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What will a world with 5G look like? Your smartphone will have a faster connection, for sure. But that just scratches the surface of what 5G could be capable of. Everyone in the wireless industry agrees that 5G is coming by the end of the decade. But what will it be used for? That’s still up in the air. Nokia on Tuesday previewed a demonstration it plans to present at Mobile World Congress later this month, detailing its vision for 5G. Nokia’s 5G forecast includes some surprising capabilities: 5G will make cars safer to drive. It will make instant replay more instant. And doctors will be able to perform surgery using wirelessly controlled robots.. And, yes, 5G will be much faster. Faster speeds Nokia (NOK), aiming to be one of the world’s biggest 5G players, claims that it has tested a 5G connection with download speeds of 30 gigabits per second. That’s more than 1,000 times faster than your average 4G connection. In the real world, there’s very little chance of your phone...