Normally for me, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) provides the fodder what I think is a game-changer in technology. Not this year, well it did, but it didn’t. The change I see coming is the reality of 5g. With reduced network latency, and now some users in Chicago, Minneapolis and other Verizon cities are getting 1.3 gigabytes to the phone or better (in the best sense of disclosure I do work for Verizon). What this means in the short run is not much. The reality of the 5g rolling out is that today, things are more focused on smaller pockets. 5g presents a lot more data in as I mentioned a lower latency. The industries that this is going to impact are many.
Driverless cars, remote robotic surgery, faster analytics and data processing, and beyond that I could keep going. 4k UltraHD TV can be streamed. It makes applications respond faster. It empowers more and more capabilities. The problem is the reality of what is the network and what is the device. We can cram an infinite amount of data down a pipe, but in the end, of the device can’t keep up things don’t work. That’s why Apple and Samsung have focused on building up their onboard cell phone processor. 32-bit processors cannot address more than four gigs of onboard memory. They can address infinite storage, just only the four gigs of RAM. As we move to 5g, you could be looking at buffering more than 1.3 megabytes per second.
In 5g you would fill your memory in 5 to 6 seconds. Most shows do not buffer 5 seconds. They look to buffer 10-20 seconds for a better viewing experience. With 5g that is easily done, but you will create problems for live streaming of 4k Ultra HD events — with lower latency and greater reliance on the capabilities of the remote device, being able to have enough memory on that device becomes critical. Samsung and Motorola have 5g Capable handsets today. Apple maybe this year, (2020) or next year for the iPhone/iPad cellular improvement to 5g. The remainder of the major phone makers has already announced their intent to have 2020 be the year of 5g handsets.
It is a great new technology that will change the world, once it rolls out!
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Do you have a smart phone today?
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Do you watch TV, Netflix or video (youtube) on your phone today?
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Does the term latency confuse you?
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Another step towards changing the world, just incredible!!! Looking forward to 5g era, so exciting!!!
i really agree, I think there is so much more that will come once we get 5g
Very interesting post. Thank you explaining so that we can easily understand.
You are most welcome, thanks for the kind words!
Q: Do you have a smart phone today?
Yes (9 votes) – 64%
No (5 votes) – 36%
Q: Do you watch TV, Netflix or video (youtube) on your phone today?
Yes (4 votes) – 31%
No (9 votes) – 69%
Q: Does the term latency confuse you?
Yes (7 votes) – 50%
No (7 votes) – 50%
Thanks for voting folks! Helpful information!!!
latency, lag, dropped packets, timeouts…
all value propositions! The future faster 🙂
speed will address all of these but dropped packets. but it doesn’t matter how fast your connection is if your QoS sucks…
QoS goes back to my argument about the DevOps reality. It isn’t DevOps. It isn’t DevSecOps, It is DevNetSecOps working together in a unified fashion.
The developer understanding why some things don’t work!
I expect that is too much to ask of some developers, but you’re not wrong
This upgrade means that we should throw our sim cards away and buy new ones You know I hate upgrades.
I have a dongle connected to my desk top pc. Yes you heard it right a desk top pc not even a lap top. I have a mobile that only does voice and sms. Ofcourse I have a nice camera. And with this limited gadget collection you can see my performance here.
actually your sim card doesn’t move. 5g is more focused on the new esim system. You need the sim for LTE (4g) connection.
PC with dongle, actually fits with 5g.
You are ready for tomorrow!
One more thing I only have a 3G connection and not a single App ?
I suspect over time the network around you will improve!
You are misunderstanding me. Everything that is there at your end is available here but it is my choice not to go for upgrades because I am doing as well as anyone who are loaded with Apps, Whatsapp and what have you.
I understand. 🙂 But I understood.
things may change.
It is more about what you need. Not what is available. That is always the case with technology!
I might be addicted to youtube.
🙂 There are two technical and two cooking channels I watch every day!!!
🙂
What are the cooking channels you watch?
For some things I like yesterday I could not exist without a PC but I have a regular flip phone and if I had a home phone line I would get myself a rotary dial phone.
Ah, the end device won’t matter in the future – you’ll still be able to take advantage of the new tech.
Think of it as a highway.
If you could take all the trucks and have them above the cars it would reduce the traffic for the cars right?
What if I could also move the cars to two levels? then you have three levels of vechiles in the space where there was one. Lots more cars moving a lot faster!
I use the smartphone only for calls and messages and occasionally the Internet. For my eyes, the phones are a bit too small to watch the movie
I understand that – i get frustrated at times with the small screen
I read exactly and detailly, I did not understand much … it’s too much for my brain, dear friend
5g is just bigger, better and faster!
It is like your favorite soccer player is now 11 feet tall!!! Also much stronger, much faster and can kick 10 times harder!
Thank you very much for the explanation, dear friend … I understand this much better for what it is … it is easier for me
Happy to help, although I have to say an 11 foot soccer player would be unique. Just the distance you can over with 6 foot legs!
I would be really interested in such a player … … and thank you once again for the simple explanation, dear friend
It would be an impressive game with a player like that
I totally agree with you, dear friend
Latency confused me a little. I’m hoping the technology of riderless cars doesn’t catch on. All it takes is one misplaced wire or one little computer part out of whack…Interesting article. I was just getting used to 4g technology.
i understand that completely!
I am not moving as fast as technology advancements. I do have an iPhone but I never stream. I watch movies and videos on my television.
i have a box in my house (I know shocking) that tells me who is using the most bandwidth. Sometimes, it is my wife (doing charting). Sometimes it is me. mostly it is the twins!!!!
Oh well, I hope everyone has fun. We really need more TV since right now we have only like 100 channels of nothing available. You are right though that we’ll have it whether we want it or not. We can have 5G but we don’t seem to be able to live with each other or our planet – the latency that confuses me is our inability to avoid the necessity of dropping bombs on each other and decimating life general for our amusement I guess.
it is an interesting question then is it not, if all information produced is useless why are we trying so hard to speed up its delivery?
I meant to say “… decimating life IN general …” So, can I edit that comment or something? …… I was unaware that all information is useless. But, I suppose we are trying so hard so that Goo-goo, Netflix, etc … can become broadcasters, self driving cars, … stuff like that I guess. To make “phones” even more expensive? That might be a reason. ….. Cable TV was great – I just don’t know if we used it so well. More stuff isn’t always better as it depends on the stuff.
wait you have the power to edit your comments ;-0
I always wondered about the impact of cable. I remember when we first got Dish network. we went from 30 channels on Cable to 200. it however didn’t make the experience better.
All of it confuses me. I use my phone to make phone calls.
with 5g you can still use your phone to make calls!
I see so many doomsday scenarios related to the 5g networks. There are many conspiracy theories about the health effects of 5g.
I love those!!!!!
It gives me a chance to trot out my all-time favorites:
“human beings can never travel above 30 miles per hour. They will die.”
Said before the first fast train in the UK, the train went 35 MPH, everyone was fine!
“human beings will not be able to descend below 10,000 feet in the ocean our bodies would be crushed even in a submarine.”
Said before descent to 24,-000 plus feet into the ocean
there are so many more!
The reality is the Microwaves that 5g uses, have been around for more than 30 years. So, well….
Just today someone posted some fake article to facebook stating the 5g network will fry our brains haha
i watch those and laugh.
The reality is Microwaves have been moving throughout our environment for more than 50 years.
I always carry my smart phone with myself
That is the reality of the modern world, isn’t it.