The Huge Unanswered Question About Samsung's Galaxy Note 10 - PCMag UK " /> Skip to main content PCMag UK By Sascha Segan 2 Aug 2019, 3:36 p.m. Leaks have provided basic details on the Note 10's specs, but we don't which carriers are getting the 5G variant, and what kinds of 5G that variant will support. This is important because the Note 10 could be the first 5G phone to actually cover entire US metro areas. We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo by Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Almost everything has leaked about next week's Samsung Galaxy Note 10, except for one huge thing: what's going on with the Note 10 and 5G? Our Galaxy Note 10 rumor roundup has most of the leaked specs for the Galaxy Note 10 and 10+. What it doesn't have is which carriers are getting the 5G variant, and what kinds of 5G that variant will support. This is critically important because the Note 10 could be the first 5G phone with the tech to actually cover entire US metro areas. All of the 5G phones in the US right now are desperately incomplete. None of them support the variant of 5G that US carriers will be using to cover broad areas. It's called low-band FDD 5G, often with a frisson of DSS, or dynamic spectrum sharing. Low-band FDD lets US carriers reuse entire old 4G frequency bands for 5G, like T-Mobile intends to do with 600MHz. DSS lets carriers more easily split a single band between 4G and 5G, which AT&T and Verizon have said they will do. Without low-band, T-Mobile can't provide its "5G for all." T-Mobile has said previously it would launch low-band 5G and a phone to go with it by the end of 2019. AT&T and Verizon have both committed to low-band 5G next year, and AT&T has said, several times, it will have a low-band 5G phone from Samsung this year. A low-band 5G phone for a US carrier has to be a bit of a custom job, because it's going to match two Qualcomm parts that don't go together by default—the existing 855 processor and the X55 modem, which isn't available in any device yet. They're not incompatible, but a pairing like that hasn't been done before. Champion leaker Evan Blass, whose sources are generally pretty good, has asserted that only Verizon will get a variant of the Note 10+ 5G with a Qualcomm processor. It's very unlikely that a phone would pair the new Qualcomm X55 modem with a non-Qualcomm processor—that's more difficult to integrate—although, I guess, anything's possible. The last time I can remember Samsung pairing its own Exynos processor with a Qualcomm modem was years ago, in the Verizon and Sprint Galaxy S6 models. So it can be done. But Qualcomm has strongly implied to me, numerous times, that its 5G modems will only work with Qualcomm's chipsets. Were they blowing smoke at me? Maybe. This could all mean that only Verizon will get a 5G Galaxy Note 10, leaving AT&T and T-Mobile (and Sprint, but Sprint isn't using low-band, and probably intends to use T-Mobile variants in the future anyway) totally out of the picture. What About T-Mobile? T-Mobile, at least, has an out. It didn't say it would have a Samsung low-band phone. There could be an unreleased LG V-series in the wings, for example. LG could make a phone which would handle all of T-Mobile's bands. That would be a bit of a coup for LG. Notice that T-Mobile, unlike Sprint and Verizon, didn't pick up the LG V50 5G; maybe it has a V55 coming? T-Mobile also has a relationship with OnePlus, which makes 5G phones for Europe, but there's another twist there. T-Mobile has a hybrid millimeter-wave and low-band network, and OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has said he doesn't want to make millimeter-wave phones because they're expensive and a pain. (They are.) But if the company sold a low-band OnePlus phone without millimeter wave, it would be in the insane position of selling a Samsung Galaxy S10 5G which handles its fast network but not its broad one, and a second phone which handles its broad one but not its fast one. That's a headache. Better to have a phone which handles everything. What About AT&T? In January, AT&T publicly promised a Samsung 5G phone that would handle both millimeter wave and low-band by the end of the year. If it isn't the Note ... what the heck is it? I guess the company could order up another revision of the Galaxy S10 5G, but then they'd have some customers with low-band and some without; good luck communicating that. Or AT&T could get a custom