To add intrigue to mystery, Huawei just confirmed that its first foldable handset will also be its first 5G phone. Huawei earlier this year said that it wants to launch the world's first foldable smartphone, putting pressure on Samsung. Then Huawei teased its own foldable handset at IFA 2018 a few weeks ago, suggesting that a device with a foldable screen could replace computers. "In our first [5G] smartphone we're going to introduce a foldable screen," Hu said, according to Telecoms. We have no idea whether Samsung's first foldable phone will have 5G support, but Samsung did say the Galaxy S10, due in early 2019, won't be its first 5G phone.
Ericsson makes first 5G call to smartphone
Ericsson has announced the first 3GPP-compliant 5G New Radio (5G NR) millimetre-wave (mmWave) over-the-air call using a smartphone form-factor mobile device in partnership with Qualcomm. The Ericsson Spectrum Sharing software will support 4G and 5G simultaneously through the same band when using any Ericsson Radio System since 2015 via a remote software installation, the company said. All three 5G solutions will launch commercially in the second half of 2019, and follow Ericsson unveiling a complete commercial 5G software set across radio and core networks in February. Ericsson had raised $370 million in December to support its 5G, mobile, and Internet of Things (IoT) R&D activities. In the past week, Ericsson also announced a 5G partnership with Juniper Networks, an IoT partnership with Sprint, the acquisition of US service assurance technology company Cenx, and the completion of a 5G call with Swisscom in Switzerland.
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