ZTE tips an ephermeral Gigabit phone with Snapdragon 835 and 'pre5G' LTE download speeds

ZTE lifted the veil over a Gigabit concept for a phone just a little while ago, and if you think that it is called Gigabit because it would be powered by a Snapdragon 835 chipset which has a built-in LTE Cat. 16 modem, you are mistaken. ZTE touts its homebrew "independently developed Pre5G Giga+ MBB solution" as the culprit behind the phone's 1Gbps download speeds achieved in lab environment.

How does the new ZTE flagship hit these speeds? Well, the Snapdragon X16 LTE modem, utilizes a combination of carrier aggregation, 4x4 MIMO antenna technology, and 256-QAM ...