Apple iPhone 6s Battery Problems Much Bigger Than First Thought

Apple iPhone 6s smartphones are shutting down without warning in what is being called the 30% bug.

Apple issued an advisory stating it appeared to be for batteries in a limited serial number range manufactured between September and October 2015.

Now one of its largest markets for the iPhone 6s, China, is reporting customers outside this range have been affected.

Apple’s response to its Chinese market is, “Some of these shutdowns can occur under normal conditions in order for the iPhone to protect its electronics. In an effort to gather more information, we are including additional diagnostic capability in an iOS software update which will be available next week. This will allow us to gather information over the coming weeks which may potentially help us improve the algorithms used to manage battery performance and shutdown. If such improvements can be made, they will be delivered in future software updates.

Apple has declined to comment on the cause or whether it affects the 6s Plus and other handsets.

The China Consumers Association, a government watchdog group, has said that Apple needs to take further measures to address the problem, and accused the company of failing to “meet basic consumer needs for normal wireless communication.”

It believes that the issue affects a wider range of models. It says that even after the fix, where Apple replace the battery, users are reporting the same shutdown issue.

By: Ray Shaw

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Android Sales Up, But iPhone 7 Performs Strongly

Android remains the dominant ecosystem across the world, but Apple’s iPhone remains the most desirable smartphone in the world.

Kantar Worldpanel ComTech (Communications Technology) measures consumer behaviour about smartphones to gain insights and identify trends. Its 60 country-based consumer panels measure what the sample buys, and what they intend to buy.

Its Q3, 2016 panel report shows that iOS achieved year-on-year (YoY) growth in most markets except China (down 5.4% to 17.1%). Japan tops iOS use with 51.7% (up 1.4%).

Android had growth in most markets with Europe combined up 4% to 75.2%, China up 7.9% to 82.6%, and Australia up .8% to 55.7%.

Kantar Worldpanel is about what has been bought by its panel of representative people – brands mainly rely on it for marketing strategy development. Other figures from IDC (sell-in) and Gartner (sell-out) show Android globally at around 85-90% and iOS at 10-12% in Q3, 2016. Different methodologies produce different figures and one cannot compare YoY with specific quarters – it is about trends.

Lauren Guenveur, consumer insight director for Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, commented:

“Apple iPhone 7 – The lack of the headphone jack has proved to be a non-issue for US iPhone consumers, as iPhone 7 was the top-selling device in the three months ending October 2016, achieving 10.6% of smartphone sales, despite not being available for the full quarter.

“Apple iPhone 7 Plus is the 4th best-selling device in the US at 5.3% but behind the iPhone 6s and Samsung Galaxy S7/Edge.

“Google achieved 0.5% of smartphone sales in the US, a strong showing given that the Pixel was only widely available from October 20th. In that short time, Google has reached market parity with more established brands like Huawei and Microsoft, who are also at 0.5%.

“Android remains the dominant ecosystem, topping 75% across the globe, except those regions most focused on premium devices (Japan). This is no surprise as Android’s business model provides consumers with a variety of brands and price points.

“It is unlikely that any other OS will ever reach Android’s penetration. But the apparent lopsided market share figures are not a reason for doubting the strength or future of the position held by Apple’s iOS. While Android dominates regarding the raw number of devices, it powers, Apple remains the most desirable smartphone brand in the world.”

Guenveur also commented on the news that Nokia would make a return under Android soon and its impact on other major players.

“Whenever I mention the Nokia brand name, I often hear the response, ‘That was my first cell phone!’ Nostalgia for Nokia handsets runs very high since Nokia took an early market lead at the dawn of the cellular phone industry. The Nokia brand name’s re-emergence will likely have its largest impact in Europe.

“For Samsung, already facing increased competition from Huawei across mainland Europe, this may signal an additional threat, as Nokia’s strength was in the mid- and low-ends of the market, exactly where Samsung is currently losing customers to Huawei.

“And for Huawei, the Nokia-branded products rolling out of the Foxconn factories could create obstacles for its bid to become the second largest smartphone manufacturer in the world.”

