China has begun issuing permits to some phone makers to sell 5G devices in the country. A report by QQ News yesterday, July 17, said OPPO has received approval from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and China’s Quality Certification Center.
With the certification, OPPO will be able to launch and sell 5G phones in China. There are reports that it will launch the Reno 5G in its home country in the 3rd quarter of the year. So we expect it to arrive between now and September.
Just before OPPO received approval, Huawei got its own first, back in June. The tech giant announced on June 25 that has received a permit for its Mate 20 X 5G edition. The phone is set to go on sale later this month and may as well be the first 5G smartphone in China.
The Mate 20X 5G isn’t the only 5G phone made by Huawei that has got approval. There are said to be three others but are unnamed. Vivo, OnePlus (OnePlus 7 Pro 5G), and ZTE (Axon 10 Pro 5G) have also received approvals for their devices. Last month, Nubia and Lenovo also announced 5G versions of the Nubia X and the Z6 Pro respectively.
On second thought, any of these phones may be the first 5G device to go on sale in China. Nevertheless, folks will have several options to choose from
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