- Hey guys, it's Justine.
And today we are gonna be talking about 5G.
Now I have a very special guest today.
This is Francesca sweet.
Who is on onstage during the iPhone announcement
to talk to us about 5G.
And I feel like there's a lot of confusion around 5G,
especially if you've never experienced it before
or have never had a device that is 5G enabled.
All of the iPhones that were announced are 5G enabled
and I'm actually shooting this video
on the new iPhone 12 Pro.
So this is really, really exciting.
Francesca is also filming her part of this video
on the iPhone 12.
So this is extra exciting
but let's get into it and talk about some 5G.
Hi Francesco thank you so much
for taking time to chat with me about 5G.
- I'm excited to be here.
Thank you so much for having me.
- This must be so exciting for you
to sort of see this all kind of just come together.
- Absolutely we've been working so hard on this
for quite some time.
And so we are thrilled that it's finally,
time that we can share the news and talk about it.
So far we've been really happy with the feedback
and we can't wait to see what comes.
- So for the first time I was out just taking photos
and normally I feel like I have to go actively search
and find 5G but this was the first time
that 5G speeds found me.
I was out taking photos
and I looked down and I started freaking out.
I was like 5G UW oh my goodness this is so exciting.
And I did some speed tests.
So I just looked down and I was like Oh, it's on 5G UW.
I've actually never seen that before
the 5G coverage still isn't everywhere right now.
So the fact that I just looked down to be able
to capture this is so exciting, 573 download 41.7 upload.
I'm gonna come down here and tether
to upload all of my videos from now on.
For me like kind of having that first experience.
I'm so excited for people to really kind of get
to see what this is all like.
So could you just explain to us the various types of 5G
and what this means to people
who are just kind of jumping on this
for the first time ever?
- Yeah, I mean I think the great thing about iPhone
is that every device has the 5G capability.
So no matter whether you're on the iPhone 12 mini,
the iPhone 12, 12 pro to a pro max.
We have the incredible 5G capabilities across the board.
In the US we have the millimeter wave on top of sub six.
And so for those that don't know,
that's the higher frequency version of 5G
that will allow you to do the things like you said,
where you see a Verizon's ultra wide band networks,
so you'll see that 5G UW.
And so that's gonna allow you to get,
even faster speeds, even faster downloads
that really across the board.
We have an incredible 5G experience,
no matter what carrier you're on
because of the sub six capabilities that we have as well.
And so it really is unlocking capabilities for folks
to do all kinds of things,
from downloading and streaming.
That's gonna be, I think incredible for any carrier.
- So what kind of speeds can people expect?
Because I was actually shocked.
I mean I got over 500 download.
I mean that's faster than my at-home internet.
I have the best internet that I possibly can
and I cannot even get speeds like that at home.
- Yeah, I think we're seeing
some really incredible capabilities.
So on the millimeter wave
on the high-frequency version of 5G.
We're seeing speeds that are up to 25 times faster
than on L-T-E.
So certainly you able
to do some really incredible things.
And then similarly even on sub six,
we're seeing speeds
that are up to two times faster than L-T-E.
So everything that you do in touch
is gonna be incredible.
- I mean even two times faster is amazing
and it's still faster than my home internet.
- Exactly, yeah we've seen that for a lot of people,
you don't need to connect to wifi as often.
- This can be such a huge game changer.
I think for so many people
but for me as a video editor,
being able to upload these files
and be able to just basically essentially in the future
edit in the cloud.
- Yeah, we have a really powerful
video capability this year.
So now with the ability
to capture these 4K H-D-R videos with Dolby Vision.
So you're out in the field all the time,
being able to upload them,
certainly we're going to see
I think unlocking all these great opportunities
for creatives to be able
to upload all of their content in real time.
- So what is Apple doing differently with their 5G
than other smartphone makers?
- Yeah, we've really looked at it from the ground up.
And so when we were set out to design iPhone with 5G,
we looked at the hardware, the software
and we worked closely with our carrier partners
and infrastructure providers.
So starting on the hardware side.
We developed a lot of our custom components.
So everything from the antennas
to some of the R-F components, radio components.
And that allowed us to fit
even more into our compact design.
So we were able to get the most 5G bands of any smartphone.
So that means that your iPhone is gonna work
in even more places around the world.
And then on the software side,
we really looked at our entire software stack.
Everything from the firmware to the system layer
to iOS being able to do FaceTime HD over cellular,
being able to stream high quality,
high bit rate from the Apple TV app,
baster personal hotspot.
We've also introduced smart data mode,
which allows us to intelligently manage
how you're using the cellular network.
So we can automatically switch from 5G to L-T-E
when you don't need it.
