5G is coming. Each equipment supplier claims to be the first supplier to open a 5G service or sell 5G equipment. Many operators also claim to have opened 5G mobile phones and built 5G networks. Of course, in fact, 5G is still early, because the license has not yet landed.
What is the use of 5G for ordinary people? Many people are worried about whether we should wait to buy a mobile phone now. After all, if you start 5G early next year, buying a 4G mobile phone now is not equal to bad hands.
As the saying goes, the higher you climb, the more painful you fall. If 5G is blown to the sky, it will bring great disappointment to the people in the future. Therefore, we all see that with the approach of 5G, all parties, including operators, have begun to cool down their propaganda and tell the people to wait calmly.
I have to say that, to a large extent, 4G is used to change the "society", not to make users surf the Internet faster, play games more smoothly and watch videos more smoothly. Although there are also benefits in this regard, 5G is really aimed at all aspects of society, or at machines.
In the three scenarios of 5G, wider network coverage and lower delay are obviously more important. We can realize unmanned driving or remote surgical control with the help of 5G technology, and we can also give everything a "number" to realize identity authentication in the Internet of Things world, which is very ideal.
The ideal is always beautiful, but the reality is cruel. The realization of any ideal needs a process and more investment. It can't be done overnight, nor can it be unprofitable.
5G is about to start, but the popularity in the future may not be certain. For the sake of cost control, and because the investment may be huge, at least in China, 5G is likely to be the first time that operators have considered input and output since the beginning of the mobile era, and universal service may give way to economy. Not to mention the countryside, even small and medium-sized cities may have to wait for a while to enjoy their own 5G networks.
Some people in the society are always full of complaints about operators, wishing that operators would close down, or calling the network useless. However, if this is the case, there will be no network construction or even maintenance, and no one can get online, let alone increase the speed of the network.
Some people may fantasize about letting "private conscience enterprises" with amazing profits take over, such as Tencent, such as Alibaba, or Pinduoduo and JD.COM, but this idea is tantamount to a fantasy. Didi's things let us see clearly. If the services of internet companies do not involve people's livelihood, on the one hand, they can enjoy the applause of flowers, on the other hand, they can harvest wealth. But as long as they provide universal services to the society, and this kind of service also needs the security and stability at the bottom, then private Internet companies are definitely at a low level.
In the whole 4G era, Tencent has made a lot of money from games like the glory of the king, Alibaba has also benefited from the convenience of shopping, and Tik Tok Pinduoduo has also benefited from the booming traffic consumption brought by speeding up and reducing fees. However, if these companies enter the 5G era, they are actually not ready, and their income and profits will not benefit too much from 5G, let alone have enough capital to invest in network construction. It is said that a 5G base station has hundreds of thousands, and the whole country has millions. How many the glory of the king does Tencent have to operate to afford it?
In the early days of the arrival of 5G, the network speed may not be generally improved nationwide, which greatly limits the birth and promotion of new applications, resulting in that the 5G era will still be supported by applications in the 4G era for a long time. At this time, the experience of 5G mobile phones is actually not much different from that of 4G mobile phones.
4G, China telecom operators are aggressive in the trenches, aiming to hold their ground and seize the forefront. 5G, domestic telecom operators will shout loudly, but it will be very practical. In many places, it is normal to shout without charge. Where are people? As in the past, there has been little change. As for unmanned driving or comprehensive intelligence, it is still in the dream.