By: Ray Shaw

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Mobile Phones Step Up to Capture RAW Images

You’ve seen the marketing. The iPhone 7 is Apple’s best camera ever, Google’s getting serious about photography with its Pixel, and Samsung is still on top of its game with the S7, but this only tells half the story.

Smartphones have become ­serious photography tools.

There are a few aspects to this photography revolution. First, naturally, is that the smartphones themselves have become legitimately great cameras. Apple’s “Shot on iPhone” campaign is testament to this — billboard-ready prints have been coming out of the iOS pocket rocket for the past year.

With iPhone 7 Plus, Apple has gone even further — two cameras are better than one, with the extra telephoto zoom lens. The recently released “portrait mode” is a revelation for happy-snappers. In this mode, the dual cameras on the phablet work together with some software smarts to isolate a subject from a background, emulating the “bokeh” depth of field effect that you would previously only find on a DSLR.

The effect works best on ­people (image recognition is the secret sauce here), subjects have to be very well lit and it can produce some hit-and-miss blurry results, but it’s an impressive tool that will quickly infect Instagram feeds. Portrait mode is great for the casual shooter, but while it remains inconsistent, pro photographers will probably leave it behind in favour of the next aspect of the mobile shooting revolution — raw image support.

Rugged, raw and beautiful

When our smartphone cameras take a photo, there’s a lot of behind-the-scenes magic that is taking place to render an image for easy viewing and sharing. What we’re left with most of the time is a JPEG, a compressed version of the image that’s had some sharpening, contrast and colour effects applied. This is the image file you’re left with that’s relatively small and easy to capture and share.

This isn’t the only way to save a digital image, something pro photographers know very well. The alternative, raw images are the unprocessed data that the sensor records when we press the shutter. Typically, raw images look dull and flat and take up a whole lot more storage space, but this extra information is essential for taking your images to the next level. Users can bring out more detail in highlights and shadows, manually colour-balance every shot, and reduce compression artefacts.

In iOS 10, third-party applications have access to the data readout of the sensor, meaning they can capture raw images. I’ve been testing out a few of these new RAW-shooting apps and the results are pretty impressive. There’s a slew of apps that have adopted the RAW-imaging capabilities of the iPhone (currently limited to 6s and 7 models), but among the best are ProCam 4, Manual and Lightroom Mobile. With all three, users can adjust ISO and shutter speeds and capture raw or JPEG images.

Larger than life

I was blown away by the extra scope that the RAW images brought to life in editing. Everything was done on the phone — with images captured in Manual or ProCam, then brought across to Lightroom for grading and finishing.

I spent an afternoon capturing a sunset in the country, a difficult scene for the default camera application. As the sun set, I was left with a choice — either expose for the sky, and lose the detail in the trees and rolling hills; or expose for the landscape, and blow out the colours and texture burning across the horizon. I took both, but neither was particularly pleasant. Swapping over to Manual, the problem disappeared — shooting on auto mode but tapping on the sky for exposure and focus, I captured the scene in RAW and imported the picture into Lightroom. A few quick adjustments to my exposure, highlights and shadows later and I was left with a beautiful image that much more accurately captured the scene.

Simpler scenes benefit from this increased editing headroom, too — test shots in good lighting consistently produced better results. Android users shouldn’t feel left out of the party. Raw support is also present in Lightroom Mobile and a few other third-party apps. The real downside to the increased capacity of these phones is the time factor — you’re going to be spending a lot more time getting the image just right. In a hurry, use the default camera app — they’re truly great these days — but if you’re capturing a memory or just hunting for Instagram followers, try RAW. You will be surprised.

By: James Tindale

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Samsung Pay Gears Up

Users of Samsung Galaxy devices which are compatible with the Samsung Gear S2 or new Gear S3 can now use Samsung Pay at outlets in Australia.

Richard Fink, head of IT and Mobile Division at Samsung Australia, says, “The ability to make payments from the Gear S2 and S3 watches using Samsung Pay gives Australians yet another layer of convenience when shopping and allow them to make payments quickly and easily.”

“For the first time, Australians will be able to use Samsung Pay to tap their Gear wristwatch and purchase their Christmas gifts, pay for their coffee while on the run, or pay for their taxi ride, all without the need to carry a wallet or smartphone. We have already seen an incredible uptake of Gear wearables in Australia, as well as Samsung Pay for Galaxy smartphones, which makes this an exciting and compelling solution for customers.”

