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> But I have no idea if that means it'll work for you in the US/elsewhere. Yeah, that's a fun part of the crazy bandplan for lte/5g where it's just a little he
by toast0 8mo ago
> But I have no idea if that means it'll work for you in the US/elsewhere.
Yeah, that's a fun part of the crazy bandplan for lte/5g where it's just a little here and there without global coordination.
But a look here [1], says it has all 5G bands for AT&T, 2/4 bands for TMo, and 4/5 for Verizon. Seems maybe a bit iffy for TMo, one of the missing bands is n71 (600 MHz) which is extended range that helps fill in coverage.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_5G_NR_networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_5G_NR_networks
- kevvok 8mo agoAlso missing Band 13, which is Verizon’s main band for coverage
- shmerl 8mo agoWhy aren't modern SoC modems just support all bands? How hard is it?
- microtonal 8mo agoJust a guess: maybe it requires fairly expensive certification that is not worth it when a SoC family is barely used in a region (yes, I know, chicken-egg).
- karteum 8mo agoIt's not only the issue of SoC modems but about the whole integration (RFIC, LNA/PA, RF switches, antennas...). The more bands you integrate, the more difficult it becomes (or with compromises such as worse performance because of wideband antennas...). If I may risk a comparison : you can't have a lense with a huge focal range that would simultaneously be perfectly sharp and have a wide aperture like fixed focals...
- BenjiWiebe 8mo agoSome carriers also require your phone to be on their whitelist - for example AT&T. And Verizon claims they don't do it that way, but we had a phone that worked on Verizon with an old SIM card until Verizon caught on, and then suddenly it wasn't compatible with their network and couldn't be used on Verizon.