Faster mmWave 5G Still Limited to U.S. iPhone 17 Models

[Reason077]

iPhones bought outside the US also have mid-band accessibility. I got my 15 PM in the UK (and also got Verizon to whitelist it got esim use), and can connect to everything but the genuine mmwave (n258-261) no problem.

Yes, aside from mmWave, 5G bands are fairly standardised worldwide. Generally speaking, a 5G phone purchased in one country will work fine on 5G networks in any other country.

 

[ProbablyDylan]

Not true. I have a 15 Pro and the mmWave antenna glass is on the right side, just like the 14, 13, and 12 models. Perhaps on the 16 models, they somehow utilized the Camera Control cutout as a dual-purpose mmWave antenna, but couldn’t do that on the 17 models?

Most likely for 16/P they moved it to the back, under the glass, since they replaced the side cutout with Camera Control. On 17 Pro, there's significantly less glass to put it under, so they put it at the top.

 

[victorvictoria]

Probably an AI image, too. The shirt wrinkles are a bit odd, color and shape of the arm at the elbow, face looks too homogenized, and hair lighting seems off. If it’s real, then there’s a lot of editing done.

I stand by my original statement! A thing of beauty is a treasure forever. A wireless charger is useless.

 

[victorvictoria]

Good luck with the AI dating 👍

She (or it) is out of my league either way! 😭😭😭