The credit card providers that are covered, initially, include Australian-issued American Express cards and Citi (Visa) credit cards.

Samsung Pay supports two types of contactless payments: NFC (Near Field Communications) and the later MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission). The Gear S2, Galaxy S6/Edge have NFC only and the Gear S3, Galaxy S6 Edge+ and GS7/Edge and Note 5 have MST as well.

The Gear must be paired to a compatible Galaxy device and then the Gear S2 and S3 can be used as standalone payment devices with a PIN. One can also pay using the smartphone as a contactless device with Fingerprint authentication.

Almost any loyalty card can be digitally stored as well.

At present, Samsung Pay can be used in Australia, South Korea, United States, China, Spain, and Singapore.

The credit or debit card number is not saved on the device, rather just a token and a cryptogram that is only valid for that payment are transmitted to the card reader.

Samsung is negotiating to extend the credit/debit card and financial institution coverage.

By: Ray Shaw

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iPhone update leaves users furious due to battery drain issue

APPLE users have claimed the latest version of the iPhone operating system has played havoc with the battery in their device.

On the tech giant’s support firm, users have claimed the battery indicator hits 30 per cent before slumping to zero and shutting down the phone.

The disgruntled Apple lovers claim they were clobbered after downloading iOS 10.1.

One user wrote: “ It jumps from 30 per cent charge to 1 per cent in a few seconds then shuts down.

“As soon as it reboots after connecting to a charger it show 30 per cent charge.

“When I unplug it right away it still shows 30 per cent and runs like nothing happened for a good few hours.

“So it goes from zero charge to 30 per cent in the time it takes to reboot? Strange.”

He also suffered problems when starting his phone up in the morning.

“Shutting the phone down at night with a good 80 per cent charge, it won’t reboot in the morning due to no battery charge.

“I plug it in and its back to 30 per cent in a few seconds.”

Another user said he was suffering from an “identical issue after upgrading to 10.1.1.”

It is not known how many people are affected by the problem and whether it is isolated or widespread.

Meanwhile a number of disgruntled Apple customers have taken to Twitter to bemoan the issue.

“I can now watch my battery literally drain as I read a text,” complained one social media user.

By: Jasper Hamill, The Sun

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Apple Releases Portrait Mode for iPhone 7 Plus

Apple releases Portrait mode for iPhone 7 Plus that gives shallow depth of field feature like a DSLR

FORGET about grabbing that clunky DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera. Your iPhone 7 Plus today has just become a much better camera.

Apple has finally launched the Portrait feature that was the highlight of the iPhone 7 announcement last month.

Through software trickery, the Portrait feature recognises the subject in a photo and isolates that by blurring objects that are in the distance.

Although it’s called Portrait mode, you don’t need to be shooting pictures of people to get it to work.

Today we tested it at our desk using a roll of sticky tape, and we now have an arty picture of the sticky tape with the rest of the office blurred in the background.

When you take a picture with Portrait mode, you get two versions of the photo in your camera roll. One has the photo with the depth-of-field effect applied, the other is just a straight out of the lens shot.

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There are a couple of catches when using the Portrait mode.

For one, you need the iPhone 7 Plus with the dual lens cameras — it won’t work with the iPhone 7 or any other iPhone. This is a feature that is unique to the 7 Plus phone model and not a part of the general iOS 10 software because it requires the two lenses in the largest iPhone to detect the distance of objects.

When you go to Portrait mode, it automatically switches to the 2x lens. It then tells you if you are too close to the subject with the words “move farther away” appearing on the screen until it’s happy with the distance between you and the subject. The feature will not work in low light.

The feature, although released today, is still in beta. That means Apple will continue to improve it although given it is now part of the latest iOS 10 release Apple considers it stable enough for wide public use.

This is not true depth of field that you get with a wide aperture on a DSLR camera and the software, although very clever, is not perfect.

With our photo of the roll of sticky tape, the soft focus effect was applied to the inside of the roll which, if we had taken the photo with a DSLR, should have been as sharp as the rest of the roll.

