News & Reviews:   5g connectivity

Remember back when some people destroyed three 5G transmitter towers because they thought it was linked to COVID-19? It's happening again but this time around, a man was sent to jail for committing something dangerous that could harm the public - setting off a fire on a phone cell tower.

Not only the competition between smartphones is intense nowadays, the manufacturers that provide chipsets for the devices are also required to keep up with the needs of the market. Today, MediaTek has launched an upgraded version of the Dimensity 1000 chipset and it's called Dimensity 1000 Plus (just like Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 and 855 Plus), and there are a lot of improvements making it strong enough to compete with the others.

Yesterday, we found out that there are people crazy enough to burn down some 5G transmitter towers in the UK because of a silly conspiracy theory. The conspiracy theory, which was started by an influencer (or more like influenza lol) managed to convince some people that the COVID-19 is somehow linked to the 5G signal strength, thus weakening our body immune system. In response to that, YouTube have decided to remove all video that links to that conspiracy theory.

So this just happened over the weekend, at least three 5G transmitter towers got burned down in the United Kingdom. But why and what happened? Well, apparently some idiots actually believed that the 5G radio waves were causing the COVID-19 spreading around. We never knew such conspiracy theory existed!

To kick off the year 2020, the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has released an official final report about the expected rollout period for 2020 and allocation of spectrum bands for mobile broadband services in Malaysia. From the report, the organization has identified 700MHz, 3.5GHz and 26/28GHz band as the necessary foundation as we head towards 5G. But what does this really mean?

What's up, TechNavers? Welcome back to another edition of NewsBytes and over the past few days, we got some news on some companies doing some community activity together online and offline, new products ranging to phones to storage devices, and some news on 5G by vivo. Without further ado, head on below to check out what has been happening around the world of technology!