job, something like a Samsung A70 with 5G thrown in ... but AT&T is currently targeting 5G to high-end business and government customers, and those are exactly the folks who like and want the Note. A low-band 5G Galaxy Note 10 fits AT&T's strategy and it fits for timing. But who knows: maybe AT&T is getting an upcoming Samsung 5G phone that absolutely no one has heard of and has never leaked. Or maybe it'll welsh on its promise. The Insane Confusion of American 5G All of this just goes to what a boiling hot mess 5G is in the US right now—dueling carriers, multiple bands, no maps, and contradictory service plans. (For example: Verizon's 5G phone plan offers unlimited hotspot usage, but its hotspot plan is capped at 50GB.) I study it all day and I don't even understand some of it. In Europe, things seem to make a lot more sense. Carriers are launching sensible mid-band 5G, all on pretty much the same frequencies, with affordable service plans and easy-to-read coverage maps. So hang on, because this roller coaster isn't going to get less bumpy any time soon. I have no answers, but I'll be looking for some at Samsung's Note 10 Unpacked event on Wednesday, Aug. 7. Next Article More Inside PCMag.com About the Author PCMag.com's lead mobile analyst, Sascha Segan, has reviewed hundreds of smartphones, tablets and other gadgets in more than 9 years with PCMag. He's the head of our Fastest Mobile Networks project, one of the hosts of the daily PCMag Live Web show and speaks frequently in mass media on cell-phone-related issues. His commentary has appeared on ABC, the BBC, the CBC, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, and in newspapers from San Antonio, Texas to Edmonton, Alberta. Segan is also a multiple award-winning travel writer, having contributed to the Frommer's series of travel guides and Web sites for more than a decade. Other than his home town of New York, his favorite ... See Full Bio Please enable JavaScript to view the comments. Ad Our Galaxy Note 10 rumor roundup has most of the leaked specs for the Galaxy Note 10 and 10+. What it doesn't have is which carriers are getting the 5G variant, and what kinds of 5G that variant will support. This is critically important because the Note 10 could be the first 5G phone with the tech to actually cover entire US metro areas.\nAll of the 5G phones in the US right now are desperately incomplete. None of them support the variant of 5G that US carriers will be using to cover broad areas. It's called low-band FDD 5G, often with a frisson of DSS, or dynamic spectrum sharing.\nLow-band FDD lets US carriers reuse entire old 4G frequency bands for 5G, like T-Mobile intends to do with 600MHz. DSS lets carriers more easily split a single band between 4G and 5G, which AT&T and Verizon have said they will do.\nWithout low-band, T-Mobile can't provide its \"5G for all.\" T-Mobile has said previously it would launch low-band 5G and a phone to go with it by the end of 2019. AT&T and Verizon have both committed to low-band 5G next year, and AT&T has said, several times, it will have a low-band 5G phone from Samsung this year.\nA low-band 5G phone for a US carrier has to be a bit of a custom job, because it's going to match two Qualcomm parts that don't go together by default\u2014the existing 855 processor and the X55 modem, which isn't available in any device yet. They're not incompatible, but a pairing like that hasn't been done before.\nChampion leaker Evan Blass, whose sources are generally pretty good, has asserted that only Verizon will get a variant of the Note 10+ 5G with a Qualcomm processor. It's very unlikely that a phone would pair the new Qualcomm X55 modem with a non-Qualcomm processor\u2014that's more difficult to integrate\u2014although, I guess, anything's possible.\nThe last time I can remember Samsung pairing its own Exynos processor with a Qualcomm modem was years ago, in the Verizon and Sprint Galaxy S6 models. So it can be done. But Qualcomm has strongly implied to me, numerous times, that its 5G modems will only work with Qualcomm's chipsets. Were they blowing smoke at me? Maybe.\nThis could all mean that only Verizon will get a 5G Galaxy Note 10, leaving AT&T and T-Mobile (and Sprint, but Sprint isn't using low-band, and probably intends to use T-Mobile variants in the future anyway) totally out of the picture.\nWhat About T-Mobile?