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The 5G phones you can expect to see in 2020 from every big player

Apple has so far been quiet about its 5G iPhone
plans, but it always plays its cards close to its
chest. If the rumour mill is to be believed, at
least some of the September 2020 iPhones
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surprise if Apple waited until 2021 to introduce
the next-gen technology.

The Oppo Reno was one of the best-specced

5G phones we saw through the course of last

year, and that bodes well for what’s to come in

2020. Part of the same family of phone makers
      as OnePlus, it’s likely that Oppo’s 5G phones
      for this year will be a little more experimental
      and unusual than the rest.

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in terms of 5G, and is expected to introduce

the next-gen connectivity to the LG G9 ThinQ

phone – a handset that could be with us as

early as February. LG isn’t shy of experimenting

with form factors and specs, so it might have

some 5G surprises lined up for 2020 too.

Samsung has put out more 5G phones than

anyone else, and that trend will continue

through 2020. Pretty much every phone

Samsung unveils this year – including the

Galaxy S20 and the Galaxy Note 20 – will come

with 5G models as options, and indeed there

may be more 5G variants than 4G ones.

HUAWEI

From the software side, Huawei’s phones

have taken a hit with its ongoing ban from

using Google products, so expect the Chinese

company to go all-in on hardware this year –

that means more 5G phones in 2020. The P40

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time, and both 4G and 5G models are likely.

Xiaomi will want to continue its move into

western markets during the course of 2020,

and that means putting out more 5G phones

• the company has already said it will put out
  at least 10(!) 5G phones this year, including
  the Xiaomi Mi 10 due in February, and many of
  them should be relatively affordable too.

Having dipped its toes into the 5G waters in

2019, OnePlus is likely to go further in 2020,

and the people in the know are already tipping

5G to be available on one of the OnePlus 8

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phone without the extra 5G, though.

HONOR

Honor usually puts out handsets that are more

affordable and aimed at a younger audience.

Having dabbled with 5G at the end of 2019

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to see some mainstream 5G Honor phones

released during 2020 – though we doubt

there’ll be a huge number of them.

Motorola doesn’t have a 5G phone yet, but

it does have a 5G mod for the Z3 and Z4

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appear in 2020, though it won’t be the foldable

Razr, which is 4G only – if that proves to be a

hit then an updated next-gen v2 Razr with 5G

on board seems like a slam dunk.