topic Re: No more LTE? in Get Support

No more LTE?

tankrd — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 17:26:31 GMT

Are LTE plans gone for good? I heard the new iPhone 12 will not support 3G anymore. I was planning to buy it but then I won’t be able to use PublicMobile

Re: No more LTE?

kb_mv — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 21:47:44 GMT

@tankrd The data on PM is over the LTE network it just restricted to I believe 3MB/sec.

Re: No more LTE?

Staliger — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 21:46:31 GMT

@tankrd PM uses LTE, but the speed is limited to 3mbs.

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gpixel — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 21:51:35 GMT

@tankrd Im sure iPhone 12 will support 3g. the majority of North America is still on the 3g. it will take at least 5 years to phase it out. by then public would have moved to LTE and 5g

Re: No more LTE?

computergeek541 — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 21:50:16 GMT

@tankrd wrote:
Are LTE plans gone for good? I heard the new iPhone 12 will not support 3G anymore. I was planning to buy it but then I won’t be able to use PublicMobile

There's no truth to that. Carriers are still very dependent on HSPA networks.

Re: No more LTE?

tankrd — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 22:49:50 GMT

I’ve read somewhere that iPhone 12 pro will have no 3G but I guess it doesn’t matter if PM runs on LTE. Thank you all for your input.

Re: No more LTE?

gpixel — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 23:10:13 GMT

@tankrd it matters cause pm uses HSPA for voice calls. so wherever you heard that would mean you wouldn't be able to make calls with the iPhone 12

Re: No more LTE?

Nezgar — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 01:48:42 GMT

Looks like it's HSUPA and HSDPA and no HSPA+.

So voice calls would still work just fine. HSPA+ is an evolution HSPA (HSDPA&HSUPA).

So Apple might just be choosing to cripple some of the advanced speed of 3G to simplify the radio, since these days its mostly used for voice and LTE for data anyway.

Re: No more LTE?

cellphoneuser1 — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 04:18:05 GMT

@Nezgar

The specs there might be wrong or they're simplifying the description. They're not likely to go backwards.

Re: No more LTE?

Nezgar — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 04:20:59 GMT

@cellphoneuser1

Yeah since nothings official, who knows -- but indeed it would make more sense to only support the "later" 3G HSPA variants...

Re: No more LTE?

Korth — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 04:25:10 GMT

Agreed with all above. Public Mobile's "3G" works across a 4G connection.

The main things to worry about would actually be voice calling (since Public Mobile does not carry VoLTE) and SIM compatibility (since Public Mobile doesn't eSIM). Although these, too, are non-issues.

But more to the point: the iPhone 12 apparently will indeed support HSPA, LTE, and 5G. Or at least some regional variants (like the ones which will be sold in North America, USA, and Canada) will each support their specific region-compatible network technologies.

https://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_12_pro_max-10237.php