Qualcomm: 5G Android Flagship Phones Will Storm the 2019 Holidays (cnet.com)

Get ready for lots of 5G phones in time for the holidays next year. From a report: The first devices for the fast, next-generation network will hit the market in early 2019. Samsung, for one, said it will have a phone for Verizon, AT&T and other networks in the first half of the year. By the holidays next year, every flagship handset -- at least when it comes to those running Google's Android software and using Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor -- will tap into 5G, said Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon. "When we get to exactly this time of year one year from now ... we will see every [handset maker] on the Android ecosystem, their flagship across all US carriers will be a 5G device," he told CNET in an interview Tuesday at Qualcomm's Snapdragon Technology Summit in Hawaii. "Every Android vendor is working on 5G right now."

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Thanks for beta testing everyone!

[SuperKendall]

iPhone owners sure do appreciate you all beta testing spotty 5G networks for year or so before an iPhone starts to include them...

I wasn't planning to get a new phone until 2020 anyway so I really appreciate the rest of you spending time, money and sanity to ensure my experience with 5G will be delightful later on.