iPhone 12 goes 5G
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Apple pushes 5G as a key selling point of its new iPhone 12. But is it useful anywhere right now? We get the view from South Korea, where 5G has been available for 18 months, and from Ghana where the previous 4G network is just rolling out. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC tech reporter Jane Wakefield. Produced by Jat Gill.
(Image: Illustration of the iPhone 12, Credit: Apple/ EPA).
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | On Radio 4, the more you listen, the more you see. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, I'm Brian Cox. |
| 0:05.6 | And I'm Robin Ince, and this is The Infinite Monkey Cage. |
| 0:08.3 | In this series, we're going to have a planet off. |
| 0:10.8 | I feel like Jupiter wins. |
| 0:12.8 | And after all of that, we're just going to chill out a bit. |
| 0:15.9 | We're talking about your bog standard. |
| 0:17.8 | Ice, not the fancy one. |
| 0:20.1 | Science with funny bits. |
| 0:21.9 | The new series of The Infinite Monkey Cage. |
| 0:24.1 | Listen on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. |
| 0:28.1 | Thanks for downloading this TechTent podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:32.4 | Find out more about us at BBCworldservice.com slash TechTent. |
| 0:40.0 | Hello and welcome to TechTent, your weekly guide to all the top news and trends from the |
| 0:45.0 | technology world. I'm Rory Catalan Jones and this week's program is all about one number and |
| 0:50.2 | one letter, five and G. As Apple unveils its first 5G iPhone, we explore just what this next |
| 0:57.8 | generation of mobile networks is all about and how it will change the way we communicate on the move. |
| 1:04.0 | We hear two very different views from Ghana and South Korea of how rapidly it will arrive |
| 1:08.9 | and be embraced by phone users. And we meet the man |
| 1:12.5 | who says 5G has been massively overhyped. With me this week is BBC Tech reporter Jane Wakefield. |
| 1:18.6 | Hi Jane. What have you been up to? Hello, I've been trying to get excited about iPhone 12, |
| 1:23.1 | so I'm not sure that I am really that excited. We'll try to boost that level of examining during the program. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.