Question for UK EE members only

[davehutch]

Are you using an iPhone 5?
Simple really. I called EE and asked them whether I could buy a SIM Only for my iPhone 5 and they said that the iPhone 5 cannot use 4G on their Network.
True, False, or depends on something else?

 

[Gav2k]

False

 

[davehutch]

False

Thanks. Took me a little while but I eventually found this:
http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/

But how do I know if I have a GSM or CDMA version of the A1429 model?
It was delivered by Apple on Launch Day in the UK

 

[MyRomeo]

dave, I have a uk launch date iPhone 5 on EE sim only... works perfect! AND EE just dropped their sim only prices.

The CDMA version was never a UK supplied model, ours are all GSM.

 

[Applejuiced]

dave, I have a uk launch date iPhone 5 on EE sim only... works perfect! AND EE just dropped their sim only prices.

The CDMA version was never a UK supplied model, ours are all GSM.

Exactly.
Apple doesn't sell the CDMA iPhone version in the UK at all.
Unless you bought one at a verizon store in the US.

 

[davehutch]

dave, I have a uk launch date iPhone 5 on EE sim only... works perfect! AND EE just dropped their sim only prices.

The CDMA version was never a UK supplied model, ours are all GSM.

Thanks MyRomeo. Nothing beats first hand evidence 🙂

 

[terryrogers]

I was under the impression that although the iPhone 5 is a 4G enabled device the UK bandwidths used by UK carriers are not amongst those that the 5 support.

The 5S has a larger array of LTE bands supported and hence is was the first compatible 4G phone usable in the UK.

(I'm on EE and have a 4G plan with an iPhone 5S)

 

[merrickdrfc]

The 5 could support 4G/LTE on Three, EE and that's about it if I remember correctly, won't work on Vodafone or O2

 

[bransoj]

I was under the impression that although the iPhone 5 is a 4G enabled device the UK bandwidths used by UK carriers are not amongst those that the 5 support.

The 5S has a larger array of LTE bands supported and hence is was the first compatible 4G phone usable in the UK.

(I'm on EE and have a 4G plan with an iPhone 5S)

I'm using my launch day iPhone 5 with 3 and pick up 4g\LTE when in places where its available...in fact i had it for a while whilst in Derby last weekend and previously in Sheffield. My wife picked up a 5S when she upgraded and did offer to let me have it and she would use my 5 but she's with O2 which meant she wouldnt be able to use the 4G part of her contract as the 5 doesnt pick up O2s 4G signal.

 

[The Phazer]

I was under the impression that although the iPhone 5 is a 4G enabled device the UK bandwidths used by UK carriers are not amongst those that the 5 support.

The 5S has a larger array of LTE bands supported and hence is was the first compatible 4G phone usable in the UK.

(I'm on EE and have a 4G plan with an iPhone 5S)

The iPhone 5 supports the frequencies used by EE, just not those used by O2 (the 800mhz spectrum in particular).

 

[sammy-boy]

My iPhone 5 works fine on EE's 4G network (using a pay as you go sim), mine was bought secondhand from a CEX store at the beginning of this year.

As already stated won't work on O2's 4G, not much of it round me but certainly not a peep 4G wise on my O2 contract sim as expected!