Huawei si OnePlus surprised the whole world yesterday with hopeful statements announcing that they are going to launch, each, the first phones that support 5G technology for customers, but not this year, but only in 2019. Both Huawei and those from OnePlus are waiting from Qualcomm's new Snapdragn 855 chips, which will have support for the future 5G networks of the last generation, the standard being established recently, so in March 2019 the processors will also be launched.
Huawei and OnePlus said that they want to launch the first phones that support 5G, but of course they will do it separately, and of course they don't have their own solutions, they have to wait for Qualcomm, just like Samsung. We already know that the Samsung Galaxy S10 will be launched in the spring of 2019 by Apple, but if Huawei is right, then it is unlikely that this model will have support for 5G networks, so OnePlus will also have a big advantage.
Huawei and OnePlus: MAJOR announcement for Smartphones
Huawei and OnePlus are always eager to implement the latest technologies for the customers who buy their products, but taking it before those from Samsung will be quite difficult. Every year, Samsung managed to implement the latest Qualcomm processors in their smartphones, and in 2019 they could have 5G in the Samsung Galaxy S10 long before Huawei and OnePlus could offer this new technology.
"The release of the 5G mobile solutions will enable Huawei to launch 5G-enabled smartphones in June 2019. OnePlus CEO and founder Pete Lau said the company is working with US carriers, and that it aims to produce a 5G smartphone next year."
Huawei and OnePlus are just two of the big smartphone manufacturers that will implement 5G support in 2019, because including Samsung, OPPO, Vivo, Sony, Google, and other companies could do it, maybe even Apple. Having said that, slowly, slowly, the world is preparing for the first 5G smartphones, although the networks do not exist yet, and Huawei and OnePlus could surprise with product support, if Qualcomm helps them.
