5.5G is the brand new buzzword in China lately, with Oppo, Xiaomi, and vivo already saying assist for the tech for his or her respective flagship gadgets previously week or so. And now Honor has additionally revealed that, as soon as 5.5G networks are energetic, its Magic6 sequence will all assist 5.5G by means of a software program replace.
If you happen to’re questioning what 5.5G is, nicely, “5.5G” itself is only a advertising and marketing time period that carriers will use to get you to improve your plan, most probably, or simply to brag about how superior their networks are in comparison with rivals. However “superior” is the important thing phrase right here, as “5.5G” is named 5G-Superior, the following iteration of cell knowledge expertise, which (as all the time) guarantees a lot quicker knowledge speeds and far decrease latency.
After all it is nonetheless primarily based on 5G, because the title spells out, and its spec has but to be finalized – that is anticipated to occur this yr, which is why smartphone makers and carriers are beginning this frenzy already. In the mean time, this does not have an effect on you in any manner, however in fact it is good to know that high of the road gadgets from main producers will probably be future proof sufficient to assist 5.5G when it does ultimately launch.
The marketed (in China) peak knowledge charges of 10Gbps for downloads and 1Gbps for uploads are undoubtedly wishful considering at this level, as is the promised millisecond-level latency, however nonetheless, there will certainly be enhancements in comparison with what we have now at present. At a {hardware} stage, any system with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 or Dimensity 9300 needs to be able to supporting 5.5G, however in fact it is as much as every producer to really allow that.
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