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\"What<\/a>Updated 07\/16\/2019 –<\/strong> Qualcomm released the Snapdragon 855 Plus<\/strong>. It features a Kryo 486 CPU Prime core with a clock speed of 2.96 GHz and a 15% faster Adreno 640 GPU. Qualcomm claimed in a presser<\/a>, the 855 Plus would deliver better coverage and all-day battery life in 5G devices.<\/p>\n

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AT&T<\/a>\u00a0(T<\/a>), Verizon<\/a>\u00a0(VZ<\/a>), Sprint<\/a>\u00a0(S<\/a>), and other carriers are hyping 5G<\/strong>. But what exactly is 5G? If you believe the hype, it is the greatest thing since sliced bread<\/strong>. 5G will improve our homes<\/a>, make our cities safer, our machines smarter<\/a>, our cars driverless<\/a>, our entertainment mobile<\/a> and our phones faster<\/a>. So what is the tech behind the hype?<\/p>\n

\"\"When 5G really gets here will bring three improvements<\/strong> to current wireless: greater speed<\/strong>, lower latency<\/strong>, and more connections<\/strong>.\u00a0 The real advantages of 5G will come in massive capacity and lower latency. The standards bodies involved are aiming at 20Gbps speeds and 1ms latency.<\/p>\n

Work on 5G started 10-15 years before anything went commercial. Marcus Weldon<\/a>, CTO, and president of Nokia Bell Labs<\/a>\u00a0told<\/a> FierceWireless<\/a>.<\/em> Finally, in 2017, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project<\/a><\/strong>, the standards body that writes the rules for wireless connectivity, agreed on the first specification for 5G<\/a>. The Non-Standalone Specification of 5G New Radio standard covers 600 and 700 MHz bands and the 50 GHz millimeter-wave end of the spectrum. But, as followers of the Bach Seat<\/em><\/a> know, a standard doesn’t mean that it will work the same, or what applications it will enable.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>The G in this 5G means it’s a generation of wireless technology<\/strong>. PC Magazine<\/em><\/a> says<\/a>, most wireless generations have technically been defined by their data transmission speeds<\/strong>, each has also been marked by a break in encoding methods, or “air interfaces<\/strong>,” that make it incompatible with the previous generation<\/strong>. The earlier G’s were:<\/p>\n