The iPhone 11 does not have a 5G (NR) capable modem. The 3.5Ghz freq support is for the CBRS bands in the US.
Support for 5G is not just a freq band support, it requires a chipset/modem capable of support the NR protocol. Shane On Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 11:24 AM Alexandre Petrescu < alexandre.petre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Le 16/01/2020 à 06:37, Mark Tinka a écrit : > > > > > > On 15/Jan/20 12:20, Alexandre Petrescu wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> Arcep (the regulator) today mentions 5G in 2020 will be mostly an > >> improved 4G, not the full plain 5G. (makes think of 4G+ which is > >> already widely available since some months). > > > > This is an important point. > > > > > >> iphone 11 is sold since September, with a feature list including > >> codecs and frequencies which make think of 5G. > > > > The iPhone certainly doesn't support 5G, but it does support 802.11ax. > > This is the list of features: > > > > > Cellular and Wireless > > > > Model A2111* > > > > FDD‑LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, > 26, 29, 30, 66, 71) > > TD‑LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48) > > CDMA EV‑DO Rev. A (800, 1900 MHz) > > UMTS/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz) > > GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) > > > > All models > > > > Gigabit-class LTE with 2x2 MIMO and LAA4 > > 802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6 with 2x2 MIMO > > Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology > > Ultra Wideband chip for spatial awareness5 > > NFC with reader mode > > Express Cards with power reserve > > > > The list of bands seems long, much longer than what my eye is used to. > It is an expression of new chips extremely parametrable and generic. > > The band 71 seems to have inside some specifics to 5G, somewhere in the > UHF (hundreds of megahertz). > > The bands 42 and 48 are in the 3.5GHz area. The 3.5GHz are is where it > is likely that some bands are to be allocated for 5G in France. > > (other likely 5G frequencies are in the UHF, in 20-something GHz, > 60-something and 70-something). > > It is for these reasons I believe iphone 11 is ready for 5G. > > Alex > > > > > Mark. > > >