Apple smartphones make greatest 5G speed gains Of all the 5G smartphones in Europe, Apple 5G iPhones have achieved the greatest advantages over 4G in download speeds, according to London-based mobile analytics firm OpenSignal. Increases over 4G measured for the iPhones ranged from 3.4 times in the UK to 1.9 times in Italy. Samsung phones had smaller increases in download speed, although with a narrower spread between countries, ranging from 1.6 times in the UK to 1.4 in both Italy and Germany. However, Samsung phones still did better than other brands tested apart from Apple. 5G tower boom reported in USA Cell towers are being constructed at record levels in the USA because of booming 5G deployments. This has been…