LTE is 4-5 bars.
This is the same thing that keeps happening. The rollout is pathetic, never gets completed, and then they move on to the next big thing.
And, why would I ever want it to work anyway? It will be ridiculously limited, and expensive. It will never perform better than a local Gigabit hardline, with wireless access points.
I can't ever imagine wanting it to work...god forbid I accidentally use it and consume the few gigs of data I'm allotted.
They didn’t. 2019 was an iterative update, and the last of the Jony Ive influence. Apple is willing to take the hit to their sales in 2019, banking on the 2020 models to more than make up for it.
Apple, by now, knows that a significant percentage of their customers are rejecting the X-series iPhones, and that those customers won’t be compelled to make that switch.
Free’d of the Jony Ive influences, the 2020 iPhones can actually provide features their customers want (or, in the case of touchID, bring such features back - hopefully, the Home Button isn’t far behind)
Go and get an iPhone 8. Perfectly decent upgrade that will last you 2-3 years.
apple can see 1-2years of semi functional 5G modem technology happening
they can survive 2 years
5G is irrelevant in your iPhone for at least another 2-3 years, because the infrastructure simply isn’t there. Kinda pointless to boast about having a 5G phone, when you don’t actually have a 5G signal - which the majority of iPhone users won’t get.
Furthermore, 5G will make a difference to internet users at home locations, as it allows the use of wireless hotspots with speeds rivaling cable internet connections without the need for wired connections, or being depending on whatever local carrier has the wired monopoly.
It’s highly doubtful that most of you *need* to stream 4x 4K movies simultaneously on your iPhone or iPad.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/all-the-reasons-not-to-buy-a-5g-phone-right-now-11563467389
Joanna Stern, writing for The Wall Street Journal:
Furthermore, 5G will make a difference to internet users at home locations, as it allows the use of wireless hotspots with speeds rivaling cable internet connections without the need for wired connections, or being depending on whatever local carrier has the wired monopoly.
It’s highly doubtful that most of you *need* to stream 4x 4K movies simultaneously on your iPhone or iPad.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/all-the-reasons-not-to-buy-a-5g-phone-right-now-11563467389
Joanna Stern, writing for The Wall Street Journal:
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My iPhone SE is starting to finally feel long in the tooth, the battery life isn't great, and I want a new camera, so I guess I'm springing for this year's hardware, as much as the thought of carrying around a ginormo-phone infuriates me.
Wikipedia isn't actually a valid resource. Literally anyone can put and/or edit articles on wikipedia.
Seeing as how the Wikipedia article lists reference sources, the information on non-ionizing radiation is valid, especially if you know how to click on the links for references, which are primary sources. Tinfoil hats aren’t helpful tools in discussions.
guess there's no reason to expect much from the 2019 model, and might be even less reason to upgrade to it unless they're gonna have some really nice launch promotions.
You still don’t understand and is read try to deflect the argument. You haven’t posted any links and are still presenting opinion as fact.
A site that calls itself ‘naturalblaze’ (or, really, anything with the word ‘natural’ it) isn’t a legitimate source for anything.
He’s asked you to provide supporting evidence, which you continue to fail to provide. This is the wrong thread for your tinfoil hattery.
That’s the problem. Where did you read that all iPhones in 2020 will be OLED? From what I understand, they are adding a third size to the OLED iPhones, but I am still fully expecting a non-OLED XR to exist in the lineup. I haven’t read any rumors mentioning that the XR was getting axed?
To be clear, I want Apple to return back to sane prices where the entry level phone used to cost $649. I believe releasing a smaller sized, non-OLED XR could achieve that price point. Because not all of us want want plus sized phones at plus sized prices.
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Yes, I do - do you have a problem with that? Stop being a smart ass.
Which "opinion" did I propose as a fact, please refer me to that statement!
Second, I am a researcher at the department of Genetics and Biotechnology at Wageningen University. As a researcher in these fields, there are absolutely zero journals that we can publish our data in the absence of empirical evidence. In short, one cannot publish a paper to disprove anything (how to disprove something in the absence of its existence, and how statistically verify that specific data?)
I cannot refer you to a non existing paper, go figure (PubMed!)
Now I am asking you again, please refer me to a specific paper, author and issue-number that provides empirical evidence about the danger of 5G.
I have one more question to you, about which (exact) frequency are you talking about when you refer to 5G? The W-band of the microwave part of the electromagnetic spectrum or millimeter waves which are currently in use by the cellular and wireless industries (5G f=30Ghz)?
Have you been following him closely over the years though? He'll say stuff that never comes into fruition, then changes his prediction as launch approaches when leaks have been out. Then he's suddenly "right". Or predicting stuff that is inevitable... for example if he were to say iphones are going to be using OLED screens (which they did) or adopting USB-C. You can't get credit for things that are obviously going to happen...