Apple gearing up to sell 80 million 5G iPhones in 2020
Apple has reportedly set lofty sales goals for the 2020 iPhone launch, and the company's market power could spur more and faster 5G rollouts.
Apple plans on shipping around 80 million new 5G iPhones, according to someone familiar with the situation. Apple will be the last of the three major smartphone manufacturers to include 5G technology within their smartphone line.
"It will be the first time Apple introduces 5G iPhones ... There will be three of them and the company has set an aggressive sales target," the source said, according to the Nikkei Asian Review.
It is possible that Apple's foray into 5G will help to accelerate the global carrier market's investment in 5G infrastructure. Analysts at Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute estimate that Apple will produce 206 million new iPhones in 2020, which may give carriers confidence in implementing the nascent technology globally.
Even though carriers have been building up the hype for 5G for a while, it will be quite some time before it becomes standard. Sprint has expressed it will start launching its 5G service in a small number of cities last May, Verizon has named more cities it will be bringing 5G to major cities by the end of 2019, and AT&T states it will be able to nationally roll out 5G by early 2020.
All three of the new 2020 iPhones will carry the most advanced 5G modem chip, Qualcomm's X55, according to four people familiar with the situation. The iPhones will also feature Apple's A14 processor.
There is also speculation that some of the new phones will feature OLED displays, ProMotion,, a smaller notch, as well as 3D sensing rear-cameras that may accelerate augmented reality gaming.
The Nikkei Asian Review is a good source of information from inside Apple's suppliers. Given that those suppliers also provide components to other companies, it is not nearly as accurate when it tries to predict Apple's product plans and specifications.
Apple plans on shipping around 80 million new 5G iPhones, according to someone familiar with the situation. Apple will be the last of the three major smartphone manufacturers to include 5G technology within their smartphone line.
"It will be the first time Apple introduces 5G iPhones ... There will be three of them and the company has set an aggressive sales target," the source said, according to the Nikkei Asian Review.
It is possible that Apple's foray into 5G will help to accelerate the global carrier market's investment in 5G infrastructure. Analysts at Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute estimate that Apple will produce 206 million new iPhones in 2020, which may give carriers confidence in implementing the nascent technology globally.
Even though carriers have been building up the hype for 5G for a while, it will be quite some time before it becomes standard. Sprint has expressed it will start launching its 5G service in a small number of cities last May, Verizon has named more cities it will be bringing 5G to major cities by the end of 2019, and AT&T states it will be able to nationally roll out 5G by early 2020.
All three of the new 2020 iPhones will carry the most advanced 5G modem chip, Qualcomm's X55, according to four people familiar with the situation. The iPhones will also feature Apple's A14 processor.
There is also speculation that some of the new phones will feature OLED displays, ProMotion,, a smaller notch, as well as 3D sensing rear-cameras that may accelerate augmented reality gaming.
The Nikkei Asian Review is a good source of information from inside Apple's suppliers. Given that those suppliers also provide components to other companies, it is not nearly as accurate when it tries to predict Apple's product plans and specifications.
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Another iPhone X feature ahead of its time.
This is in the Germantown, TN area.
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I’m more interested in the other rumored features than I am in 5G.
BTW - I went ahead and added "/s" for those missing the sarcasm emoji... Google it.
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5G is rolling out far faster than 4G and beginning this December 5G will already hit the middle ground as brands like Honor push their 5G offerings.
China has accelerated its 5G roll out.
Switzerland is also rolling out fast. Next month Sunrise will go live with 5G 4K gaming.
https://www.sunrise.ch/en/residential/world-of-5g/gaming.html
https://www.fiercewireless.com/devices/huawei-key-to-5g-smartphones-hitting-160m-2020-strategy-analytics
https://www.huaweicentral.com/huawei-mate-20-x-5g-pre-sale-exceeded-1-million-mark-in-china/
I’d also like to see 5G show up in MacBooks but we might have to wait until Apple is shipping their own 5G (2022?)
List of the currently available 5G-ready phones
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/5g-phones-list,news-29292.html
Until late in the year I'm not sure there's going to be much in the way of "user experience" on 5G networks.
I love it when you spam this screenshot! It never gets old!
Makes me wonder how many knockoff iPhones will display "5G" for the heck of it since users know no better. Android is the sh**-brain of every community. They get taken advantage so much and never notice.
When Apple finally does 5G they will do it right and carriers will all follow. I'm betting Apple will put an end to this marketing sham by carriers(reference above screenshot). Then the usual iKnockoff Knights will claim "Apple copied X knockoff iPhone!".
2020 does not seem early for Apple modems since we have no idea how far ahead Intel was at the time of acquisition.
Anyone who buys a knockoff iPhone for over $200 is a doofus. This is why I forgive the people who replace their 50 buck knockoff every 2 months.
The dumbest people are the loudest. The same iHaters who claimed Apple needed 1080p on iPhone XR... W T F?!?!!?!!
There will be a marketing blitz this Christmas and marketing is what changes minds.
You should know that.
Then, when the blitz has finished, anyone interested in a phone during next year will have 5G at the forefront of their mindset.
Apple has been down this road itself. Don't you remember the PPC601?
The X55 is a 2019/20 part. It might be lacking against newer hardware which might be announced at MWC2019 for 2020/21.