Archive for December 2017

You’ll see slightly faster load times when watching videos and downloading apps, but the day-to-day experience hasn’t changed. Photograph: T-Mobile Daniel Craig flew high into the sky atop his motorbike as I watched the trailer for No Time to Die on my phone’s screen. The YouTube stream never stalled, and when I scrubbed back through…

The Snapdragon 865 and 765 chips show Qualcomm’s ambition to blanket the earth in 5G-capable handsets. Photograph: Qualcomm Qualcomm revealed the newest iterations of its Snapdragon mobile processors this week. The chipmaker announced not just one but two new chipsets: one that will power some of the highest-end smartphones to be released in 2020, and…

Verizon said it will introduce 5G wireless service in selected areas in Chicago and Minneapolis on April 11, for an additional $10 a month. Hans Vestberg, CEO of Verizon, which announced its first 5G offerings for mobile phones on Wednesday.David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images 5G is coming, and with it a massive boost in bandwidth that…