Verizon released 5G in 2 U.S. cities today and plans to roll it out to 28 more major cities by the end of the year. That means it will be available to most of the people in U.S. - unless they have an iPhone. And, as Verizon reported: 5G is a major upgrade - not a transition like 3G to 4G.
If Apple can’t have a phone ready by September, they’ll have to adjust their annual (Sept) rollout schedule because otherwise that means 2021 for them - and many people won’t wait around. Apple may never recover their lost customers if they wait till 2021.
Again, this is not a technical issue but a supplier issue. Other phones will have 5G. Lots of them.
I don’t hear people complaining about their speed now so I don’t think people will be itching to upgrade to 5G even in 2021. Maybe by 2023 there will be a killer app or feature that needs it. The risk for Apple is that Qualcomm will be gaining data over the next two or three years to optimize their modems where as the Apple/intel modems will fall further behind in performance. Granted this will only be disastrous if a killer app for 5G comes along that drivers switchers to android.
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The risk for Apple is that Qualcomm will be gaining data over the next two or three years to optimize their modems where as the Apple/intel modems will fall further behind in performance. Granted this will only be disastrous if a killer app for 5G comes along that drivers switchers to android.