Is my Phone covered under public Mobile?

[jacobyo]

I am ordering a phone from china and i searched on different frequency websites and saw taht there might be a chance that public mobiles bands are the same as on the phone.

The phone is the elephone s8 and i just want to double check before ordering a sim that i will be alright

thank you

[alltimelow22]

Had a friend who bought that exact phone. It wouldn't work on either Telus or Bell networks.

[moving4wrd]

Here is a list of frequencies that are able to be used hopefully this helps:

Frequency range Band number Protocol Class Status Note(s)

850 MHz CLR	5	UMTS/HSDPA/HSPA+/DC-HSPA+	3G/"4G"	Active	Fallback for calls.
1,900 MHz PCS	2	UMTS/HSDPA/HSPA+/DC-HSPA+	3G/"4G"	Active	Fallback for calls.
850 MHz CLR	5	LTE	4G	Active / Being deployed	Used for extra bandwidth within cities and rural coverage. Only seen in British Columbia.[21]
1,900 MHz PCS	2	LTE / LTE Advanced	4G	Active / Being deployed	Secondary LTE Band being deployed and used for LTE / LTE Advanced coverage.
700 MHz A/B/C/E	12/13/17/29	LTE / LTE Advanced	4G	Active / Being deployed	Mainly used in rural areas / rural coverage.
1,700/2,100 MHz AWS	4	LTE / LTE Advanced	4G	Active	Main LTE Band used across the country. Also being used to provide LTE Advanced coverage.
2,600 MHz IMT-E	7	LTE / LTE Advanced	4G	Active / Being deployed	Found in select markets, but being developed slowly in new markets alongside to provide LTE Advancedcoverage.

[srlawren]

@koimr1, @ckl your analysis is correct.  @jacobyo that phone is not compatible with Public Mobile.  The only provider you will be able to use it with in Canada is Rogers or Fido, since rogers is the only Canadian network operator to offer 2G GSM services, and the 3G bands on the phone you want to buy are not compatible with any Canadian provider.

[koimr1]

@jacobyo:

I'm looking here: Elephone S8

If I'm reading this properly (and @ckl posted the same bands I see) then you won't be able to make/receive calls and you only get LTE on band 7 only which is only available in certain areas and is such high frequency that building penetration is gonna be an issue.

Specs are nice but I think I'd stay away until someone else gets this one and confirms it works with Telus/Koodo/PM first.

[ckl]

@jacobyo

The specs for your phone from the official website is:

GSM:B2/B3/B5/B8 (1900/1800/850/900)
WCDMA:B1/B8 (2100/900)
FDD-LTE:B1/B3/B7/B20 (2100/1800/2600/800)
TDD-LTE:B38/B40（2600/2300）

Public mobile mainly uses these bands:

3G use (UMTS/WCDMA/HSPA): 850MHz/1900MHz bands

4G/LTE use: 700/1700/2100/2600Mhz bands

So it appears that your S8 will have very limited connectivity if at all. Public Mobile is 3G and above, so no GSM.

willmyphonework.net doesn't list the S8, but has the S7. If they have similar frequencies, then connectivity is limited.

You can read a review of it here. Scroll down to the phone calls section and you will see it is not really compatible with North American frequencies:

https://www.androidheadlines.com/2017/09/elephone-s8-review-blending-low-cost-with-great-design.html

[Luddite]

The frequencies supported by PM can be found here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telus_Mobility