When Will We Really See 5G?

When Will We Really See 5G?

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When Will We Really See 5G?

You might be wondering whether you really need a faster phone. For a lot of people the answer is, no. The real payoff will be for businesses. You're just being asked to chip in.

By Howard Tullman , General managing partner, G2T3V and Chicago High Tech Investors@tullman

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Got your 5G phone? Didn't think so. It's easy to talk about the eventual arrival of future technologies, but really hard to say when we will see them. Every phone maker and telecom carrier is constantly claiming that the new world is right around the corner and just you wait - life'll be great. 

 The hype isn't likely to slow down any time soon even though it's frankly not that clear - even when 5G gets everywhere in a couple of years - that the typical mobile phone customer will notice a material difference in the day-to-day use of his or her device. Calls will be calls.  Crowds - if we ever have crowds again - will present somewhat less of a congestion issue and hopefully your battery will last a whole day. Not too much incremental bang for your new bucks. And, unless the phone companies have a change of