To use the feature with your iPhone 7 Plus today, first go to Settings and download the latest software update.

Portrait mode then appears in your camera between the Photo and Square modes.

By: Rod Chester, News Corp Australia Network

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The Genius Phone is Coming

Google Pixel: stand aside smartphone, the genius phone is coming

Smartphone vendors have a tough job. They need to convince consumers that theirs is the best, bar none. Better than last year’s model. Better than the competition. And not just incrementally better. Quantum leap better. Otherwise, who would want to upgrade?

The narrative around the new Pixel phones is that they are so good and so different from what came before that Google even had to find a new brand name for them. So it’s farewell to the Nexus — which was last year’s most awesome Google smartphone — and hello to Pixel, Google’s newest bestie.

As Google vice president Jason Bremner put it: “Nexus was the best of Android [the Google operating system]; Pixel is the best of Google.” While most consumers would probably not appreciate that subtle differentiation, the intent is clearly to make the Pixels much more than a “pure Android” phone.

The Pixel phones are an entirely new created-from-scratch, flagship smartphone that combines the high-class hardware with Google’s software smarts in an integrated way that, apparently, has not been done before.

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Reviewing a new phone at a launch event is a bit like test driving a car in a showroom. You can’t do much more than kick the tires and check the comfyness of the seats. And let’s face it, there is a sameness now to all top-of-the-range smartphones; they all come in the “candy bar” shape, all come clad in glass and aluminum, with super-dooper high resolution screens, awesome multi mega pixel cameras and most also have a headphone jack.

The Pixel and the phablet-sized Pixel XL both conformto that familiar spec described above. Save for the fingerprint sensor, which sits on the back the device. Unlike the iPhone, there is no camera bump, the lens sit flush to the surface. Also unlike the iPhone 7 and newer Samsungs Galaxys, Pixels are not promoted as being water or splash resistant.

But here are six features, in no particular order, which I think deserve special mention:

1. Google chief executive Sundar Pichai has called it. The mobile first era is over and it’s being replaced by the Artificial Intelligence (AI) first era. And we thought they were called smartphones! Well apparently, you ain’t seen nothing yet. But the Pixel phones are the forerunners of the next generation of really smart phones where stuff like AI, machine learning, voice and image recognition and neural networks are baked into the operating system.

Google’s Pixel and Pixel XL could step in to fill the gap left by the Note7.

Google Assistant is to the Pixel as Siri is the iPhone, only she’s been sucking up humanity’s collective wisdom for a lot longer than Siri has. Google Assistant is part bot, part concierge, part life coach. It’s how Pichai says the company will “build a personal Google for each and every user”. Creepy, maybe; useful, for sure.

2. It’s hard enough switching from Android to Android let alone iPhone to Android. To salve the the itch to switch, the Pixel phones come with software and an adapter you can use to tether phones together so that everything comes across rapidly and painlessly.

3. It is clear that the Pixel cameras are a cut above the competition. Tests by DxOMark, a respected independent source of camera and lens image quality measurements and ratings, has given the Pixel cameras a score of 89, placing it above the competition. Google also uses a lot of clever software to trick up the photos so that they look like they were shot with a proper single lens reflex camera.

4. The Pixels are the first to support Google’s Daydream virtual reality (VR) platform. I don’t think this can be underestimated as a selling point. Yes, it’s early days, but turning your phone into a VR projector — once coupled with the $119 Daydream View goggles — will bring new uses to these phones that you never knew existed. Mums and dads, lock away your new Pixel phones because someone is going to have an irresistible urge to strap them to their face for extended periods.

5. Google has one-upped Apple’s Genius Bar concept with built-in 24/7 support. When they say built-in, they mean exactly that. It’s built into the phone so that as long as you can switch on the phone, which admittedly is sometimes the problem, you can dial up for voice or chat support. There’s even a feature to screen shot and share the problem you’re seeing.

6. Hoarders rejoice! Pixel owners (should we be calling them Pixies?) will get unlimited storage in the cloud for their photos and videos at the original resolution. Google Photos already provides video and photo cloud storage, but larger files are crunched down in size. Coupled with dynamic caching, which parks stuff you haven’t seen for a while in the cloud, Pixel phones will never run out of photo and video storage space.

