Recommendation: In the early morning of August 5, 2019, the 5G communication field ushered in an epoch-making moment - the first domestic 5G mobile phone ZTE Tianji Axon 10 Pro 5G version, opened the first sale on the Jingdong platform. After that, major domestic mobile phone manufacturers have followed up, and the mainland 5G mobile phone industry has developed rapidly.
So, what is the sales situation of mainland 5G mobile phones in China in recent years?
According to the statistics of relevant agencies, the shipments in 2019 were 13.77 million units, the shipments in 2020 were 163 million units, and the shipments of 5G mobile phones in 2021 reached 266 million units, an increase of 63.5% year-on-year, far higher than the global average of 40.7%.
However, by this year, from January to July 2022, the overall shipment of mobile phones in the domestic market totaled 156 million units, down 23.0% year-on-year. Among them, 5G mobile phone shipments were 124 million units, down 17.7% year-on-year.
In fact, not only the shipment of 5G mobile phones has declined, when users use 5G mobile phones, we find that many people have actively chosen to turn off 5G functions.
As we all know, the emergence of 5G is welcomed by users, mainly because it is much faster than 3G and 4G Internet speed, and the network is fast will naturally greatly enhance the user's experience, which is why many people choose to change 5G mobile phones.
But in fact, while 5G mobile phones have many advantages, there are also some shortcomings that are difficult to solve, which has led many people to prefer to turn off 5G functions.
The first reason: 5G functions consume electricity faster than 4G.
After turning on the five-G function, I believe that everyone found that the mobile phone battery has become indurable, which is mainly because the 5G function is relatively power-consuming. According to relevant estimates, 5G power consumption is about 10%-15% higher than 4G, which will definitely have an impact on us consumers.
From the indication, it seems that compared with 4G mobile phones, neither weight nor volume has changed much, but with the improvement of chip manufacturing process, the internal structure of 5G mobile phones is very different from 4G.
According to industry insiders, "5G terminal equipment uses Massive MIMO (large-scale multiple-in, multiple-out) antenna technology, which requires at least 8 antennas built into the mobile phone, and each antenna has its own power amplifier, which will produce a relatively large power consumption."
To use simple words to describe the summary: the more work you do, the more physical energy is consumed, which is the same as the operation of the human body.
The second reason: 5G packages are more expensive.
I don't know if you have found that although 5G mobile phones have improved the user's Internet speed, the traffic used at the same time is also like flowing water, and dozens of gigabytes of traffic have become simply insufficient in the 5G era.
Through understanding, we found that the 5G packages of the three major operators are now above 100 yuan, and 30G traffic is not friendly to users.
After all, the price of 4G will be much cheaper in comparison, and the network speed is not as bad as imagined, and many people think that there is no need to go and get along with money.
In this regard, we believe that if several major operators can provide more affordable 5G data packages in the future, they can effectively promote the rapid development of the 5G industry, otherwise the development will be slow.
The third reason: 5G signals are not everywhere.
At present, 5G mobile phones cannot receive 5G signals in many villages and towns, that is to say, 5G signals have not yet been fully popularized. So, how long does it take to want 5G phones to have full coverage like 4G?
According to industry insiders, it will take about 4 to 6 years before the full 5G network coverage in the mainland.
Mainly because the construction cost of 5G network is very high, and the scale is 2 to 3 times larger than 4G. Today, the total number of base stations in our 4G network is 5.86 million, if 5G to achieve the level of network coverage of 4G networks, about 10 million base stations are needed, and the construction cost of these base stations needs at least 2 trillion yuan, and it takes several years to build, investing a lot of manpower and material resources.
In summary, the reason why 5G functions have not been unanimously recognized by everyone today is mainly because 5G functions are too power-consuming, the cost of using 5G packages is high, and 5G signals have not fully covered most of the domestic areas.
I don't know if you are optimistic about the future development of the mainland 5G field?