iPhone 13 5G 3.45ghz might not get supported on iPhone 13 AT&T

[Schtibbie]

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/at...upgrade-may-only-work-with-2022s-best-phones/

If the above article is accurate... UGH. So, iPhone 13, despite having 5G support and antennas and bands needed for AT&T's coming 3.45GHZ might not get to use it. Right now I'm stuck using the shared-with-LTE "low band" spectrum 5G on my 13 in Austin, AT&T isn't going to even turn on c-band until later this year when they can also at same time turn on 3.45 (so they can do all with one tower climb per tower). Knowing our luck, they'll also restrict c-band to iphone 14, not just 3.45!

Sigh..

 

[B_mark_R]

Should have waited for the iphone 15.

 

[Schtibbie]

Should have waited for the iphone 15.

No - if anything the 14 will cover it. But from the article it’s unclear why the 13 might not, given that the frequency AT&T just bought is inside the bands listed for the 13. Only thing I can think of is maybe that narrow “slice” of existing band really wasn’t decided on until too-late for the 13 and the Qualcomm x60.