\nT-Mobile, at least, has an out. It didn't say it would have a Samsung low-band phone. There could be an unreleased LG V-series in the wings, for example. LG could make a phone which would handle all of T-Mobile's bands. That would be a bit of a coup for LG. Notice that T-Mobile, unlike Sprint and Verizon, didn't pick up the LG V50 5G; maybe it has a V55 coming?\nT-Mobile also has a relationship with OnePlus, which makes 5G phones for Europe, but there's another twist there. T-Mobile has a hybrid millimeter-wave and low-band network, and OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has said he doesn't want to make millimeter-wave phones because they're expensive and a pain. (They are.)\nBut if the company sold a low-band OnePlus phone without millimeter wave, it would be in the insane position of selling a Samsung Galaxy S10 5G which handles its fast network but not its broad one, and a second phone which handles its broad one but not its fast one. That's a headache. Better to have a phone which handles everything.\nWhat About AT&T?\nIn January, AT&T publicly promised a Samsung 5G phone that would handle both millimeter wave and low-band by the end of the year. If it isn't the Note ... what the heck is it?\nI guess the company could order up another revision of the Galaxy S10 5G, but then they'd have some customers with low-band and some without; good luck communicating that.\nOr AT&T could get a custom job, something like a Samsung A70 with 5G thrown in ... but AT&T is currently targeting 5G to high-end business and government customers, and those are exactly the folks who like and want the Note.\nA low-band 5G Galaxy Note 10 fits AT&T's strategy and it fits for timing. But who knows: maybe AT&T is getting an upcoming Samsung 5G phone that absolutely no one has heard of and has never leaked. Or maybe it'll welsh on its promise.\nThe Insane Confusion of American 5G\nAll of this just goes to what a boiling hot mess 5G is in the US right now\u2014dueling carriers, multiple bands, no maps, and contradictory service plans. (For example: Verizon's 5G phone plan offers unlimited hotspot usage, but its hotspot plan is capped at 50GB.) I study it all day and I don't even understand some of it.\n\nIn Europe, things seem to make a lot more sense. Carriers are launching sensible mid-band 5G, all on pretty much the same frequencies, with affordable service plans and easy-to-read coverage maps.\nSo hang on, because this roller coaster isn't going to get less bumpy any time soon. I have no answers, but I'll be looking for some at Samsung's Note 10 Unpacked event on Wednesday, Aug. 7.\n\n", "image": [{"url": "https://sm.pcmag.com/pcmag_uk/news/t/the-huge-u/the-huge-unanswered-question-about-samsungs-galaxy-note-10_ry1d.jpg", "width": 1920, "caption": "The Huge Unanswered Question About Samsung's Galaxy Note 10", "@type": "ImageObject", "height": 1080}], "datePublished": "2019-08-02 14:36:00+00:00", "publisher": {"url": "https://uk.pcmag.com", "logo": {"url": "('https://uk.pcmag.com/s/',)pcmag/pcmag_logo_micro.png", "width": 245, "@type": "ImageObject", "height": 60}, "@type": "Organization", "name": "PCMag UK"}, "about": "", "author": {"jobTitle": "Lead Analyst, Mobile", "description": "PCMag.com's lead mobile analyst, Sascha Segan, has reviewed hundreds of smartphones, tablets and other gadgets in more than 9 years with PCMag. He's the head of our Fastest Mobile Networks project, one of the hosts of the daily PCMag Live Web show and speaks frequently in mass media on cell-phone-related issues. His commentary has appeared on ABC, the BBC, the CBC, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, and in newspapers from San Antonio, Texas to Edmonton, Alberta.\n \nSegan is also a multiple award-winning travel writer, having contributed to the Frommer's series of travel guides and Web sites for more than a decade. Other than his home town of New York, his favorite cities are Barcelona and Hong Kong. While he's a fourth-generation Manhattanite, he now lives in Queens with his wife and daughter.", "@type": "Person", "image": "https://assets.pcmag.com/media/images/248865-sascha-segan.jpg?thumb=y&width=85&height=85", "name": "Sascha Segan"}, "headline": "The Huge Unanswered Question About Samsung's Galaxy Note 10", "@type": "NewsArticle", "mainEntityOfPage": {"@id": "https://uk.pcmag.com/news/121943/the-huge-unanswered-question-about-samsungs-galaxy-note-10", "@type": "WebPage"}, "@context": "https://schema.org", "dateModified": "2019-08-02 14:49:22+00:00"} The Huge Unanswered