China Mobile officially confirmed: If you want to use 5G, you must change your mobile phone, but you don’t need to change your SIM card!

On April 24, the National Development and Reform Commission announced that in order to encourage the development of 5G technology, the government will give certain policy benefits, specifically: 5G mobile communication frequency occupation fees will be "reduced and exempted in the first three years, and gradually implemented in the next three years." This means that the cost of deploying 5G networks by the three major domestic operators will be greatly reduced, which is conducive to the full popularization of 5G networks and the reduction of traffic charges.

As we all know, 5G technology is currently in a period of rapid development. Some time ago, Chongqing Mobile just completed the first 5G network city pilot, and according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, my country is expected to officially commercialize 5G networks in 2020. In 2019, domestic manufacturers including Huawei OV will launch their first batch of smartphones supporting 5G technology. So, in the coming 5G era, what issues do we ordinary people need to pay attention to?

If you want to use 5G, you must change your phone first

Recently, China Mobile began to popularize the key points of 5G network to the public in advance. China Mobile said that since 5G uses a brand-new technical frequency, all smartphones on the market cannot support it. Therefore, if users want to experience 5G technology, they must update to a 5G phone.

However, in the 5G era, users can still continue to use 4G SIM cards and then access the 5G network through 5G mobile phones without changing SIM cards. At the same time, operators will also meet everyone's requirements and provide new SIM cards for 5G networks.

5G data charges are rising, and people may not be able to afford it

Although the three major domestic operators have implemented some people-friendly measures such as "speeding up and reducing fees" and "canceling data charges" at the request of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, data charges will not be reduced in the early stages of 5G, but will be higher. This is because even if the 5G data charges are lower than 4G, the total amount of data used by users will also increase simultaneously due to the increase in download speed, so the total cost will not decrease.

Therefore, experts believe that the first to try out 5G technology may not be ordinary people, but business people or technology fans who are willing to spend more money. In the future, as 5G is widely popularized and operators gradually improve their costs, ordinary people will be able to experience the 5G network.

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When is the best time to buy a 5G phone?

Faced with the overwhelming publicity of 5G technology, many people are wondering: "5G is coming soon, is it worth buying a new phone now?" or "When is the best time to buy a 5G phone?" In fact, there is no need to rush. For now, it will take a long time for 5G technology to truly reach you.

According to the news announced by mobile phone manufacturers, Huawei has confirmed that it will release its first 5G mobile phone in the third quarter of 2019, which means that the first batch of people who use 5G mobile phones will have to wait until 2019, close to 2020. However, the first experience and full popularization are completely different. The improvement and popularization of a new technology requires a process, which will take a long time to develop.

According to ABI Research, it may take more than five years for global operators to develop 100 million 5G users, which is two years longer than the original 4G network. Therefore, if ordinary users want to get a 5G mobile phone, it will take at least three to five years, so everyone should buy a new phone now, without worrying about any problems.

Finally, 5G technology is still far away from ordinary people, and data charges are also the most critical issue in the 5G era. If China Mobile insists on the "5 yuan 30M" package for a thousand years, then you should not use the 5G network, otherwise you may wake up and find that your house belongs to the operator.