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Re:Apple will add 5G to 2020 iPhones to compete with Android... by zamadatix on Saturday August 03, 2019 @11:11AM (#20600759)
iPhones can limit between 4G, 3G, 2G for quite a while now, I'd assume this option would continue on.

60 GHz (802.11ad/802.11ay) is better suites for AR/VR, is already out, and doesn't have interference issues due to physics.

6 GHz should be focusing on devices that need to work at range not ones that can already be served via in-room frequencies.

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Re:Apple will add 5G to 2020 iPhones to compete with Android... by walterbell on Saturday August 03, 2019 @03:34PM (#20602193)
Would 60Ghz (300-500m for 802.11ay) be competitive in power consumption with VLP 6Ghz (3m)?
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Re:Apple will add 5G to 2020 iPhones to compete with Android... by zamadatix on Saturday August 03, 2019 @06:28PM (#20603124)
Setting the data rate and transmit power to the same power sure, there isn't anything particular special about 60 GHz compared to 6 GHz other than 60 isn't going to make it through drywall.

Qualcomm has actually been releasing phone chipsets with 802.11ad for a while now. Intel did it for wireless laptop docking. Qualcomm's 5G modem also comes with 802.11ay but I don't know of anybody else that has deployed it yet.

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