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iPhone 8 and iPhone X Don't Support T-Mobile's Upcoming 600 MHz LTE Network
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What I don't understand is why anyone would want anything other than the A1906 model. It appears to be a superset of both the Verizon model (A1863) and the T-Mobile/AT&T model (A1905), at least it terms of frequencies supported.
Am I missing something?
Am I missing something?
Ya, must be nice to not be in a cat fight with Qualcomm and actually prioritize using the latest tech.
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That is the main reason I left T-Mobile for Verizon. The other reason was weak or no receptions at some areas in the city.
where?
as long as we're talking reception, getting the "where" would be of benefit.
So we wait for the Iphone 9/XI or whatever it will be in a year. To be fair the 600mhz Band71 isn't vacated fully yet - the TV broadcasters on those frequencies have a few years to vacate so it becomes available across parts of the US over time here and there. By the time the full Band71 is available across the entire US for T-Mobile to use, we will be buying another phone already...and I suspect that one will have Band71 support.
The only folks that need Band 71 now are those in a few rural areas of the country where the 700MHz LTE and other bands are not available.
That's mostly true although I think it will be quicker than you think. T-Mobile will start moving quick as the stations that did sell their channels back to the FCC have just until Jan 18, 2018 to vacate those channels and move or go off the air, so that's a large block of frequencies going off the air. The stations that got reassigned another lower channel have until late 2019 in some cases to leave their channel, but for many there will be an incentive to move to a lower channel as it often comes with a better signal, so they might beat their deadline. Plus, once they complete their channel moves, they get reconstruction reimbursement from the U.S. Government for the costs, so they'll all want that on the accounting books ASAP.
Band 71 is already live in a bunch of markets in the midwest and west coast.
Yes, the FCC stipulates that you don't get ANY government money until you shut your transmitter off if you've turned in your TV channel, so some stations either just went off the air quick, turned in their licenses and took the money or arranged channel sharing agreements quick and turned their transmitters off for the money.
No, I was merely explaining why Apple isn’t supporting the newest cellular technology. They never have. They probably never will.
Wait until they have a dominant market position like they have in Germany.
They will rip you off just as bad.
T-Mobile bought more TV channel frequencies than any other cellular company and nearly twice as much as them all. Sprint thought they were the bigger company, but they won't be much longer if they are at all now. T-Mobile doesn't need Sprint, but Sprint will soon be very needy in not buying new available frequencies.
One of the other big buyers in the 600 MHz sale was NBC/Comcast. They have already launched Xfinity Mobile on the Verizon Network, but few people noticed that they bought lots of 600 MHz frequencies too, so they obviously do not plan on relying on Verizon for long.