Hi Guys,
I couldn't help but check out the radio specs of the WP8 phones destined for T-Mobile USA (Lumia 820, HTC 8X & 8S, and Samsung Ativ S). All of their spec sheets list the HSPA+ network bands as 850/900/1900/2100 MHz. It is known that in order to receive HSPA+ on T-Mobile BOTH the 1700MHz and the 2100MHz bands must be supported. We know that T-Mobile is refarming their 1900 PCS band to support 3G/HSPA+ in most markets. However, we still don't know which markets they are and when the rollout will be completed. It is rumored that the refarming will be completed by the end of 2012 with LTE implementation starting in 2013 but nothing has been announced yet regarding the completion of the refarm. I'm assuming since all of the WP8 Phones destined for T-Mobile are missing the 1700MHz band support, that the OEMs must know something we don't. I was thinking of making the switch to tmo in November but don't want to have a bad WP8 experience by not having HSPA+42. Please chime in with your thoughts.....
I couldn't help but check out the radio specs of the WP8 phones destined for T-Mobile USA (Lumia 820, HTC 8X & 8S, and Samsung Ativ S). All of their spec sheets list the HSPA+ network bands as 850/900/1900/2100 MHz. It is known that in order to receive HSPA+ on T-Mobile BOTH the 1700MHz and the 2100MHz bands must be supported. We know that T-Mobile is refarming their 1900 PCS band to support 3G/HSPA+ in most markets. However, we still don't know which markets they are and when the rollout will be completed. It is rumored that the refarming will be completed by the end of 2012 with LTE implementation starting in 2013 but nothing has been announced yet regarding the completion of the refarm. I'm assuming since all of the WP8 Phones destined for T-Mobile are missing the 1700MHz band support, that the OEMs must know something we don't. I was thinking of making the switch to tmo in November but don't want to have a bad WP8 experience by not having HSPA+42. Please chime in with your thoughts.....