5G base stations have been opened in six cities, which are 20 times faster than 4G!

China Telecom took the lead in announcing that it has launched 5G pilots in six cities: Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Suzhou, Lanzhou and Xiong'an. Compared with the 4G network speed that everyone is using now, 5G has increased the speed by 20 times (peak speed).

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At the same time, China Telecom also revealed that 2018 will be the first year for the full commercial use of 5G. China Mobile and China Unicom are obviously not as active as China Telecom in 5G construction. It seems that China Telecom is trying to seize the opportunity of 5G to overtake.

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On the other hand, today Xiaomi founder Lei Jun attended the Qualcomm Snapdragon Technology Summit and made a clear statement on the spot: "Xiaomi will be the first manufacturer to release 5G mobile phones." Not long ago, Huawei's rotating CEO Xu Zhijun also stated that Huawei is developing Kirin chips that support 5G and will launch 5G mobile phones as soon as possible.

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As for the user experience of 5G, it can only be described as extraordinary speed. Many people will think it is a bit wasteful, and 4G is completely sufficient. But think about it from another perspective. The future is the era of big data, cloud storage will definitely become the mainstream, and 5G is the "bridge" to realize cloud storage.

Imagine that when the 5G era arrives, with the operator's "maximum traffic" package, your mobile phone data (pictures, videos and even games) can be stored in the cloud server, and can be accessed at any time with the help of 5G's "abnormal speed", just as convenient as storing it in the mobile phone's flash memory. By then, a 16GB capacity mobile phone will be enough.