Apple plans to sell 80 million 5G compatible phones |
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo released a research report that Apple is expected to launch four iPhone models to support fifth-generation networks in the second half of 2020, after it claimed that Apple had slowed down the release of the first d models. iPhone 5G. ,
Earlier speculation by Mahdi Hosseini, analyst at investment firm Susquehanna, made it clear that Cupertino could launch a medium-spectrum support model (less than 6 GHz) into the market in September 2020 and delay the release of the models under study by the radio frequency field. (MmWave) until December 2020 or January 2021.
Ko contradicted speculation and said that the two versions would be put on the market simultaneously in September this year, and they should be delivered at the end of the third or fourth quarter. The target is the 5th generation network (under 6 GHz and 6 GHz) mmWave) The standard development of the iPhone 5G is proceeding according to plan. the expected.
Apple plans to sell 80 million 5G compatible phones |
Five markets - the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, and South Korea - will receive phones supporting the standards for 5G networks (less than 6GHz and mmWave) behind this delay.
Cheap iPhones do not seem to support mmWave, and some carriers only get phones with frequencies below 6 GHz, which is slower than mmWave but currently provides better coverage.
Ming Qi Kuo said that to cut manufacturing costs, countries that do not cover 5G networks will disable iPhone 5G phones, indicating that the hardware components within the device prevent these phones from 5G-support networks. Through software updates.
Analysts expect Apple to sell 80 to 85 million iPhones based on support for 5G networks and global design updates. OK