topic Re: Using Samsung A8 on 5G Plan in Get Support

Using Samsung A8 on 5G Plan

Panorama — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 05:54:54 GMT

If I have a Samsung A8 that is only 4G capable and purchase a 5G plan (as I plan to upgrade the phone in a few months) Will the phone just use data at the 4G level or do I have to find a 4G plan.

Re: Using Samsung A8 on 5G Plan

Cheetah24 — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 05:52:55 GMT

@Panorama No you can use the 5G plan, and this question has been answered many times before for example see; https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Get-Support/4g-Phone-work-on-5g-plan/m-p/1066534#M745255

And if you follow those thread you'll also find that with some 4G phones you'll also be able to get the full 5G speed. 🙂 🙂

Re: Using Samsung A8 on 5G Plan

Cheetah24 — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 05:52:47 GMT

@Panorama Furthermore I just checked your Samsung S8 specs and noticed that it supports LTE speeds and therefore you will be able to get full 5G speed on this phone. 🙂

Re: Using Samsung A8 on 5G Plan

Panorama — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 05:54:59 GMT

Thanks for the feed back. I was pretty sure but I know there are different versions of the A8 so I will read your example
Thanks

Re: Using Samsung A8 on 5G Plan

computergeek541 — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 05:58:14 GMT

@Cheetah24 wrote:
@Panorama Furthermore I just checked your Samsung S8 specs and noticed that it supports LTE speeds and therefore you will be able to get full 5G speed on this phone. 🙂

A phone supporting LTE doesn't always mean that it will get full speeds of a 5G plan. Network conditions could prevent that, but even under ideal conditions, a phone having LTE doesn't necessarily mean full 5G Public Mobile plan speeds. Many LTE devices have a modem hardware limit of 150Mbps (usually older devices but even some recent/current devices).

Re: Using Samsung A8 on 5G Plan

Cheetah24 — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 06:08:57 GMT

Ah thanks. I missed this point, but looking again the specs say that Samsung A8 as LTE Cat 11. And at LTE Cat 9 the maximum download speed is 450Mbps (https://kenstechtips.com/index.php/download-speeds-2g-3g-and-4g-actual-meaning)

So I think this phone should be more than capable. Correct me if I am wrong. 🙂