Here we're going to run through the five most exciting 5G
smartphones knocking the door in 2019, with makers like Apple, Samsung, Sony,
OnePlus and Huawei.
1. SAMSUNG GALAXY S10
The Samsung Galaxy S10 with 5G credentials will come in 2019
following the Qualcomm and the South Korean giant Samsung’s announcement of a
'strategic relationship' agreement.
A transition to 5G for the S10 would make perfect sense for
the flagship, and add to its list of features are likely to give a lot worries
to Apple .
The S10 will have incredible download and upload speeds, allow
you to play AAA games via streaming services like PS Now, and stream
high-fidelity 4K movies.
It is reported that
the S10 slated for launch at Mobile World Congress 2019, scheduled to
take place later in February 2019.
2. HUAWEI P30
Huawei is working on 5G smart phones as said by Walter Ji,
President of Huawei's Western European Consumer Business Group spoke in an
exclusive interview.
Source confirmed that 5G would feature "if not for P30,
then for sure it will be in the Mate series next September.
They said that they had two flagship products. It is likely
to bring P series in March while the Mate series in October. And it actually
depends on the development of chipset as the 5G needs high power consumption.
All makers are rally working hard on battery life of the
smartphone as most flagship phones are delivering 36 hours life between charges.
They are trying to find ways to increase their handsets' internal power banks,
or streamline and optimise how energy is used.
3. ONEPLUS 7
So it is clear that 5G would be a perfect fit for the
Chinese maker, with its penchant for crazy speed and performance syncing well
with the rapid data transfer speeds of 5G.
Considering that OnePlus knows what it is doing in terms of
hardware, too, with this year's OnePlus 6 flagship absolutely smoking rivals in
benchmark tests, a 5G-enabled device next year would make it a no-brainer
insta-buy.
Normally OnePlus eleases its phones in May or July, so the
OnePlus 7 would likely be among the second wave of 5G devices, potentially
following Samsung, Sony and Huawei.
4. SONY XPERIA XZ3
Sony as it recently talked up its heritage of world firsts
in smartphone technology. It made these comments mere days after rival makers
OnePlus and Huawei confirmed they were working on 5G phones.
In fact, going off what we know already about Sony's
commitment to 5G, as well as Sony's track record, it does indeed look like the
new Sony Xperia will be the world's first 5G smartphone.
If it is to launch the first 5G phone, potentially with a battery
that can last an entire week, then it looks like Sony is going to be launching
it before the end of February 2019, which is when the Samsung Galaxy S10 is
slated for an unveiling.
5. IPHONE X (2019)
A report said that the US giant Apple is currently in negotiation
with MediaTek over the supply of a 5G modem.
Now, it has to be said that Apple isn't usually a maker that
adopts new technology first but considering that its flagship new phones tend
to ship late on in the year, that would theoretically leave the company the most
time to deliver a 5G handset.
