Samsungs Galaxy S20 is a make or break moment for 5G

Samsung is about to launch the Galaxy S20, its newest flagship phone and — if past history is anything to go by — what will largely be the standard that the rest of 2020’s top phones is measured up against. Millions of people will buy the S20, which will almost certainly be one of the most popular phones sold in the United States this year.

But it’s also going to be the first real test for 5G networks in the US, one that could help establish the networking standard as the true next-generation technology that companies have spent years hyping it up to be — or it’ll shine a spotlight on the half-baked mess of competing standards, technologies, and strategies that current makes up the 5G market in America.

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