So I finally got my preorder of the EU version and activated it without needing support by using the esim transfer on my old pixel. After close to a week now I’ve had 0 issues!
So I finally got my preorder of the EU version and activated it without needing support by using the esim transfer on my old pixel. After close to a week now I’ve had 0 issues!
Ouch, no band 71 at all. That’ll hurt T-Mobile extended range and indoors as it is their largest low frequency band. The EU version at least supports one T-Mobile 5G band, and their largest at that (41).
Band 12 and 13 will help low band scenarios with AT&T and Verizon respectively. No band 14 means no AT&T service in rural areas like (my always go to example) western Nebraska where it is AT&T’s only low band frequency.
Definitely not the worst band support, but not great either.
Too bad the US is such a toxic environment for cool phones with all the carrier-induced “certification” they put in the way to prevent low-volume and niche manufacturers from bothering.
Definitely, I’m lucky that I live by a major metro and have had 0 issues with 5g coverage so far. I’m hoping that anywhere else I go I either won’t need 5g or will be able to use wifi
Without band 71 (used for both LTE and 5G depending on parts of the country) you’ll likely see more no service scenarios while rural, but if you’re primarily metro, those will be exceedingly rare.
Band 14 in the US is reserved for First Responders via First Net aka AT&T, and when the other bands get overloaded then it’s given use to regular consumers - if they have band 14. From my understanding. Because there aren’t many phones that have 14 on them sold outside of AT&T from what I find, unless band 14 access is a software adjustment, but that I don’t know.
I honestly didn’t know there were different variations of Xperia, I bought mine through the Sony Website.