5G for the Pinephone?

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With the release of the Explorer Edition, is there or are there going to plans to update our modem to a 5g modem, or should I just save money to get the newer phone?

modem chip is integrated into main board. so, it cannot be upgraded to nr5g modem. you probably mean new model which has nr5g modem. i think nr modules are too expensive at this moment. maybe year or two, nr modules might be worth it.

nr has too sub technologies, standalone and non-standalone. current nr implementations are non-sa, which means nr frequency bands are extended into lte. some nr benefits come when standalone mode hits for wide usage.