But then the instant that you do, we switch back.
So you're always gonna get that really great experience.
And so overall, just being able
to design it in combination the hardware
and software hand-in-hand
allowed us to have a really incredible
experience across the board.
- Alright I feel like I'm kind of doing
a lot more intensive things than most people
would be doing when they're getting their phones.
But you mentioned just increasing
the quality of FaceTime calls.
That's actually something that's like
the last thing I didn't even think about that
because I'm like okay,
well I'm gonna be able
to upload videos faster, post content.
But just for people who are just making FaceTime calls
and talking to your family,
you're gonna get a much higher quality call
and video signal as well.
- And even today, its more important than ever
for us to be connecting with our family and loved ones.
And so to be able to get
this really high resolution high quality,
high definition video
allows us to just feel even more connected than ever.
- People that have never had a 5G phone
because this still is sort of new
and getting this phone today.
Like, what does that mean for people?
- Yeah, I think you know everything that you touch
and do is gonna get even better.
So being able to download movies and music.
A lot of people are listening to music on the go.
So being able to get all of that content
right at your fingertips right away.
Of course with these advanced networks,
we have less congestion, lower latency.
And so that's gonna allow for really great gaming
when you're on the go.
So you might've seen during our keynote,
we were really excited to bring league of legends,
wild riff to iPhone.
And so being able to be competitive,
even when you're not on a PC, right.
When you're able to do this on a mobile device
with the processing power of our chip.
You're gonna have this really incredible
gaming experience from your iPhone.
- Also a really good point
because obviously these phones and devices
are so fast that it's like these carriers,
they need to pick it up.
They need to step up their game.
And now with 5G,
I mean, I think that's really gonna be possible especially
with gaming because every second,
milliseconds like that counts.
- Right, So imagine even when you're out and about,
you don't have to be at home tethered to your computer.
You can still be really competitive and gameplay,
which is really fun.
- And you even mentioned tethering as well
because like I was saying before,
my at-home speeds aren't even that fast.
So like, I'm going to be finding
these 5G spots out and about
and tethering and being able to upload my content on the go.
Like, no we're able to travel again and things like that
because it's so fast.
Like I just can't wait for people
to actually experience this.
- Yeah, we talked a little bit about personal hotspot.
So we're able to achieve speeds
that are four times faster than before.
So like you said, it's gonna be even faster
than if you tethered it to the phone.
So that's gonna allow us
to really push the limits
even on our other peripheral devices as well.
- So when you guys partnered with Verizon,
do you want to recap kind of what
their announcement means for you guys going forward?
- I think certainly Verizon was a great partner for us
but we really partnered with all of the carriers.
We worked very closely with Verizon,
A-T and T, T-Mobile sprint,
a lot of the regional carriers
because for us, we wanna make sure
that our experience is great for everybody, right?
And so those optimizations were really important for us
because we want everybody who experiences 5G on iPhone
to have those best speeds.
- It's really exciting.
I've always said this, when Apple does something
that means it's here
and you guys are kind of bringing it to the masses.
- I think you know we're certainly excited
to see what kind of opportunities this unlocks.
We worked really closely with some developers
to be able to introduce
some really interesting enterprise solutions,
to be able to do some really fun A-R things
you're gonna be able to, do some live interactions
with augmented reality
that I think is going to open a lot of opportunities.
And so this is really just the beginning
and we are looking forward to all of the opportunities
that this unlocks moving forward.
- Yeah you've mentioned enterprise.
So how does this kind of affect the rest of the industry.
- Prize is going to be able to take advantage of this
by potentially putting together
some private 5G networks that allows them
to do real-time analysis as part of their work streams.
And this also gives them a private way to be able
to have a secure way to communicate.
I think this is really gonna enable them to not have
to rely on a lot of the heavy infrastructure
that exists today.
- So I think one of the things that's really cool
is you guys did announce that 5G is on every single phone.
So whether you're getting the mini
or the 12 of the 12 pro or the 12 pro max, it all has 5G.
- Yeah exactly, So we've brought
the exact same 5G experience across the entire line.
So no matter which phone you pick,
no matter which color you love,
you're gonna get these really super fast by 5G speeds.
And you're going to be able
to unlock all of these incredible capabilities.
- That's amazing, we'll happy iPhone season
and happy 5G season.
- Yes, thank you so much ,you too.
- This is awesome.
I'll see you on a wild rift soon.
(laughter)
- Sounds good, looking forward.
- Thank you so much for chatting with us.
Thank you guys so much for watching.
It's so much fun chatting with Francesca about 5G
and I'm so excited about the future of 5G.
And I know that you guys will be too,
as soon as you experienced this in person.
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