Question About Samsung's Galaxy Note 10 - PCMag UK " /> Skip to main content PCMag UK By Sascha Segan 2 Aug 2019, 3:36 p.m. Leaks have provided basic details on the Note 10's specs, but we don't which carriers are getting the 5G variant, and what kinds of 5G that variant will support. This is important because the Note 10 could be the first 5G phone to actually cover entire US metro areas. We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo by Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Almost everything has leaked about next week's Samsung Galaxy Note 10, except for one huge thing: what's going on with the Note 10 and 5G? Our Galaxy Note 10 rumor roundup has most of the leaked specs for the Galaxy Note 10 and 10+. What it doesn't have is which carriers are getting the 5G variant, and what kinds of 5G that variant will support. This is critically important because the Note 10 could be the first 5G phone with the tech to actually cover entire US metro areas. All of the 5G phones in the US right now are desperately incomplete. None of them support the variant of 5G that US carriers will be using to cover broad areas. It's called low-band FDD 5G, often with a frisson of DSS, or dynamic spectrum sharing. Low-band FDD lets US carriers reuse entire old 4G frequency bands for 5G, like T-Mobile intends to do with 600MHz. DSS lets carriers more easily split a single band between 4G and 5G, which AT&T and Verizon have said they will do. Without low-band, T-Mobile can't provide its "5G for all." T-Mobile has said previously it would launch low-band 5G and a phone to go with it by the end of 2019. AT&T and Verizon have both committed to low-band 5G next year, and AT&T has said, several times, it will have a low-band 5G phone from Samsung this year. A low-band 5G phone for a US carrier has to be a bit of a custom job, because it's going to match two Qualcomm parts that don't go together by default—the existing 855 processor and the X55 modem, which isn't available in any device yet. They're not incompatible, but a pairing like that hasn't been done before. Champion leaker Evan Blass, whose sources are generally pretty good, has asserted that only Verizon will get a variant of the Note 10+ 5G with a Qualcomm processor. It's very unlikely that a phone would pair the new Qualcomm X55 modem with a non-Qualcomm processor—that's more difficult to integrate—although, I guess, anything's possible. The last time I can remember Samsung pairing its own Exynos processor with a Qualcomm modem was years ago, in the Verizon and Sprint Galaxy S6 models. So it can be done. But Qualcomm has strongly implied to me, numerous times, that its 5G modems will only work with Qualcomm's chipsets. Were they blowing smoke at me? Maybe. This could all mean that only Verizon will get a 5G Galaxy Note 10, leaving AT&T and T-Mobile (and Sprint, but Sprint isn't using low-band, and probably intends to use T-Mobile variants in the future anyway) totally out of the picture. What About T-Mobile? T-Mobile, at least, has an out. It didn't say it would have a Samsung low-band phone. There could be an unreleased LG V-series in the wings, for example. LG could make a phone which would handle all of T-Mobile's bands. That would be a bit of a coup for LG. Notice that T-Mobile, unlike Sprint and Verizon, didn't pick up the LG V50 5G; maybe it has a V55 coming? T-Mobile also has a relationship with OnePlus, which makes 5G phones for Europe, but there's another twist there. T-Mobile has a hybrid millimeter-wave and low-band network, and OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has said he doesn't want to make millimeter-wave phones because they're expensive and a pain. (They are.) But if the company sold a low-band OnePlus phone without millimeter wave, it would be in the insane position of selling a Samsung Galaxy S10 5G which handles its fast network but not its broad one, and a second phone which handles its broad one but not its fast one. That's a headache. Better to have a phone which handles everything. What About AT&T? In January, AT&T publicly promised a Samsung 5G phone that would handle both millimeter wave and low-band by the end of the year. If it isn't the Note ... what the heck is it? I guess the company could order up another revision of the Galaxy S10 5G, but then they'd have some customers with low-band and some without; good luck communicating that. Or AT&T could get a custom job, something