Atlanta Among First In Line For 5G Service, And Now A Phone Is Coming

Atlanta is among the first markets slated to get 5G mobile service.

Francisco Seco / Associated Press

The first 5G capable mobile phone will hit the market in the first half of 2019, Sprint and electronics manufacturer LG announced this week.

Atlanta is among the first markets slated to get the next generation mobile service. The biggest difference comes in speed, which developers say could be as much as 1,000 times faster than 4G.

The problem with all that speed is that today’s smartphones can’t keep up. And until this week, there was no phone on the market capable of unlocking 5G’s potential.