The appetite for 6G looks much bigger in China and the US than it does in Europe
Don’t know about Europe but most people in North America are still on 4G even though new phones are 5G capable because the ISPs charge a huge premium for 5G plans. No one wants 6G here because no one wants to pay even more.
But hey, China is getting 6G BUT AT WHAT COST?? Probably a lot less than even the 4G plans over here.
it’s worse than that too: north american carriers are starting to restrict which device you can use to american friendly ones too; my redmi phone stopped working because they blacklisted it.
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Don’t know about Europe but most people in North America are still on 4G even though new phones are 5G capable because the ISPs charge a huge premium for 5G plans. No one wants 6G here because no one wants to pay even more.
But hey, China is getting 6G BUT AT WHAT COST?? Probably a lot less than even the 4G plans over here.
it’s worse than that too: north american carriers are starting to restrict which device you can use to american friendly ones too; my redmi phone stopped working because they blacklisted it.
Representative of whole Europe here, I’m paying 3 euros a month for the 5G upgrade.
I expect most use of 6G will be focused on stuff like robotics and IoT as opposed to phone networks.