Vodacom has announced that its network now supports 5G connectivity on the iPhone 12.<\/p>\n
“Vodacom is pleased to share that we\u2019re now offering 5G cellular support for the powerful new iPhone 12 lineup,” the operator stated.<\/p>\n
It advised customers to visit its website to learn more about setting up a Vodacom 5G plan.<\/p>\n
This announcement comes after MTN in early December 2020 proclaimed<\/strong><\/a> 5G support on the iPhone 12 would initially only be offered on its network.<\/p>\n At the time, the operator stated it was the only network authorised to enable 5G on the new smartphone – from its South African launch in December 2020 into early 2021.<\/p>\n The operator said rigorous 5G testing with Apple allowed it to offer its subscribers the benefits of 5G through the new iPhone.<\/p>\n It is important to note that both the devices stocked at MTN and Vodacom are 5G-enabled, although customers on the latter’s network were not able to use the faster network technology until today.<\/p>\n While the iPhone 12 is Apple’s first 5G entry into the smartphone market, there were already several other 5G-capable models to choose from in South Africa at the time of its local arrival.<\/p>\n 5G smartphones available in the country include Samsung’s Galaxy S20 and Note 20 range, as well as its 2020 foldable phablet – the Galaxy Z Fold 2.<\/p>\n More recently, it unveiled three new models in its Galaxy S21 series – all of which support 5G connectivity.<\/p>\n Other 5G smartphones in South Africa you can buy today include:<\/p>\n Gartner’s forecasts<\/strong><\/a> have estimated that 5G smartphone sales will record substantial growth from 16.7 million units in 2019 to 213.2 million in 2020.<\/p>\n This is set to increase even further in 2021, more than doubling to 538.5 million shipments.<\/p>\n Vodacom has announced that its network now supports 5G connectivity on the iPhone 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":371369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62528],"tags":[19420,61148,42,41],"class_list":["post-385698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5g","tag-5g","tag-iphone-12","tag-mtn","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385698"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":385704,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385698\/revisions\/385704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}5G smartphones in South Africa<\/h3>\n
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Now read: Telkom vs ICASA and everyone else \u2013 The battle for 5G spectrum<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"