(Reuters) – Apple will get its US close-up on Tuesday the 5th with the expected debut of Apple’s next iPhone. But the promised shining speed will not be fulfilled for most people.
The iPhone 12 can tap into a device dubbed by analysts, 5G or 5th generation wireless technology .G, which is theoretically 10 to 20 times faster than the current 4G wireless network. [nL1N2H0004]
Using the next iPhone or any 5G enabled device on today’s network, however, would be like “keeping a Ferrari … but using it in your local village and you can’t drive up to 200 miles per hour, just because the roads” Can’t keep pace, “explained Boris Metodiev, associate director of research and strategy analytics.
Apple Pal, which is expected to unveil the new phone at a virtual event on Tuesday, doesn’t over-promise what 5G can do today, while tight-knit arrangements will be needed among enticing customers to upgrade their phones.
Current 5G US networks mostly use low-band wireless spectrum or airspace, which is slower than high-band spectrum, but more reliable over long distances. Big Speed Boost phone carriers promise promise, augmented reality and integrate real-time cloud gaming before it will take years of potential.
Some U.S. Telecom operators have deployed networks based on low spectrum bands, with speeds slightly higher than 4G. A significantly faster variant of the “mid-band” 5G is also being rolled out, but is unlikely to reach the American quarter by 2025, according to longtime Apple analyst Jean Munster’s venture capitalist company Loop Ventures.
The fastest motion by carriers is a type of 5G called a millimeter wave or MMwave, which operates over short distances. Verizon Communications Inc. has the largest current MMwave network, available only in limited areas.
Although Verizon 5G users can connect 10 times faster than Sprint and T-Mobile, the actual average speed was much lower, according to research firm OpenSignal’s June Mobile Signal Experience report.
On average, AT&T Inc. and Verizon customers saw only a small bump-up at 4G speeds with 5G phones, according to the same study.
In South Korea and China, fast 5G networks are more widespread. But Apple will compete with local brands in South Korea, including Samsung, which is already on its second line of 5G phones, and China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. [HWT.UL], Whose sales have risen since the telecom giant was banned in the United States.
Another big downside is that apps have to be created using higher speeds to deliver something new. That’s the chicken and egg problem in this part of the tech cycle, officials said, adding that interest in 4G was boosted by Facebook Inc.’s mobile apps and Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube.
“The applications that we will be attracted to, which will really take advantage of the network, will only evolve,” said Morgan Kurke, chief technology officer at KSMascop, a telecom equipment manufacturer.
US to buy 5G phone Consumers are the most motivated people who need a new smartphone right now and they are looking to protect their investments.
“If you’re going to have a phone for three years, you’re going to make sure it supports the latest networks,” said Geoff Blaber, vice president of research at CCS Insight.
Find out what to expect, Bleber added. “It’s getting relatively less what you can do on a 5G iPhone than you can do on a 4G iPhone today.”
Reported by Kenneth Lee in New York and Supantha Mukherjee in Stockholm; Edited by Richard Chang
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