Prices: The 5-inch Pixel will range in price from $1079 for the 32GB version to $1229 for the 128G model. The Pixel XL 5.5-inch model will start at $1269 for the 32GB version and $1419 for the128GB model. They will both run on the Android 7.1 version of Google’s mobile operating system.

The author attended the launch in San Francisco as a guest of Google.

By: Stephen Hutcheon

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Is your iPhone capacity full?

This cool trick will free up space without deleting files and apps

So you didn’t want to fork out another few hundred bucks for extra storage on your iPhone, and now you’re paying the price: the phone is full and you can’t bear to delete any of those Taylor Swift tracks.

Well, one ingenious Redditor has figured out how to free up storage space on your iPhone or iPad without having to delete any apps, photos or other important files.

Here’s how it works.

First, check how much space you have left on your device. You can do this by clicking “Settings” –> “General” –> “Storage & iCloud Usage”.

Then go to the movies section of the iTunes store and pick a big file to rent – one that’s bigger than the amount of space you have left on your phone. Don’t worry, you won’t have to pay for it (so long as the file is actually big enough).

Click on “Rent” and you will get a notification saying there isn’t enough space on your device to download the film. You’ll get a choice to then press “OK” or “Settings”.

Click on “Settings” to view your available storage again, and lo and behold, you’ll see it’s increased.

That’s because your iPhone has automatically cleared superfluous junk like cookies, histories and other data from your apps in an attempt to make space for the film. Think of it like a spring clean for your phone.

We tried the trick on an iPhone 6 with Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (a 6GB file), and watched the available storage increase from 130MB to 830MB the first time around. After a second sweep the capacity was beefed up again to 1.5GB.

Waiting for a bit longer before hitting “Settings” on the prompt also appears to result in a more thorough clean.

“It does work,” the Reddit tipster, eavesdroppingyou, said.

“I’ve been doing this for about a year or so and [it] never fails. Not really sure what it ‘cleans’ but probably nothing important or sensitive.”

A fellow Reddit user claimed to have recovered 4GB of space on their device.

“I guess Apple Music caches more files than I thought, because I can’t think of anything else I use that would eat up so much space,” the user said.

Another Redditor suggested the 1956 version of War and Peace in high definition to rent for the trick, as it takes up a hefty 8.86GB of space.

By: Hannah Francis

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BlackBerry hangs up on the Classic

BlackBerry will no longer manufacture the BlackBerry Classic, a beloved, updated model of the original that made the company a smartphone leader before Apple and Samsung Electronics dethroned it.

Chief executive officer John Chen introduced the Classic after joining the company in 2013, bringing back the raised-button keyboard that BlackBerry enthusiasts loved, and which his predecessor, Thorsten Heins, let fall by the wayside with his push to full touch-screen devices.

The decision to end production of the Classic is one step further toward eliminating the BB10 operating system, which will now only be running on the Passport model, in a pivot to newer phones running on the Android platform. Chen is also increasingly focused on software as revenue from handsets has declined over the past two years. In the latest fiscal quarter, BlackBerry sold 500,000 devices, compared with 600,000 in the previous quarter.

“The Classic has long surpassed the average lifespan for a smartphone in today’s market,” Ralph Pini, general manager for devices and chief operating officer, said in a blog posting. “We are ready for this change so we can give our customers something better.”

The company is working on two more Android phones, in addition to it’s introductory model, the Priv, including a cheaper option. Still, analysts have called on Chen to cut losses in handsets and get out of the hardware business so it will stop being a drag on revenue. Chen has insisted that the hardware unit will reach profitability by September, but also said the “No.-1 goal” at the company is to ramp software and services.

“The company is under a lot of pressure and odds are good BlackBerry will have to sell or shut down the (hardware) segment,” said Desmond Lau, an analyst at Veritas Investment Research.

BlackBerry is still on track to deliver the next version of its BB10 software next month with a second update to follow in 2017, according to the memo.

One of the biggest group of Blackberry fans over the years has been government workers, due to the phone’s reputation for security and its finger-friendly keyboard. Now it seems even US senators will have to give them up.

