Samsung Galaxy A20s

[Megan37]

I was looking at purchasing the below phone (Samsung Galaxy A20s). Will it work with Public Mobile?

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07ZDGPC2J/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[geopublic]

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@John_Hey wrote:

Hi for samsung A20s since it only has 3G band

3G - B2 (1900) and B5 (850)

not LTE B4

doe it still work with 3G speed data? how would be the speed? I am ok with 3Mbs

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@John_Hey Public uses 3G primarily for talk and LTE lite (LTE network throttled to 3 Mbps) for data and texts even though you can use 3G for data and texting. In order to future proof your phone it's best to select one that supports LTE band 4. All new phones made for the North American market support band 4. So the rule of thumb is if it supports b4 for LTE it will work well for most providers including PM.

[smiley3]

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@Megan37 wrote:

@geopublic 

Thanks. I don't really understand "lte". For lte, what numbers should I be looking for in a phone?

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LTE is a faster internet network.  Since Public Mobile plans are all 3G data plans and not LTE the phone would be fine, Although if you ever switch providers or want to be on a faster celluar network the phone won't be much good.

[computergeek541]

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@John_Hey wrote:

Hi for samsung A20s since it only has 3G band

3G - B2 (1900) and B5 (850)

not LTE B4

doe it still work with 3G speed data? how would be the speed? I am ok with 3Mbs

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The HSPA/3g network is more than capable of providing much more than 3Mbps of speed dependent on network conditions.  LTE is not required for anything at Public Mobile, although it would be beneficial to have a phone compatibilbe with the the LTE network.

[John_Hey]

@Anonymous 

the phone is Galaxy S10s 

Model: SM-A207M/DS

[Anonymous]

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@John_Hey wrote:

Hi for samsung A20s since it only has 3G band

3G - B2 (1900) and B5 (850)

not LTE B4

doe it still work with 3G speed data? how would be the speed? I am ok with 3Mbs

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 @John_Hey 

If you set it to connect to HSDPA then the speeds should be fine. There might be some lag with videos and such. Or might not. 🙂

Which exact submodel do you have just to make sure?

[John_Hey]

Hi for samsung A20s since it only has 3G band

3G - B2 (1900) and B5 (850)

not LTE B4

doe it still work with 3G speed data? how would be the speed? I am ok with 3Mbs

[JonSeltzer]

I am using Galaxy A20 with public

It works excellent

Could make call, text and go on internet.

Photo quality is amazing

[pmmobile]

@Megan37  As already mentioned, it should work fine. If you're concerned and if it is convenient you can ask someone at the kiosk/store to put in a test SIM just to make sure. It'll help you to avoid any unknown reasons for it to not work. Plus you wouldn't want to pay and activiate your account to discover any potentially issues

[sheytoon]

@Megan37 Any phone you pick should have at least the following bands supported...

• 3G UMTS/W-CDMA/HSPA: B2 (1900) and B5 (850)
• 4G FDD-LTE: B4, B12

[geopublic]

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@Megan37 wrote:

@geopublic 

Thanks. I don't really understand "lte". For lte, what numbers should I be looking for in a phone?

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@Megan37  Here is a copy and paste from one of @sheytoon 's post:

It's important to remember that spectrum holdings are different across different cities and provinces.

The current LTE bands are:

• B2 (1900 MHz or PCS)
• B4 (2100 MHz or 1700 MHz or AWS / AWS-1)
• B5 (850 MHz or CELLULAR / CLR)
• B7 (2600 MHz or 2500 MHz or BRS)
• B12/B17 (700 MHz or MBS)
• B13 (700 MHz or MBS)
• B29 (700 MHz or MBS), for downlink only (SCC for CA only)
• B30 (2300 MHz or WCS), for TELUS only (not shared with Bell at this time)
• B66 (2100 MHz or 1700 MHz or AWS-3), not deployed yet

Telus current 3G bands are:

• B2 (1900 MHz or PCS)
• B5 (850 MHz or CELLULAR / CLR)

[Megan37]

@geopublic 

Thanks. I don't really understand "lte". For lte, what numbers should I be looking for in a phone?

[ChuckYeah]

Check out the UMIDIGI A5 Pro at Amazon.ca. Great deal. May come on sale again around $130-135. 6.3" screen.  

[geopublic]

@Megan37  Missing B4 for LTE I would avoid.

Edit: Amazon has a Moto G7 for around same price supports 2 sims and has great coverage.

[Jb456 · Accepted solution]

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