like a Samsung A70 with 5G thrown in ... but AT&T is currently targeting 5G to high-end business and government customers, and those are exactly the folks who like and want the Note. A low-band 5G Galaxy Note 10 fits AT&T's strategy and it fits for timing. But who knows: maybe AT&T is getting an upcoming Samsung 5G phone that absolutely no one has heard of and has never leaked. Or maybe it'll welsh on its promise. The Insane Confusion of American 5G All of this just goes to what a boiling hot mess 5G is in the US right now—dueling carriers, multiple bands, no maps, and contradictory service plans. (For example: Verizon's 5G phone plan offers unlimited hotspot usage, but its hotspot plan is capped at 50GB.) I study it all day and I don't even understand some of it. In Europe, things seem to make a lot more sense. Carriers are launching sensible mid-band 5G, all on pretty much the same frequencies, with affordable service plans and easy-to-read coverage maps. So hang on, because this roller coaster isn't going to get less bumpy any time soon. I have no answers, but I'll be looking for some at Samsung's Note 10 Unpacked event on Wednesday, Aug. 7. Next Article More Inside PCMag.com About the Author PCMag.com's lead mobile analyst, Sascha Segan, has reviewed hundreds of smartphones, tablets and other gadgets in more than 9 years with PCMag. He's the head of our Fastest Mobile Networks project, one of the hosts of the daily PCMag Live Web show and speaks frequently in mass media on cell-phone-related issues. His commentary has appeared on ABC, the BBC, the CBC, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, and in newspapers from San Antonio, Texas to Edmonton, Alberta. Segan is also a multiple award-winning travel writer, having contributed to the Frommer's series of travel guides and Web sites for more than a decade. Other than his home town of New York, his favorite ... See Full Bio Please enable JavaScript to view the comments. Ad Our Galaxy Note 10 rumor roundup has most of the leaked specs for the Galaxy Note 10 and 10+. What it doesn't have is which carriers are getting the 5G variant, and what kinds of 5G that variant will support. This is critically important because the Note 10 could be the first 5G phone with the tech to actually cover entire US metro areas.\nAll of the 5G phones in the US right now are desperately incomplete. None of them support the variant of 5G that US carriers will be using to cover broad areas. It's called low-band FDD 5G, often with a frisson of DSS, or dynamic spectrum sharing.\nLow-band FDD lets US carriers reuse entire old 4G frequency bands for 5G, like T-Mobile intends to do with 600MHz. DSS lets carriers more easily split a single band between 4G and 5G, which AT&T and Verizon have said they will do.\nWithout low-band, T-Mobile can't provide its \"5G for all.\" T-Mobile has said previously it would launch low-band 5G and a phone to go with it by the end of 2019. AT&T and Verizon have both committed to low-band 5G next year, and AT&T has said, several times, it will have a low-band 5G phone from Samsung this year.\nA low-band 5G phone for a US carrier has to be a bit of a custom job, because it's going to match two Qualcomm parts that don't go together by default\u2014the existing 855 processor and the X55 modem, which isn't available in any device yet. They're not incompatible, but a pairing like that hasn't been done before.\nChampion leaker Evan Blass, whose sources are generally pretty good, has asserted that only Verizon will get a variant of the Note 10+ 5G with a Qualcomm processor. It's very unlikely that a phone would pair the new Qualcomm X55 modem with a non-Qualcomm processor\u2014that's more difficult to integrate\u2014although, I guess, anything's possible.\nThe last time I can remember Samsung pairing its own Exynos processor with a Qualcomm modem was years ago, in the Verizon and Sprint Galaxy S6 models. So it can be done. But Qualcomm has strongly implied to me, numerous times, that its 5G modems will only work with Qualcomm's chipsets. Were they blowing smoke at me? Maybe.\nThis could all mean that only Verizon will get a 5G Galaxy Note 10, leaving AT&T and T-Mobile (and Sprint, but Sprint isn't using low-band, and probably intends to use T-Mobile variants in the future anyway) totally out of the picture.\nWhat About T-Mobile?