Apple's waiting to see if 5G implodes and is replaced by something else better or equivalent that doesn't cost the carriers nearly as much to deploy and maintai

Apple's waiting to see if 5G implodes and is replaced by something else better or equivalent that doesn't cost the carriers nearly as much to deploy and maintain. It seems crazy to have to deploy 1-2 orders-of-magnitude more equipment just to provide coverage equivalent to gigabit 4G LTE, and having to deploy inside of buildings as well; it fails the common-sense "smell" test and I think it will be dead by 2024.