An email to Senate staffers last week said that once the company depleted its current stock of about 600 BlackBerry phones, there would be no more more BlackBerrys issued, except in the case of warranty exchanges, according to the Wall Street Journal.

BlackBerry fell 3.3 percent to $US6.54 in New York, extending its year to date drop to 30 per cent.

By: Nicole Piper
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5G the key to speed, connectivity, and capacity

In order to evolve and succeed in the mobile-centric future, companies will require revolutionary increases in the speed, capacity and connectivity of mobile devices – and they’re looking to 5G networks to provide it.

That is according to a new report from Forbes Insights, in association with Huawei, “The Mobile Industrial Revolution: Anticipating the Impact and Opportunities of 5G Networks on Business”. Global business leaders say that mobile and wireless are critical to the way they do business, but they worry that their needs are outpacing existing access networks.

The introduction of 5G networks in the next five to 10 years is expected to create huge opportunities to build enterprise value in a range of industries, profoundly affecting business operations, profit and loss economics, asset valuations and revenue models.

The global survey of more than 1000 executives found a capability gap:

  • more than one-third of all executives say that their current systems already can’t support the evolving needs of their business, including 55% of executives at organisations with revenues more than $10 billion;
  • 38% of executives in the Asia/Pacific region agree they’ve outgrown their mobile network; and
  • 36% in Europe and 34% in North America see the need for much more capacity.

Bruce Rogers, chief insights officer at Forbes Media said, “Organisations with an eye on the future are already anticipating the impact of 5G technology. They are working on long-term plans to innovate and realise value from this.”

Qiu Heng, president of wireless networkmMarketing operation of Huawei said, 5G will help to realise a completely new world for consumers, for vertical industries, and operators. This will be a fully connected world converging the physical world and the cyberworld, and this world will provide infinite new business opportunities for vertical industries and operators.”

Other key findings include:

  • 67% say they need mobile networks that provide ultra-high throughput.
  • 64% say they require massive numbers of connections
  • 59% require ultra-low latency (59%) – anticipated to be provided by 5G networks.
    • Education is key 36% said they know “very little” or “nothing” about the technologies and issues around 5G wireless;
    • 38% say they “understand the fundamentals”;
    • 27% say they are “very familiar”; and
    • Executives based in Europe tend to be far better informed than their colleagues, with only 24% saying they know little or nothing, compared with 42% in Asia/Pacific and 40% in North America. Unsurprisingly, leaders in the technology industry are much better informed than their colleagues in other verticals
  • 26% say they are “extensively” exploring or planning how they might use 5G.
  • 15% say they are not planning at all. The companies sitting on the sidelines tend to be smaller and earn less revenue: 28% of executives at companies with revenues below $500 million say they aren’t making plans – five times as many as the 3% of executives who aren’t planning for 5G at $10 billion-plus organisations.
  • 80% believe that 5G technologies will have positive effects on multiple areas of their business. The areas where they’re most bullish about the benefits of 5G: customer experience, service/ product quality and worker productivity.

Comment

There is no doubt that in Australia the pent-up demand for 4G has nearly outstripped the technical capacity to deliver. Things like 4GX, VoLTE, Cat 6 to 11 or band aggregation are just band-aids. The world is going mobile, and Australia is an early adopter.

5G is not just a faster 4G – it is a complete rethink designed to keep up with the explosion of connections. It theoretically can provide stable 10Gbps data rates in perfect conditions or extremely high rates — “tens of megabits per second for tens of thousands of simultaneous users” — no more “Melbourne White Night” or footy data blackouts. It supports beacons, sensors, IoT devices and segregates them (kind of a Quality of Service issue) from voice and data and should achieve less than 1ms latency. It will make it possible to download 4K and VR content – in seconds to minutes, to send large medical files and X-rays, etc. It will be backwards compatible with existing 4G networks.

You can read more (not too technical) about 5G at GSMA Intelligence.

We will begin to see 5G devices and networks in commercial operation by 2020 – perhaps later in Australia. In the interim, the quest for standards goes on, and Huawei is a major player in this area.

By Ray Shaw
Posted on: http://www.itwire.com/your-it-news/mobility/73343-5g-the-key-to-speed,-connectivity,-and-capacity.html

 

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