CES 2019 buzzword of the show: 5G

The top buzzword at CES 2019 was 5G, the abbreviation for fifth-generation cellular networks. You’re going to hear that term a lot in the year ahead as wireless carriers rollout their high-speed, low-latency broadband networks.
CES, the world’s largest consumer technology trade show, ended Friday after a week-long run in Las Vegas. It featured keynote presentations from AT&T and Verizon, media briefings from wireless chipmakers Intel and Qualcomm and host of other companies explaining the impact of 5G on various industries.
Runners up for buzzword of CES 2019 included 8K and smart.
This year’s show saw the major television makers like LG and Samsung unveil 8K TV sets, which have twice the resolution of today’s 4K TVs. But a lack of native content for the sets will delay adoption of the super-high-definition televisions.
Smart “everything” was another key theme at the CES 2019. The show saw the introductions of scores of smart products from home appliances to oddball items like smart toilets and smart sofas.

CES buzzwords through the years:

2010: Green
2011: Smart
2012: Ultra
2013: Super
2014: Curved
2015: Wearable
2016: HDR (high dynamic range)
2017: Voice
2018: AI (artificial intelligence)
2019: 5G

This year’s CES also saw some non-traditional companies exhibiting. They included farm equipment giant Deere & Company, consumer products maker Procter & Gamble, plant-based meat substitute innovator Impossible Foods, and unbreakable pantyhose maker Sheertex.
CES 2019 attracted about 180,000 attendees and more 4,500 exhibitors covering more than 2.9 million net square feet of exhibit space, the Consumer Technology Association said Friday.

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Photos: 5G promoted at the Qualcomm booth, Intel booth and by Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg. (Photo credits: Patrick Seitz and Consumer Technology Association).