The fifth generation of mobile communication technology, referred to as 5G, is the latest generation of its kind, and 2019 marks the first year of commercial 5G use in China. This doesn’t mean technology has been slow to grow however, as companies are all scrambling to get their 5G smartphones out of the gate. With that in mind, let’s take a closer look at the 5G devices that released in 2019.
In May 2019, we saw the first commercial 5G device launch, that being ZTE’s Axon 10 Pro 5G. Two months later in July, Huawei ‘s first 5G mobile phone Mate20 X 5G was released, using the Kirin 980 chip + Balong 5000 set. In August, we got the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 5G, iQOO Pro 5G and the China Mobile pioneer X1 5G. September got us the Vivo NEX 3 5G version, Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro 5G version and Huawei Mate 30 5G.
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In October, the Samsung Galaxy A90 5G and Huawei Mate X 5G were released. In November the Lenovo Z6 Pro 5G, Samsung W20 5G and Honor V30 5G saw launches. Finally, in December we saw a high number of launches with the Huawei nova 6 5G, Redmi K30 5G, Vivo X30 5G and OPPO Reno3 5G. Among these, the Redmi K30 5G is currently the lowest-priced 5G mobile phone in China start at 1999 yuan ($291).
It’s been a wild year for 5G development, though it hasn’t been progressing as fast as it could be. Thankfully, things are looking really good for the future. “2020 is the year 5G goes mainstream,” according to Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon, and he expects more than 200 million 5G smartphones will ship in 2020. Whether we hit that remains to be seen.
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