106M 5G Smartphones Shipped In 2021

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Post by gamingnews » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 8:45 AM UTC

106M 5G Smartphones Shipped In 2021
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Re: 106M 5G Smartphones Shipped In 2021

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Post by bserge » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 1:20 PM UTC

Amazing, that's ~50 million smartphones that will never be used on a 5G network before reaching a landfill.

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Post by gruez » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 1:40 PM UTC

bserge wrote: post #2

Amazing, that's ~50 million smartphones that will never be used on a 5G network before reaching a landfill.

I thought most developed countries already have 5g deployments?

edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_5G_NR_networks

Re: 106M 5G Smartphones Shipped In 2021

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Post by MrRadar » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 2:01 PM UTC

gruez wrote: post #3

bserge wrote: post #2

Amazing, that's ~50 million smartphones that will never be used on a 5G network before reaching a landfill.

I thought most developed countries already have 5g deployments? edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_5G_NR_networks

Yeah, at least in the US T-Mobile already has 5G deployed in most of their network footprint and AT&T and Verizon are quickly playing catch-up.

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Post by hulitu » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 2:10 PM UTC

gruez wrote: post #3

bserge wrote: post #2

Amazing, that's ~50 million smartphones that will never be used on a 5G network before reaching a landfill.

I thought most developed countries already have 5g deployments? edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_5G_NR_networks

Yes, they have some towers. Acording to wikipedia, the standard is not finalized.

Re: 106M 5G Smartphones Shipped In 2021

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Post by post_break » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 2:11 PM UTC

bserge wrote: post #2

Amazing, that's ~50 million smartphones that will never be used on a 5G network before reaching a landfill.

Just because they don't have a 5G network doesn't mean they wont see improvements in the modem. I jumped on the iPhone 12 because it's finally a qualcomm modem and not the trash Intel ones. I have coverage in places I could only dream from my XS.

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Post by agilob » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 2:24 PM UTC

gruez wrote: post #3

bserge wrote: post #2

Amazing, that's ~50 million smartphones that will never be used on a 5G network before reaching a landfill.

I thought most developed countries already have 5g deployments? edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_5G_NR_networks

2 networks have 5G in my city, my network has no immediate plans to introduce 5G here.

Re: 106M 5G Smartphones Shipped In 2021

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Post by londons_explore » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 2:50 PM UTC

gruez wrote: post #3

bserge wrote: post #2

Amazing, that's ~50 million smartphones that will never be used on a 5G network before reaching a landfill.

I thought most developed countries already have 5g deployments? edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_5G_NR_networks

The US (and friends) are quite a long way behind because they refused to use Huawei 5G equipment.

Huawei was market leader by 1+ year, so countries which have used Huawei are mostly fully deployed already.

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Post by kryptiskt » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 2:52 PM UTC

I remember when 4G coverage was new, I was out and about one day when I got a notification on my work phone that I had a zillion app updates pending and I just pressed "Install All". 10 minutes later it had chewed through my data quota for the month. Sometimes bandwidth just isn't all that useful.

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Post by mleo » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 3:13 PM UTC

gruez wrote: post #3

bserge wrote: post #2

Amazing, that's ~50 million smartphones that will never be used on a 5G network before reaching a landfill.

I thought most developed countries already have 5g deployments? edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_5G_NR_networks

The usage of a 5g capable phone may also require an "upgrade" to a 5g capable plan. The major upgrade at the moment is paying more money. If it is 1 phone, then it is not that big a deal, but the cost value is not there with an (extended) family plan of 6 phones.