India will get 5G on iPhones from December 2022 - AppleInsider

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Apple has confirmed that iPhone users successful India volition spot 5G enactment earlier the extremity of the year, pursuing the service's wide motorboat by carriers.

Apple has been having discussions with Indian bearer Bharti Airtel this week astir 5G support. Carriers successful the state person been rolling retired 5G since October 1, 2022, and sum is successful spot successful 8 large cities — but not connected iPhones.

Users of immoderate iPhone 12, iPhone 13, iPhone 14, oregon the latest iPhone SE person 5G-capable devices, but they person not been enabled to tally connected Indian carriers. Previously, it was reported that Apple had been investigating 5G support.

According to The Indian Express, Apple and different smartphone manufacturers person been under pressure from the country's authorities to enactment 5G.

"We are moving with our bearer partners successful India to bring the champion 5G acquisition to iPhone users arsenic soon arsenic web validation and investigating for prime and show is completed," Apple said successful a connection seen by the publication. "5G volition beryllium enabled via a bundle update and volition commencement rolling retired to iPhone users successful December."

Apple has not commented further, but the 5G work they person volition beryllium the slower sub-6GHz spectrum. Currently only iPhones sold successful the US enactment the faster mmWave 5G.