6G will not be a consumer upgrade like the iPhone 3G to 4G. It will be invisible, hyper-local, and deeply contentious. It will require us to wallpaper our cities with intelligent surfaces, surrender our physical presence to radio sensing, and decide whether China, the US, or the EU dictates the protocol for reality itself.
Next-generation positioning within 6G - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft 6g position
China views 6G as a strategic imperative to recover from what it perceives as a disadvantage in the 5G era (hampered by US sanctions). 6G will not be a consumer upgrade like the iPhone 3G to 4G