Huawei might be launching the first 5G smartphone by 2019 which was stated during the Mobile World Congress 2018. The launch may happen around October to December.
During the big event, Huawei presented the first commercial 5G chipset. The new chipset will be called Balong 5G01 and is expected to reach at 2.3 Gbps, the highest speed ever reached by a mobile chipset. It will also be available in two different bands for 5G which are the Sub6GHz and mmWave whereas the first one offers a low frequency and the latter, a high frequency. Along with these, Balong 5G01 can support two 5G modes: non-standalone, which relies on LTE, and standalone which is totally independent of LTE.
Creating the Balong 5G01 was also the reason why Huawei is planning to launch products related to object-based connections such as car boxes for self-driving cars and many devices in the smart home sector. According to various predictions, by the fourth quarter of 2019, Huawei should launch the first 5G-enabled phone.
