Apple to enable 5G on iPhones in India by December

[Msingh]

Apple Reportedly Set to Roll Out iPhone 5G Support in India in December

Apple will add support for 5G on compatible iPhones for Indian carriers through a software update as soon as December, according to a source familiar...

www.macrumors.com

iPhone to get 5G by December

 

[kumarvishwas]

Am I missing something here? Shouldn't such meetings supposed to have happened way before they launched it.
Who is responsible for this Telcos or The Government? Or the Handset makers.

Handset makers need to be blamed the most along with telcos to some extent, telcos had multiple android devices to showcase speed tests on the launch, it was upto the OEMs especially Apple to stay relevant with the latest updates and begin beta testing along with telcos before launch itself as everyone knew few months back that 5G would be launched either on Independence Day or IMC, now they are giving December as the timeline for 5G update, even top govt officials & telecom heads might be pissed as most of them would be on an iOS device but won't be enjoying their own 5G services

In US during the launch of iPhone 12 Apple collaborated with Verizon and gave a 30 mins presentation on 5G, but in India their staff just dozed off at the finish line, never seen Apple being trolled this much at least in India

 

[OnlyTech]

Apple is currently testing the 5G services on the Airtel 5G NSA (non-standalone) and Reliance Jio 5G SA (standalone) networks. The company needs to complete network validation and testing before rolling out the update.

Apple to enable 5G on supported iPhones in India via OTA update by December

 

[ssparikshya]

So , it looks like we iOS users have to wait longer than the Chinese brand users to get 5G , Apple has said it'll take till Dec 2022 to roll the Carrier Updates .

Edit: I've a feeling that we're going to be seeing 5G earlier than this December deadline as Apple has a knack of underpromising, over delivering

 

[Msingh]

Finally 5G on iPhone, 16.2 beta coming next week to enable 5G

Next iOS 16.2 Beta to Enable 5G in India, Apple Confirms

The upcoming developer and public beta of iOS 16.2 will officially enable 5G for iPhone in India on select carriers, Apple has told Indian Express. ...

www.macrumors.com

 

[Sparker0i]

Time to install the betas again...

 

[Shantanu]

Used to think that 5G is hardware based and not software based. Then by thus logic, everyone can provide 5G through software update, right?

 

[Bapun]

Used to think that 5G is hardware based and not software based. Then by thus logic, everyone can provide 5G through software update, right?

Both hardware and software compatibility needed bro. It's not only about the software/OS update.

 

[Shantanu]

Both hardware and software compatibility needed bro. It's not only about the software/OS update.

I see so while manufacturing itself they got 5G hardware.

 

[Sparker0i]

Got iOS 16.2 beta with India 5G support. Sadly not getting 5G yet on either Airtel or jio in Bangalore

With Jio, I see this:

In Airtel same thing as above, except that the 5G SA radio button is not visible.