On Friday, Samsung Electronics released the Galaxy S10 5G; the world’s first available smartphone with built-in fifth-generation communications, as South Korea seeks to build a lead in the transformative technology.
On Wednesday, South Korea became the first country to launch nationwide 5G services; with three super fast networks going live. And these networks offer data speeds that allow users to download entire movies in less than a second.
Hours later US giant Verizon began commercial services in Chicago and Minneapolis; after rival AT&T made a 5G-based system available to selected users in parts of 12 cities in December.
South Korea’s three mobile carriers SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus, held launch events across Seoul for the Galaxy S10 5G; whose base version costs 1.39 million won ($1,200), which is about 432K naira.
When asked, customers were mostly excited about the speed that 5G smartphone offers. The fact that movies, school materials or any other kind of internet resource can be available in seconds.
