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  • Samsung said it took up about 54% of global market share for 5G phones as of November 2019.
  • The firm also said it’s bringing 5G to its Galaxy Tab S6 tablet in South Korea in the first quarter.

Samsung sold 6.7 million 5G smartphones worldwide in 2019, the company announced Friday.

The South Korean consumer electronics giant said it took up about 54% of global market share for 5G phones as of November 2019, citing data from industry research firm Counterpoint.

It’s already the world’s top smartphone maker, accounting for about a fifth of the global market, but has been up against some stiff competition in the form of China’s Huawei. Other Chinese manufacturers, like Xiaomi and Oppo, have also been gaining ground.

Samsung released its latest 5G flagship, the Note 10+ 5G, over the summer. It’s expected to release its next main flagship, the S11, later this year. The company also said Friday that it would be bringing 5G to its Galaxy Tab S6 tablet in South Korea in the first quarter.

“Consumers can’t wait to experience 5G and we are proud to offer a diverse portfolio of devices that deliver the best 5G experience possible,” said TM Roh, head of research and development at Samsung’s mobile communications division.

“For Samsung, 2020 will be the year of Galaxy 5G and we are excited to bring 5G to even more device categories and introduce people to mobile experiences they never thought possible.”

Shares of Samsung closed about half a percent higher Friday

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/03/samsung-says-it-sold-6point7-million-5g-smartphones-in-2019.html

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Race to 5G: The Era of Slow 5G Begins

AT&T and T-Mobile are now covering millions of people with 5G signal, but the new networks work and feel just like 4G.

5G is getting bigger, wider, and more confusing than ever, now that two US carriers have 5G networks that are not convincingly faster than 4G. AT&T's low-band 5G network now covers at least 32 million people, giving it six points for coverage in our Race to 5G rankings. It doesn't have the 200-million-person, nationwide coverage of T-Mobile's low-band 5G network, but it's the first AT&T 5G that's been available to consumers.

Here's the twist, though: It isn't noticeably faster than 4G. According to Ookla Speedtest Intelligence, AT&T's low-band 5G system has average download speeds of 77.7Mbps and upload speeds of 18.11Mbps when used with the Galaxy Note 10+ 5G phone. Galaxy Note 10+ LTE phones nationwide on AT&T average 61.7Mbps down and 10.35Mbps up. (Note: Ookla is owned by Ziff Davis, PCMag.com's parent company.)

So that's a 25 percent boost in speed when going from AT&T's "5G E" (its name for its most advanced 4G) to plain old 5G. That falls far short of the 723Mbps down that AT&T's millimeter-wave network has been delivering on Galaxy S10 5G phones.

T-Mobile's overall 5G speeds have plummeted this month as well, because of its slower low-band system. According to Speedtest Intelligence, it's now down to an average of 61.25Mbps downloads on 5G, which makes T-Mobile the slowest 5G carrier and slower than many 4G systems globally.

This is just what happens when you put 5G in narrow little channels similar to the ones used for 4G—it acts like 4G. AT&T's new 5G network runs on 5-10MHz channels carved off of the traditional 850MHz cellular band, I've heard. 5G isn't a magic bullet; to achieve great speeds, it needs a lot of spectrum, and US carriers just don't have that spectrum available in these low bands. Rather, they're pumping out a slow 5G experience so people can get that icon on their phones.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/372786/race-to-5g-january-the-era-of-slow-5g-begins

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