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The 5G phones you really want are coming in early 2020

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Richard Branson
The 5G phones you really want are coming in early 2020

Lost amid the 5G phone hype, analysts say, is a little-known fact: None of the high-priced 5G phones currently being sold in carrier stores can access both 5G mmWave and sub-6GHz networks.

It’s one of the main reasons why you shouldn’t jump on the 5G hype train too early, but that will change, Qualcomm senior executives said, during the first quarter of 2020.

As it stands now, 5G is basically an either-or proposition.

But it won’t be able to access the short-range, high-bandwidth, and extremely fast mmWave spectrum that Verizon is rolling out, and that T-Mobile has deployed in a handful of cities.

According to Qualcomm president Cristiano Amon, AT and Verizon, the first two operators to launch mmWave, had neither midband capabilities nor dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS), which would allow the base station to use both frequencies simultaneously.

Katzouian went further, saying that Qualcomm deliberately simplified the OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren Edition to make it easier to roll out.

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