\nT-Mobile, at least, has an out. It didn't say it would have a Samsung low-band phone. There could be an unreleased LG V-series in the wings, for example. LG could make a phone which would handle all of T-Mobile's bands. That would be a bit of a coup for LG. Notice that T-Mobile, unlike Sprint and Verizon, didn't pick up the LG V50 5G; maybe it has a V55 coming?\nT-Mobile also has a relationship with OnePlus, which makes 5G phones for Europe, but there's another twist there. T-Mobile has a hybrid millimeter-wave and low-band network, and OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has said he doesn't want to make millimeter-wave phones because they're expensive and a pain. (They are.)\nBut if the company sold a low-band OnePlus phone without millimeter wave, it would be in the insane position of selling a Samsung Galaxy S10 5G which handles its fast network but not its broad one, and a second phone which handles its broad one but not its fast one. That's a headache. Better to have a phone which handles everything.\nWhat About AT&T?\nIn January, AT&T publicly promised a Samsung 5G phone that would handle both millimeter wave and low-band by the end of the year. If it isn't the Note ... what the heck is it?\nI guess the company could order up another revision of the Galaxy S10 5G, but then they'd have some customers with low-band and some without; good luck communicating that.\nOr AT&T could get a custom job, something like a Samsung A70 with 5G thrown in ... but AT&T is currently targeting 5G to high-end business and government customers, and those are exactly the folks who like and want the Note.\nA low-band 5G Galaxy Note 10 fits AT&T's strategy and it fits for timing. But who knows: maybe AT&T is getting an upcoming Samsung 5G phone that absolutely no one has heard of and has never leaked. Or maybe it'll welsh on its promise.\nThe Insane Confusion of American 5G\nAll of this just goes to what a boiling hot mess 5G is in the US right now\u2014dueling carriers, multiple bands, no maps, and contradictory service plans. (For example: Verizon's 5G phone plan offers unlimited hotspot usage, but its hotspot plan is capped at 50GB.) I study it all day and I don't even understand some of it.\n\nIn Europe, things seem to make a lot more sense. Carriers are launching sensible mid-band 5G, all on pretty much the same frequencies, with affordable service plans and easy-to-read coverage maps.\nSo hang on, because this roller coaster isn't going to get less bumpy any time soon. I have no answers, but I'll be looking for some at Samsung's Note 10 Unpacked event on Wednesday, Aug. 7.\n\n", "image": [{"url": "https://sm.pcmag.com/pcmag_uk/news/t/the-huge-u/the-huge-unanswered-question-about-samsungs-galaxy-note-10_ry1d.jpg", "width": 1920, "caption": "The Huge Unanswered Question About Samsung's Galaxy Note 10", "@type": "ImageObject", "height": 1080}], "datePublished": "2019-08-02 14:36:00+00:00", "publisher": {"url": "https://uk.pcmag.com", "logo": {"url": "('https://uk.pcmag.com/s/',)pcmag/pcmag_logo_micro.png", "width": 245, "@type": "ImageObject", "height": 60}, "@type": "Organization", "name": "PCMag UK"}, "about": "", "author": {"jobTitle": "Lead Analyst, Mobile", "description": "PCMag.com's lead mobile analyst, Sascha Segan, has reviewed hundreds of smartphones, tablets and other gadgets in more than 9 years with PCMag. He's the head of our Fastest Mobile Networks project, one of the hosts of the daily PCMag Live Web show and speaks frequently in mass media on cell-phone-related issues. His commentary has appeared on ABC, the BBC, the CBC, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, and in newspapers from San Antonio, Texas to Edmonton, Alberta.\n \nSegan is also a multiple award-winning travel writer, having contributed to the Frommer's series of travel guides and Web sites for more than a decade. Other than his home town of New York, his favorite cities are Barcelona and Hong Kong. While he's a fourth-generation Manhattanite, he now lives in Queens with his wife and daughter.", "@type": "Person", "image": "https://assets.pcmag.com/media/images/248865-sascha-segan.jpg?thumb=y&width=85&height=85", "name": "Sascha Segan"}, "headline": "The Huge Unanswered Question About Samsung's Galaxy Note 10", "@type": "NewsArticle", "mainEntityOfPage": {"@id": "https://uk.pcmag.com/news/121943/the-huge-unanswered-question-about-samsungs-galaxy-note-10", "@type": "WebPage"}, "@context": "https://schema.org", "dateModified": "2019-08-02 14:49:22+00:00"}

weiterlesen: RSS Quelle öffnen