Why is the ‘race to 5G’ a race?

Re:Why is the ‘race to 5G’ a race? by mycall on Monday May 27, 2019 @08:23PM (#20026225)

Will phones have multiple antennas for 5G?

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Re:Why is the ‘race to 5G’ a race? by superkuh on Monday May 27, 2019 @09:18PM (#20026441)

Yes, for millimeter wave. They require line of sight and are easily blocked by hand position in addition to multiple antennas being required for achieving the data thoroughput improvements of MIMO. The entire phone will have to be covered in antenna.

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Re:Why is the ‘race to 5G’ a race? by mycall on Saturday June 01, 2019 @11:29AM (#20069654)

I remember the old fractal antennas for handling different frequencies. Maybe those will still be used.

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