Since last year, 5.5G networks have begun to appear in people's field of vision, of course, thanks to Huawei's vigorous promotion. The so-called 5.5G technology is between the existing 5G and the future 6G network, which is expected to increase the downlink and uplink transmission rates by 10 times compared to 5G, and the access rate will reach 10Gbps (10 Gigabits per second, which translates to a download rate of 1.25 Gigabits per second)
It is enough to ensure glasses-free 3D, cloud gaming, high-definition live broadcast, remote interconnection, real-time call translation, enhanced AR/VR, digital human AI and other advanced functions. However, many people have questioned whether they can only buy a new phone if they want to enjoy the 5.5G network?
According to Xiaozhi's personal understanding, 5.5G is also 5G-A, which belongs to the 3GPP R18 5G standard. If you look at this standard, you need Qualcomm Snapdragon X75 and above baseband to support the R18 standard in hardware, at present, only the Snapdragon 8 Gen3 processor model supports, and as long as the manufacturer updates the baseband firmware provided by Qualcomm, you can enjoy 10 times the 5.5G network of 5G
According to this standard, Huawei's mobile phones that have vigorously promoted 5.5G technology are not supported, because its self-developed Barong 5G baseband belongs to the R15 standard, and all of Apple's 5G iPhones, including iPhone14 and iPhone15 series, do not support 5.5G networks
However, Huawei's base station and operator services have perfect 5.5G technology, so don't worry too much, I believe that this year's Huawei Mate70 series will definitely support 5.5G network, and the upcoming Huawei P70 series support still needs follow-up observation. On Apple's side, this year's iPhone 16 series will definitely support it, because it uses Qualcomm's latest 5G baseband
However, what makes Xiaozhi more strange is that theoretically, the baseband of Dimensity 9300 only supports R16, which should not support 5.5G, but today OPPO officially announced that its Find X7 series will become the first batch of mobile phones to upgrade 5.5G, and the standard version of OPPO Find X7 is the Dimensity 9300 chip
And vivo also officially announced that its own X100 Pro is also the first batch of mobile phones to upgrade5.5G,So farOPPO and vivo have taken the lead in launching5.5G mobile phones,It can be said that it has preempted the highest call before,It is considered to be the most promising debut5.5G mobile phone Huawei。 It is believed that Xiaomi and other manufacturers will also upgrade their Snapdragon 8 Gen3 mobile phones in time to make them 5.5G mobile phones.