On 16/Jan/20 11:50, Alexandre Petrescu wrote:
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> 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.
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> The band 71 seems to have inside some specifics to 5G, somewhere in
> the UHF (hundreds of megahertz).
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> 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.
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> (other likely 5G frequencies are in the UHF, in 20-something GHz,
> 60-something and 70-something).
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> It is for these reasons I believe iphone 11 is ready for 5G.
There could be a ton of bands there, but it doesn't mean they support 5G.
5G isn't just a frequency thing. The phone needs the actual hardware in
there to do it, which is doesn't have.
802.11ax and 802.11a/b/g/n all use 2.4GHz and 5GHz, but they are totally
different bits of hardware in a device.
Mark.
