5G smartphones top choice of buyers in India: Oppo survey

Smartphones enabled with 5G features are becoming the top choice of buyers in India much ahead of fifth-generation’s rollout, a recent survey by leading smartphone brand Oppo revealed.

According to Oppo, 5G smartphones are gaining traction in tier-II and tier-III cities and towns like Halol, Raiganj, Chikhli, Ongole, Rajula.

Although all efforts were focused on deploying fifth-generation technology in India by mid-2021 and preparing for it following several trials, the parliamentary panel on information technology considers that the country is not well prepared for 5G rollout.

“This growth in demand for 5G enabled devices as it will be the key consideration to feed the rise of consumption of content among users is an indication of digital readiness of Indian users,” Oppo said.

In parallel, the findings by Oppo additionally burdened on digital camera and videography options that are probably the most utilized by the shoppers.

69.6 percent of the respondents talked about using videography very regularly, whereas 81.6 percent of respondents selected AI Videography for enhanced smartphone expertise, adapted by battery, efficiency, show, and processor.

While it is planned for 5G to be rolled out in metropolitan cities followed by other areas similar to the launch of 4G, the parliamentary report identified a range of issues holding up the rollout of the service such as spectrum issues, including uncertainty around the sale of 5G spectrum bands, amongst others.

“The Committee finds that inadequate availability of spectrum, high spectrum prices, poor development of use cases, low status of fiberization, non-uniform RoW [right of way] issues, deficient backhaul capacity, etc. are some of the factors coming in the way of rolling out of 5G services in India,” the panel headed by MP Shashi Tharoor said.