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Hello,
I was wondering if the new phone from OnePlus (the OnePlus X), was going to have connectivity issues with the Fido network. Here is the spec page : https://oneplus.net/x/specs
The informations for North America are :
GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz
WCDMA: Bands 1/2/4/5/8
FDD-LTE: Bands 1/2/4/5/7/8
CDMA EVDO: -
Not sure what this means...
Thanks a lot!
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November 2015
@BrusiRoy wrote:
Hello,
I was wondering if the new phone from OnePlus (the OnePlus X), was going to have connectivity issues with the Fido network. Here is the spec page : https://oneplus.net/x/specs
The informations for North America are :
GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz
WCDMA: Bands 1/2/4/5/8
FDD-LTE: Bands 1/2/4/5/7/8
CDMA EVDO: -
Not sure what this means...
Thanks a lot!
Hello BrusiRoy,
Welcome to the forum!
According to those specifications, that phone would have all of the bands/frequencies for 2G and '3G'. With regards to LTE, that phone has two of the three compatible bands/frequencies (bands 4 and 7; 1700/2100 and 2600 MHz, respectively). The caveat when a phone does not have all of the compatible bands/frequencies is that coverage would depend on the bands/frequencies of the surrounding towers. That said, band 4 is the more widely used band so coverage would not likely be an issue. You can verify the compatible bands/frequencies here.
The phone would also have to be unlocked to have access to the networks.
Hope this helps
Cheers
@BrusiRoy wrote:
Hello,
I was wondering if the new phone from OnePlus (the OnePlus X), was going to have connectivity issues with the Fido network. Here is the spec page : https://oneplus.net/x/specs
The informations for North America are :
GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900MHz
WCDMA: Bands 1/2/4/5/8
FDD-LTE: Bands 1/2/4/5/7/8
CDMA EVDO: -
Not sure what this means...
Thanks a lot!
Hello BrusiRoy,
Welcome to the forum!
According to those specifications, that phone would have all of the bands/frequencies for 2G and '3G'. With regards to LTE, that phone has two of the three compatible bands/frequencies (bands 4 and 7; 1700/2100 and 2600 MHz, respectively). The caveat when a phone does not have all of the compatible bands/frequencies is that coverage would depend on the bands/frequencies of the surrounding towers. That said, band 4 is the more widely used band so coverage would not likely be an issue. You can verify the compatible bands/frequencies here.
The phone would also have to be unlocked to have access to the networks.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Hello,
Thank you for the quick answer!
Are the frequencies for th GSM the same as the one for the LTE? Because I see that the phone has band 4 and 7 LTE but not the right frequencies (1700/2100 and 2600 MHz)... is this an issue?
Thanks again!
@BrusiRoy wrote:
Hello,
Thank you for the quick answer!
Are the frequencies for th GSM the same as the one for the LTE? Because I see that the phone has band 4 and 7 LTE but not the right frequencies (1700/2100 and 2600 MHz)... is this an issue?
Thanks again!
Hello again,
I know, it gets confusing when manufacturers arbitrarily and inconsistantly use bands and/or frequencies when listing specifications for the compatible networks.
Each band refers to a specific frequency range. So band 4 only refers to 1700/2100MHz while band 7 only refers to 2600MHz. Similarily, the GSM frequencies could have also been listed as bands: band 5 (850MHz) and band 2 (1900MHz). The link I supplied above shows the other compatible bands and their corresponding frequencies.
Unfortunately, there is no universal convention between manufacturers and mobile phone companies.
**edit** To actually answer your question, the bands/frequencies for GSM are not the same as those for LTE.
Hope this helps
Cheers