Yes, different phones are capable of different bands, so you need to compare the carriers bands to your phones capabilities. That's one reason I moved to this Moto G5+, it works on all the T-Mobile bands.
I also am able to surf internet while talking on phone, on T-Mobile. I think you'll be happy, if you get a new phone. Max Dillon Charleston SC Dec 22, 2019 10:45:22 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > I went ahead and moved my number over to T Mobil Friday to try it out > before moving the other 3 lines over. On the drive back from Arkansas > it worked pretty good. I only ran into 1 dead zone with lasted for > maybe a mile. Then ran into 2 more closer to home with are also about > the same as we had with US Cellular. Upon further research, T Mobile > spent billions buying up 600mhz and have been building those out. > Research shows this provides better coverage especially in the rural gap > areas. I found a site that you can select a carrier and it will show > you on a map where their towers are and you can filter down to which > band you want etc. This showed me they had a 600mhz tower near the > dead zone spot I ran thru the day before. The only thing is my iphone 7 > will not pick up on these towers. > > Yesterday I decided to go ahead and move the wife line over and went > ahead and got her the new Samsung Note 10+ 5g phone. In the process > they had a deal going where we could add a 3rd line free and the phone > was free, so we went ahead and moved the 3rd line over at the same > time. So this phone with wife got is 1 of 2 5g phones they have > available and it shows 5g at the top. I will say when we tested it > after leaving the store in Tulsa the speed showed over 100MBs. On the > other hand, my phone on LTE showed about 30MBs when testing at the same > time. So, it seems maybe 5g is available in town. I am thinking 5G is > still pretty limited. > > On the drive home, the areas where I lost signal as before, the wife did > not with her new phone. So picking up these new frequencies must > actually make a difference. I would show no service on my phone and > hers would pickup about 3 bars or so. Even at our house here her phone > still shows 5g but only tests around 20MBs. My LTE phone tests about the > same so I would guess even if the phone says 5G, that might not be the > case. > > Also, their plans include unlimited data (although slow data) and text > anywhere in the world. Talk is 25 cents a minutes. It is unlimited > talk, text, and 5GB of LTE data in Mexico and Canada. Also, our bill it > going to be about $100 a month cheaper than it was with US Cellular. > The guy at the store also gave me some sort of employee code that I can > go to a website and enter it to get 20% off the total bill for life. > So, if my okie math is working correctly the 4 lines that would be $170 > per month will end up being $119 per month. That is pretty darn cheap. > Hell I might even add a line for the 11 year old. > > Anyway, just some data points so far for anybody considering T Mobile. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
