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It’s an absolute mess.The real mystery is why iPhones as far back as the iPhone 12 are supported for 5G SA on various carriers in the US and elsewhere in the world, and yet Vodafone are dragging their heels on supporting them here in the UK.
It makes more sense though, I'm sure Apple would've set a standard here worldwide years ago but it's the one thing they can't force the carriers to change for them because the government is controlling the spectrum per countryIt’s an absolute mess.
In the US, the 12 series all have standalone support exclusively on low band n71, no VoNR or any other bands. The 13 and 14 gain the other bands, but only the 15 supports VoNR
In China, the same 12 only has SA on mid band n78, no low band n28, or once again, VoNR. The 13 gains the other bands, but misses out on VoNR. Unlike the US though, in China the 14 and up support all three.
In Australia, the only iPhone to get any SA support at all is the 14 and up.
The fact this is all seemingly carrier driven is frightening.
The discrepancy in support is still worrying. VoNR should be a consistent standard from country to country and phone to phone.It makes more sense though, I'm sure Apple would've set a standard here worldwide years ago but it's the one thing they can't force the carriers to change for them because the government is controlling the spectrum per country
Didn't see any when I was there on Saturday but it might be my phone/sim/whatever else. Good luck!I'm going to go to Edinburgh tomorrow or Monday in hope of finding some o2 SA, but I'm not feeling hopeful given what other areas have been like. I'll take my 3 and EE SIM too and see how they perform.
Did you have chance to test o2's N1 performance? I've not personally come across it before so I'd be interested to see how it performs I'm assuming it will be DSS but the coverage looks fairly extensive on cellmapper.Didn't see any when I was there on Saturday but it might be my phone/sim/whatever else. Good luck!
I found it a little disappointing - you'd be better off just using 4G, but it might be the CA combos limiting it for me. It's all DSS iirc - there are no Orions so they stuck DSS on all the monopoles to get citywide 5GDid you have chance to test o2's N1 performance? I've not personally come across it before so I'd be interested to see how it performs I'm assuming it will be DSS but the coverage looks fairly extensive on cellmapper.
On the contrary, VoLTE has exactly the same problem as I've found out, the carrier decides what phones can use things like VoLTE, phones (like my Motorola One Action) that are fully VoLTE capable and worked on Three and EE, on Vodafone it doesn't because Vodafone decides it to be that wayThe discrepancy in support is still worrying. VoNR should be a consistent standard from country to country and phone to phone.
It all seems incredibly arbitrary compared to VoLTE which worked on more or less anything since the first iPhone that had a modem which supported it.
It’s the same story with mmWave. You can have a compatible US-market iPhone, but it won’t work in Australia as they haven’t went and specifically enabled it in the carrier profile.
Yeah was just mentioning it's not as plain sailing on 4G and VoLTE as it can seem (especially outside of the iPhone) the carrier can still, and does, have arbitrary restrictions on featuresI think Gary’s specifically referring to the iPhone.
If it ever works for me I'll let you know! They say I am enabled from today but can't connect to SA even when I can see there's availability.For anyone who has tried out Vodafone SA, do you get an IPv6 address on the internet ?
Ah, just me not reading properly hahaThat's the o2 list though cg0.![]()
Finally a speedtest!From our friend Peter C folks.![]()
about ~20% improvement iircImproved latency?