5G-A mobile phones are coming! Unlock more new application scenarios

A 1GB HD video can be downloaded in the blink of an eye, and the phone can transcribe it into text in real time when you make a phone call. This is a new communication experience brought by the latest 5G-Advanced (hereinafter referred to as "5G-A") technology. Recently, the high-profile 5G-A was officially put into commercial use, marking a new era for the communications industry.

5G-A, as an upgraded version of 5G technology, not only has a significant improvement in transmission speed, but also achieves comprehensive optimization in application scenarios, network security, and energy efficiency. It is reported that the theoretical peak transmission speed of 5G-A technology can reach tens of Gbps, which is several times higher than that of traditional 5G technology, bringing users a smoother and more efficient communication experience.

Of course, the popularization of 5G-A is inseparable from the support of terminal equipment, and the 5G-A mobile phones of domestic mobile phone manufacturers are also on the way.

5G-A mobile phone is coming!

As with each generation of network upgrades, the communication features and capabilities of 5G-A require the update of mobile phone baseband chips, as well as RF chips.

It is understood that the Snapdragon X75 released by Qualcomm is the world's first 5G-A baseband chip, and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen3 processor integrates X75, which also means that mobile phones equipped with Snapdragon 8 Gen3 chips can theoretically be upgraded to support 5G-A.

Oppo and vivo have announced support for 5G-A technology, starting with the Oppo Find X7 Ultra and Vivo X100 Pro. At present, many users of Find X7 Ultra phones have been pushed to the ColorOS 14 update, which adds support for 5G-A network technology. The vivo X100 Pro will support the 5G-A network through OTA updates after April. Jiang Hairong, CMO of Honor China, revealed on Weibo that the Honor Magic6 series of mobile phones released in January this year have fully supported 5G-A mobile communication technology. In addition, Xiaomi also posted a photo of the Xiaomi 14 Ultra mobile phone speed test 5G-A network.

It is worth mentioning that the OPPO Find X7 series, Honor Magic6 series, and Xiaomi 14 Ultra are all equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen3 processor chips, while vivo X100 Pro is equipped with Dimensity 9300 chips.

In this regard, some industry insiders said that according to the definition of the standards organization 3GPP, theoretically 5G-A starts from the R18 version of the standard, but some chips currently on sale, although they do not support the R18 standard version, but have the ability to support downlink 10 Gigabit and uplink Gigabit through multi-carrier aggregation, and also meet the current requirements of operators for 5G-A.

Only 5G-A mobile phones cannot experience 5G-A network services, and users need to activate relevant services at the carrier. At present, China Mobile has announced the list of the first batch of 100 commercial cities for 5G-A networks, including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing and Guangzhou, and announced that it plans to expand to more than 300 cities across the country within the year.

In addition, in order to accelerate the popularization of 5G-A terminals, China Mobile plans to promote the launch of more than 20 5G-A terminals in the industry chain this year, develop more than 20 million 5G-A end users, and provide users with a higher speed, hierarchical and hierarchical experience, and provide a multi-dimensional billing model.

It's not just about making the internet faster, it's about creating new application scenarios

Compared with 5G, the most significant feature of 5G-A is that the transmission speed is faster, the latency is lower, and applications such as watching high-definition videos and online games are a bit "overkill" with 5G-A.

Cloud phones are undoubtedly one of the most distinctive services with the blessing of 5G-A. A cloud phone is simply a virtual phone in the cloud, and users can transfer applications on the mobile phone to the virtual phone on the cloud to run, sharing the computing power and storage pressure of the local mobile phone. Through digital capabilities such as cloud-network, security, and AI, the hardware resources of the mobile phone itself are released, and the mobile phone form of massive cloud applications can be loaded on demand.

The 5G-A technology is based on carrier aggregation enhancement and intelligent assurance, which can bring higher speed and lower latency, bringing a better experience to cloud phones.

It is understood that under the empowerment of 5G-A, the image quality of China Mobile's cloud mobile phone network can be increased from 1080P to 2K, with lower latency, which can not only make the game run with high image quality, but also reduce the delay of gamers in screen sharing, bringing a smoother user experience; When AI takes photos, it can complete rendering tasks more quickly and transmit content to users, greatly improving work efficiency and entertainment experience.

Based on 5G-A capabilities, 5G new calls will also open up a new call experience for us, in addition to high-definition video dialogue, people can also realize AI shorthand, intelligent translation and other functions in the process of calling, and even use AI to detect keywords to determine whether the other party is a scam call.

In addition, the millisecond-level latency of 5G-A can support real-time interactive experience, creating an "immersive" immersive experience, bringing cloud VR (virtual reality) live broadcast, VR dual 8K ultra-high-definition live broadcast, and digital intelligence competition into reality.

Whether users will replace 5G-A depends on the network coverage and the "killer" application. At present, 5G-A networks are still mainly deployed locally in key areas, and the industry expects that it will not be possible to achieve full coverage until 2026, when it is expected to usher in "killer" applications and promote its large-scale implementation.

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