With all the talk about 5G at Qualcomm’s conference this week, it’d be easy to assume that you’d automatically get 5G with the company’s latest Snapdragon 855 processor. You’d be wrong. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 will power most high-end Android 5G smartphones next year — but the chip itself doesn’t actually provide the speedy connectivity. Instead, …
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You’d never know by looking at the brick-like phone that it’s one of the fastest devices on the planet. The generic-looking handset is a prototype design that Qualcomm made to showcase 5G, but it — and another prototype made by Samsung — prove that the age of 5G phones and networks is coming fast. Qualcomm, alongside partners Samsung, Verizon and …
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AT&T has added another 5G device to its upcoming lineup. The carrier said Wednesday it’s working with Samsung to offer another 5G phone next year. The smartphone will support 5G mmWave and sub-6 GHz and will be offered in the second half of 2019. This comes after AT&T said Tuesday it will carry a 5G Samsung phone starting in the spring. In October, …
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Qualcomm’s next processor that’ll power most upcoming Android smartphones is called the Snapdragon 855. And it’s bringing a lot more smarts to next year’s devices. “That’s the mobile processor that will be in the 5G smartphone as we launch 5G,” Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon said Tuesday at the Snapdragon Technology Summit in Maui, Hawaii. Jessica Dolcourt/CNET Qualcomm, hosting its annual …
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Verizon Wireless isn’t the only one jumping on the Samsung 5G bandwagon. AT&T wants in too. AT&T, the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier, announced Tuesday that, starting in the spring, it will carry a 5G Samsung smartphone. In addition, the Dallas-based carrier said it would work with Samsung to create a 5G “innovation zone” focused on manufacturing technology. The company has …
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2019 will be a big year for the next generation of cellular technology: 5G. And phone carriers and manufacturers are already announcing their plans to bring it to the masses. On Monday, Verizon announced that it’s partnering with Samsung in order to bring a 5G device to market in early 2019. On Tuesday, AT&T also revealed that it’ll carry a 5G …
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The excitement over 5G is at such high levels that even the prospect of Apple dawdling on the technology isn’t enough to get Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg down. Asked whether he’s worried that Apple is reportedly holding off on 5G until 2020, Vestberg said he’s focused on the 5G smartphones that are coming out next year. On Monday, Verizon said …
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One of the world’s first 5G phones will be coming to the US from Samsung and Verizon. The two companies on Monday said they plan to bring a device able to tap into next-generation cellular technology to the US market in the first half of 2019. They didn’t give details about what the device will look like, what it will …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Samsung and Verizon partnering on a 5G smartphone for the first half of next year. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit, which kicks off this week. An unusual mashup between virtual reality and live immersive theater. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the …
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Apple will reportedly wait until at least 2020 to release an iPhone that can connect to 5G networks, fitting what’s been rumored previously. The company will hold off for up to a year after the next generation of wireless technology is deployed, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing unnamed sources. Apple opted for a similar strategy with 3G and 4G LTE, the two …
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