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Apple’s first 5G iPhone will arrive in 2020
Apple’s relationship with Intel is not all wine and roses, but the chipmaker will be the sole provider of modems for the first 5G iPhone.
Why the wait? The first 5G mobile phones are supposed to hit the market in early 2019!
There are problems. Apple has problems. 5G has problems.
Apple's problems are:
A) They're in the midst of a prolonged, contentious lawsuit with Qualcomm, who will be providing early 5G modem chips for Android phones. Apple has no interest in doing business with Qualcomm until and unless the lawsuit is settled.
B) Therefore, Apple has turned to Intel for 5G modem chips. But Intel's initial line of 5G chips have heat dissipation problems. Apple wants to wait until Intel's second generation of 5G chips, which won't arrive until 2020.
What are 5G's problems?
Q: Which "5G" are we talking about?
• A wireless voice and data standard defined by the Third Generation Partnership Program (3GPP)?
- Release 15, 5G specifications
- Release 16, IMT-2020 submission for an initial full 3GPP 5G system
OR
• A vague marketing term that doesn't necessarily qualify as adhering to the real "5G" standard?
- Verizon Launches Proprietary 5G Fixed Wireless Service
A: Yes.
As with "4G", there's a difference between the standard and what is implemented by the various companies involved. IOW: Baloney ahead! Be careful what you're actually buying. I find it useful to keep an eye on the changing history, description and specifications of 5G provided at Wikipedia:
5G@Wikipedia
Meanwhile:
a) There's "5G NR" (New Radio), a preliminary standard from last December, being 'deployed' at a few places around the world. Whether these implementations will work within the finished 5G standard is uncertain.
b) There's the upcoming Verizon 'proprietary 5G', referred to in a link above, whatever that is.
c) Testing continues of contrasting and potentially incompatible 5G send and receive hardware implementations in the field.
d) Health problems potentially caused by exposure to 5G EM frequencies have become of critical concern.
Regarding health problems, just yesterday the National Institute of Health was at last allowed to release a report from their US National Toxicology Program (NTP) proving that wireless radiation is a Class 1 Human Carcinogen.
- $25 Million NIH Study Proves Wireless Technology Causes Cancer and DNA Damage - US Brain Tumor Association.com
“The $25 million US National Toxicology Program Study has proven again what other studies have shown us that wireless radiation is a Class 1 Human Carcinogen like cigarette smoke and asbestos and should be treated as such. The NTP study proved wireless radiation can cause cancer and it can damage our DNA which can lead to a host of serious diseases. We must warn people and minimize exposure. I along with more than 200 of my colleagues who are expert in the field have called for a moratorium on the roll out of 5G which promises to maximize our exposure to harmful wireless radiation...."(I added bolding and italics above for emphasis).
Conclusion: 5G has problems.
We're certainly not going to see the real thing from Apple in 2019. We may not see it in 2020. Considering the health implications, we may not ever see real 5G from anyone. Apple may well benefit from delaying their adoption of 5G technology.
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ADDENDUM
If you'd like to read and review the National Toxicology Program study of Cell Phone Radio Frequency Radiation, all the documentation is now available online here:
If you'd like to read and review the National Toxicology Program study of Cell Phone Radio Frequency Radiation, all the documentation is now available online here:
Cell Phone Radio Frequency Radiation
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Cell phones are currently used by 95% of American adults. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nominated radio frequency radiation (RFR) used by cell phones for an NTP study because of widespread public use of cell phones and limited knowledge about potential health effects from long-term exposure.
NTP STUDIES & FINDINGS
NTP conducted toxicology studies in rats and mice to help clarify potential health hazards, including cancer risk, from exposure to RFR like that used in 2G and 3G cell phones.
What did the studies find?
The NTP studies found that high exposure to RFR used by cell phones was associated with:
• Clear evidence of tumors in the hearts of male rats. The tumors were malignant schwannomas.
• Some evidence of tumors in the brains of male rats. The tumors were malignant gliomas.
• Some evidence of tumors in the adrenal glands of male rats. The tumors were benign, malignant, or complex combined pheochromocytoma.
For female rats, and male and female mice, it was unclear if tumors observed in the studies were associated with RFR used by cell phones. This is also known as equivocal evidence.
The final conclusions represent the consensus between NTP and a panel of external scientific experts who thoroughly reviewed the draft NTP technical reports at a public meeting in March 2018.
The results are based on NTP’s four categories of evidence that a substance may cause cancer: clear evidence (highest), some evidence, equivocal evidence, no evidence (lowest).
News Release, Thursday, November 1, 2018, 10:00 a.m. EDT
. . . High Exposure to Radio Frequency Radiation Associated With Cancer in Male RatsThese studies did not investigate the types of RFR used for Wi-Fi or 5G networks.
“5G is an emerging technology that hasn’t really been defined yet. From what we currently understand, it likely differs dramatically from what we studied,” said Wyde.
For future studies, NTP is building smaller RFR exposure chambers that will make it easier to evaluate newer telecommunications technologies in weeks or months, rather than years. These studies will focus on developing measurable physical indicators, or biomarkers, of potential effects from RFR. These may include changes in metrics like DNA damage in exposed tissues, which can be detected much sooner than cancer. . . .
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