Xiaomi, Nokia, Vivo , Oppo and others to launch 5G smartphones based on Qualcomm by 2019

Qualcomm has announced a major partnership with smartphone companies such as Asus, LG, Sony Mobile, Xiaomi and ZTE among others. These companies will be using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X50 5G NR modem suite to launch 5G-enabled smartphones in 2019.

 “Qualcomm Technologies continues to be a mobile industry leader with its 5G mobile chipset products and 5G ecosystem collaborations in support of aiming to deliver commercial 5G NR mobile devices in 2019,” said Qualcomm

5G is the next big step in mobile network and Qualcomm has just made another big step forward.In addition, Qualcomm announced its first 5G smartphone reference design, which it will use to test 5G modems, radios, and networks with smartphone makers over the next year or as they prepare to release 5G-compatible smartphones in the first half of 2019.