https://www.cnet.com/news/no-5g-iphone-in-2019-verizon-ceo-isnt-worried/

"Samsung has been extremely strong in the last couple of years so we're going to have an iconic 5G phone in the first half of 2019," he said at the Business Insider Ignition conference in New York on Tuesday. 

Vestberg's comments are just the latest trickle of 5G hype to pour down on the mobile industry as the next-generation cellular technology is poised to make its commercial debut in the next few months. There's a race to get to 5G first, and while Vestberg claims Verizon will be first, AT&T is poised to launch its mobile 5G service in the next few weeks.