LG G6 missing bands compared to S7?

[kurtd]

I was about to order the LG G6 from T-Mobile but I noticed it's missing a lot of bands for international travelers compared to the S7 or iphone. I'm in the US but travel to Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Europe, China, South Korea, Japan, and Thailand often so it seems like I would have less coverage compared to the S7.

Am I reading this wrong or does this sound about right?

 

[jeffmd]

I believe you are in the same boat if you buy the snapdragon s7 vs the exynos cpu based s7.

 

[kurtd]

I'm going by the LGG6 Specs VS the S7 specs on T-Mobile's website.

T-Mobile LG G6
Quad Band GSM
LTE: 2, 4, 5, 12
UMTS: Band I (2100), Band II (1900), Band IV (1700/2100), Band V (850)

T-Mobile S7
Quad Band GSM
LTE: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 20
UMTS: Band I (2100), Band II (1900), Band IV (1700/2100), Band V (850)

 

[donm527]

Almeuit showed a screenshot of G6 specs on Verizon site that shows their phones have many more bands than that. That would be odd if T-Mobile specific phones really had that many fewer bands. I wonder what AT&T specs are because I think the Verizon phone is missing the China bands?

LTE bands for Verizon version - Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com

I'm going by the LGG6 Specs VS the S7 specs on T-Mobile's website.

G6
Quad Band GSM
LTE: 2, 4, 5, 12
UMTS: Band I (2100), Band II (1900), Band IV (1700/2100), Band V (850)

S7
Quad Band GSM
LTE: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 20
UMTS: Band I (2100), Band II (1900), Band IV (1700/2100), Band V (850)

 

[tazman69]

According to AT&T's website the bands on the LG G6 are as follows:

 

[kurtd]

I really hope T-Mobile's site is wrong. Here's what's on ATT's site.

AT&T LG G6

4G-LTE Bands 1, 2 ,3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 20, 29, and 30
4G HSPA+ with enhanced backhaul
3G - UMTS 850/900/1900/2100 MHz
World phone Quad-band

 

[ScottsoNJ]

From the LG Website
T-Mobile
GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz; UMTS Bands 1/2/4/5; LTE Bands 2/4/12/66/5; LTE Roaming Bands 3/7/20/1/13
AT&T
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz; UMTS/ HSPA+: B1/B2/B4/B5; LTE Bands: B2/B4/B5/B12/B29/B30 (LTE Roaming B1/3/7/20)

 

[kurtd]

I've looked at LG's website and I can't find those specs. Do you have a link?

 

[ScottsoNJ]

LG G6 Android Smartphone for T-Mobile (H872) in Black | LG USA
click on Tech Spec

 

[kurtd]

LG G6 Android Smartphone for T-Mobile (H872) in Black | LG USA
click on Tech Spec

Thanks for the link. Where did you find it, I didn't see this info or a link to it on the standard product page.

It seems strange that some bands are listed as roaming bands but I guess it's probably a marketing thing rather than a firmware thing.

If accurate, that means it has these LTE Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 20, 66 which is much better than what's listed on T-Mobile's site.

Again, according to LG:

Tmobile LTE Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 20, 66
ATT LTE Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 20, 29, 30

It's real annoying that they can't just have 1 device for North America like the Pixel that also has most of the bands to work world wide.

 

[kurtd]

I guess the Pixel is best for world travelers. From Google:

North America

GSM: Quad-band GSM
UMTS/WCDMA: B 1/2/4/5/8
CDMA: BC0/BC1/BC10
TD-SCDMA: N/A
FDD LTE: B 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/20/25/26/28/29/30
TDD LTE: B 41

 

[ScottsoNJ]

Right on the LG page under T-Mobile phones.
Now I see what you mean. www.lg.com/us is the website I went to

 

[kurtd]

So I asked T-Mobile and below is what they said. It looks the same as what's on LG's site with the exception of 55\66. I still find it strange that some bands are listed as roaming bands. Does that mean you can't take this phone to another network at all as it might not function properly? I don't see how that would be the case so really hope it's just a marketing thing.

Domestic LTE – Band 2,4,5,12 and 55
Roaming Bands – 1,3,7,13, and 20

 

[kurtd]

So now the S8 is listed on T-Mobile's site with the same exact bands as the G6. Samsung doesn't seem to list the bands at all so we're even more in the dark with that one.