No OnePlus 5G phone for Verizon in the first half of 2019

No OnePlus 5G phone for Verizon in the first half of 2019

5 years ago
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https://www.cnet.com/news/no-5g-oneplus-5g-phone-for-verizon-in-the-first-half-0f-2019/

"We're not against having discussions with other carriers in looking toward the future with what's possible," Lau said, through an interpreter. "We're open and welcoming."

But there's a more practical reason for OnePlus to hold off a Verizon 5G partnership right now. Its first 5G phone, which will use Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 chipset, won't support mmWave (millimeter wave), a band of the highest-speed 5G wireless spectrum that Verizon's 5G network will use. Instead, Lau said that the phone will operate on lower frequency sub-6 spectrum, which has a smaller internal antenna and is easier to deploy.