In a pair of announcements from Verizon and AT&T as well as news from Qualcomm, the 2018 5G Galaxy smartphone was revealed. The plans for this extremely
In a pair of announcements from Verizon and AT&T as well as news from Qualcomm, the 2018 5G Galaxy smartphone was revealed. The plans for this extremely important piece of hardware have big implications not just for Samsung, but for Verizon, AT&T, and Qualcomm too. In the course of a day, in several announcements, AT&T revealed their first 5G phone, Verizon their second, and Qualcomm their 5G connectivity tech.
At this point in time, none of the four companies want to call the Galaxy S10 by name. Instead, they’ve skirted around the full name by including the words “Samsung” and “phone” as well as “5G” all over the place – but no S10. But unless something completely unprecedented occurs, Samsung is sure to choose its most important smartphone to launch on the next major generation in mobile data connectivity in 2019.
Per Verizon, “Verizon is working closely with Samsung (and Qualcomm) to bring a 5G smartphone to market in the first half of 2019.” Per AT&T, “AT&T today announced plans to grow its mobile 5G device lineup with a 5G smartphone from Samsung in the first half of 2019.”
UPDATE: In addition to their already-confirmed Samsung 5G phone in the first half of 2019, AT&T released another announcement just today. This second announcement included the following. “Coming on the heels of yesterday’s announcement, we’re pleased to announce we’re working with Samsung to bring another standards-based 5G device to AT&T customers in 2019,” said an AT&T representative.
