It looks like things are shaping up nicely for the beginning of the 5G era. Qualcomm has confirmed that it shrank the 5G device to the phone form factor and has it up and running.
Cristiano R. Amon, who is a Executive Vice President, Qualcomm and President of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT), showed a 5G prototype device in a mobile phone factor. As expected, he showcased this at the company's key wireless event, the 4G 5G summit that takes place October 17 and 18 2017 in Hong Kong. Things are going so well that he confirmed that the company managed to make the first data call on the 5G NR Snapdragon X50 based phone.
Many people in the industry were sceptic about its ability to shrink down the 5G device to the size of a normal phone but Qualcomm managed to do it. All the 5G competitors are still talking about 5G without anyone being able to show an actual prototype.
Cristiano confirmed that the company is aiming for a 2019 launch of the Snapdragon X50 NR (New Radio) and the phone will leverage the sub 6 GHz frequencies that you see today with modern Gigabit LTE phones as well as the new 28 GHz bands that will enable much higher speeds than those possible today.
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