The vivo X100 Pro phone was upgraded to support 5.5G mobile networks in April

IT Home reported on March 28 that Han Boxiao, product manager of vivo Communication Technology Co., Ltd., posted on Weibo today, saying that "after April, everyone will enter the 5.5G era", and the picture is showing the vivo X100 Pro mobile phone that is being measured.

IT Home noticed that the vivo X100 Pro mobile phone in the picture is showing the "5GA" logo at the status bar, and the current page of the mobile phone shows that the download speed reaches 3619.19Mbps and the upload speed reaches 160.75Mbps.

At present, the download speed of 5G mobile phones on the market is generally around 1000Mbps, which shows that the 5.5G communication technology has been further upgraded in terms of network speed and supports higher speeds.

vivo is expected to start a major version update in April, after which the vivo X100 Pro phone will support 5.5G mobile communication networks. In addition, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor integrates the X75 5G baseband, which theoretically supports 5.5G networks over OTA.

IT Home reported earlier today that Zhou Yibao, the head of the OPPO Find series products, announced: "Enter the 5.5G new mobile network era with everyone", and at the same time, in the screenshot of the mobile phone he posted, the status bar part shows the 5G-A logo. OPPO officials also posted on Weibo today, saying that the OPPO Find X7 series phones will be the first to support 5.5G mobile communications, and said that the network speed will be "up to 300%".

China Mobile held a 5G-A commercial launch event in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province today. At the meeting, China Mobile's 5G Advanced network (5.5G) was officially commercialized.

At present, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Fujian, Anhui, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Xinjiang, Tibet and other provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country have opened China Mobile 5G Advanced demonstration halls, and users can bring the Find X7 Ultra to the local business hall to experience the 5.5G network.

Gao Tongqing, Deputy General Manager of China Mobile, said, "Today, China Mobile and global industry partners officially released the commercial plan of 5G-A, further accelerating the construction of new information infrastructure, accelerating the construction of new information systems, and unleashing the infinite possibilities of 5G. ”

Gao Tongqing pointed out that in terms of network construction, China Mobile plans to work with supply chain manufacturers in 2024 to promote the application of 5G-A in more than 300 cities in China in accordance with the construction principle of "moderate advancement", and start the deployment of the world's largest international commercial network. In terms of the popularization of terminals, in 2024, China Mobile will work with terminal manufacturers and chip suppliers to comprehensively promote the industrial upgrading of terminals.

Note: 5G-A (5G-Advanced) is a partial upgrade of 5G network in terms of functions and coverage, 5G-A works in parallel with 5G, and 5G-A is responsible for supporting some application scenarios with higher requirements. 5G-A has achieved significant improvements in network speed, latency, and number of connections, and has introduced new revolutionary technologies such as integrated synaesthesia, passive IoT, and endogenous intelligence, which can better match scenarios such as human-to-human, IoT, vehicle-connected, high-end manufacturing, and sensing.