T-Mobile AWS Bands?

[spridell]

I know on T-mobile website its says Nexus 5 coming soon, but I havent seen anything about AWS bands on the PlayStore.

 

[Jeremy8000]

http://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phones/google-nexus-5.html (for those interested in keeping in the loop on T-mo availability

 

[JHBThree]

There are two models of Nexus 5. The only one you can buy in the US officially supports AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile voice, 3G, and LTE service.

 

[MikeySoft001]

There are two models of Nexus 5. The only one you can buy in the US officially supports AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile voice, 3G, and LTE service.

By 3G, does that mean HSPA+ 42?

 

[Shilohcane]

By 3G, does that mean HSPA+ 42?

I'm not a expert but 3G is slower than HSPA+ and I have seen people refer to it as 4G. However 4GLTE is faster than HSPA+.

 

[JHBThree]

I'm not a expert but 3G is slower than HSPA+ and I have seen people refer to it as 4G. However 4GLTE is faster than HSPA+.

HSPA+ is still technically 3G. Some people call it 3.5G because it can keep up with the slower lte speeds.


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[JHBThree]

By 3G, does that mean HSPA+ 42?

Not sure if it supports HSPA+ 42 (I would be shocked if it didn't, given this devices relation to other snapdragon 800 devices), but yes, 3G means HSPA+.


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[Andrew Martonik]

I know on T-mobile website its says Nexus 5 coming soon, but I havent seen anything about AWS bands on the PlayStore.

It has all necessary bands for voice & data (including LTE) on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and more. As for HSPA+ we can know it has at least 21mbps, with a great chance that its 42mbps.

 

[MikeySoft001]

I asked about HSPA+ because while I live in the USA, I often take trips to China where it is easy to get local HSPA+ SIM cards. I think China is still working on LTE and I heard it will not be capatiable with N American's versions of LTE. I'm not sure what freq China uses for HSPA+. I think it is ASW. The nexus 4 works in China. I plan to get a nexus 5 to use home in the US and when I travel.

 

[MikeySoft001]

As the OP point out, the spec for the N5 are mostly about LTE and does not list ASW. The N4 does have ASW listed in its spec.

 

[Shilohcane]

Theatrical Specifications (On Play Store Nexus 5 description had another page hidden with a Right Arrow that gave this info)

Sensors
Accelerometer
GPS
Compass
Proximity/Ambient Light
Gyroscope
Pressure
Hall Effect

Network
2G/3G/4G LTE
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
CDMA: Band Class: 0/1/10
WCDMA: Bands: 1/2/4/5/6/8/19
LTE: Bands: 1/2/4/5/17/19/25/26/41

Supported Service
Unlocked: Use with any provider that offers service on Nexus 5 supported networks
Carriers: T-Mobile, Sprint

 

[JHBThree]

As the OP point out, the spec for the N5 are mostly about LTE and does not list ASW. The N4 does have ASW listed in its spec.

Yes, it does.

 

[spridell]

This is why i originally started the thread.

On N4 page it specifically says AWS, no mention at all of AWS on N5 page.

 

[JHBThree]

This is why i originally started the thread.

On N4 page it specifically says AWS, no mention at all of AWS on N5 page.

Yes, it does. Mentions them specifically.


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[foxbat121]

WCDMA (3G, HSPA+) band 4 is T-Mobile's AWS.
LTE band 4 is also T-Mobile's AWS (as well as AT&T and Verizon).

 

[MikeySoft001]

Thanks

 

[Flashfox]

The challenge is that they did not specifically state that they supported the 1700 MHz AWS band. As noted by others, this was stated for the N4 and as Google released "developer versions" of the HTC ONE and of the S4 without support for AWS, one can only wonder.

I just bought a black 32GB Nexus 5 from Google's Play Store and I was wondering if I did not mess-up... especially IF it didn't support HSPA+ being that LTE is not active in my area at this time.

 

[JHBThree]

The challenge is that they did not specifically state that they supported the 1700 MHz AWS band. As noted by others, this was stated for the N4 and as Google released "developer versions" of the HTC ONE and of the S4 without support for AWS, one can only wonder.

I just bought a black 32GB Nexus 5 from Google's Play Store and I was wondering if I did not mess-up... especially IF it didn't support HSPA+ being that LTE is not active in my area at this time.

Yes, they did. On the device page they state that the Nexus 5 supports WCDMA on bands 1/2/4/5/6/8/19. T-mobile runs HSPA+ on bands 2/4, and LTE on band 4.

You guys are used to seeing manufacturers specifically call out AWS in the support, but almost every one of them has switched to using the actual band numbers instead. I understand why you're confused, but the page states quite clearly that it supports ALL of t-mobile USA's frequencies.


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[swebb]

This is good to hear. Thanks for the clarification.

In another thread, someone was wondering about 3g coverage in Europe on the NA version. I see that the only difference in the two models for WCDMA bands is the lack of band 8 on the NA model. I wonder if this is the same confusion regarding the way the specs were listed. Unless band 8 is the predominant HSPA band there, we should be covered.

 

[foxbat121]

In another thread, someone was wondering about 3g coverage in Europe on the NA version. I see that the only difference in the two models for WCDMA bands is the lack of band 8 on the NA model. I wonder if this is the same confusion regarding the way the specs were listed. Unless band 8 is the predominant HSPA band there, we should be covered.

See the list above. WCDMA band 8 (900MHz) is supported. It is LTE band 8 that is missing. WCDMA band 8 is quite important and widely used. But LTE bands in Europe are all over the place. Missing LTE band 8 is not that a big deal unless you want to use the NA version in Europe permanently.