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AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note LTE won't support T-Mobile's AWS for HSPA+

By Victor Hristov

Published: Feb 16, 2012, 9:36 AM

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AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note LTE won't support T-Mobile's AWS for HSPA+

AT&T’s humongous Samsung Galaxy Note LTE with its 5.3-inch screen is the perfect beast of a phone for basketball players, artists and... probably not that many other people, but if you pick it on AT&T and hope to use it on T-Mobile as well, you should know that the Galaxy Note doesn’t support TMo’s weird AWS frequencies for fast HSPA+ speeds.

Why the clarification? Samsung lists the Galaxy Note LTE as a quad-band phone with GSM / EDGE, tri-band UMTS / HSPA+ (850 / 1900 / 2100MHz) and dual-band LTE in the 1700MHz and 700MHz bands. But many commentators suggest that the handset is also able to make use of T-Mobile’s 4G network and Canada’s Bell which carrier the same device lists it as supporting AWS 1750MHz bands.

To clear up the confusion, the US version is confirmed to not support those T-Mobile frequencies, so you end up limited to snail fast EDGE. If you want a truly pentaband device which will tick on any network - you should check out the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which is almost that big. Almost.

source: Engadget

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Victor, a seasoned mobile technology expert, has spent over a decade at PhoneArena, exploring the depths of mobile photography and reviewing hundreds of smartphones across Android and iOS ecosystems. His passion for technology, coupled with his extensive knowledge of smartphone cameras and battery life, has positioned him as a leading voice in the mobile tech industry.

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