PC World - USA (2020-01)

JANUARY 2020 PCWorld 119

I

f you’ve even glanced at a tech blog this

year, you’ve surely seen the term 5G.

Hailed as the next big advancement in

mobility, 5G will be an enormous

breakthrough for smartphones and other

connected devices, letting us download

movies in a blink of an eye, while eliminating

frustrating slowdowns once and for all.

But just because you can buy a 5G

phone right now doesn’t mean you should.

Like all new tech, the earliest 5G phones are

expensive and underwhelming, with soon-

to-be-outdated parts and a vague promise of

future-proofing.

But all that’s going to change very soon.

In 2020, the 5G vision will begin to take

IMAGE: SAMSUNG

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