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Re: Google Pixel 6?
Also not trying to give you a hard time or anything just want you to be comfortable getting the phone you want. I should also mention it's pretty common for reps at stores to not get how the bands and network unlocks work under the hood. In all fairness they really don't have to know, they just have to know hey if you try to bring a phone here are you going to be happy with the result or not. But there's a technical layer under that that if you can get comfortable with you can do pretty much whatever the availbe tech and hardware at the time will let you do.1Ver0likes0ComentariosRe: Google Pixel 6?
I should clarify a few things that should help. The pixels when they launched were never billed as a fully unlocked phone. We're you originally a Sprint customer or Tmo? Back in the day when Google was launching the pixel line they went looking for a dance partner because back then if your name wasn't apple or Samsung the main way to get traction in the market was to partner with a carrier. Sprint passed and Tmo wasnt interested. The pixel 4 for example was a Verizon based device that also had some flexibility to go on other networks (game). What I mean by that is it was especially optimized for Verizon networks but did also work on Sprint and Tmo and att. They were very clear with what bands it was capable of. Also keep in mind at this time Tmo was doing a major network overhaul. There were many bands on all networks that worked with the pixel 4 but Tmo especially who were expanding their network and Sprint who were deploying 4g like they didn't pick the wrong thing the first time (wimax) were enhancing as well. One of the points of confusion for Tmo customers (and it still is) is as Tmo builds out it's network it's doing so on new bands. When they show their network footprint they do so assuming you have the latest and greatest but older devices especially can't hit all those bands and it makes their network seem smaller and slower (because it is if you can't get the newer bands of network). As previously mentioned when pixel 6 is announced take a look at the bands it supports (they will publish them) and then compare them to TMobile. I would highly suspect that this new pixel will be compatible on all the 4g and 5g bands that Tmo is currently using. If it is (and assuming Google doesn't release network specific devices (I highly doubt they will) then it doesn't matter where you get your phone from. In terms of iPhone, what iPhone did you have? Apple has been making iPhones for us sales that are fully compatible with all networks for... Ehh I dunno 4 or 5 years now... Maybe a little longer. They did market and have different models for different carriers buttttt the radio receiver in them was entirely the same across all models. That being said... The same above scenario still applies... Say you had a 4 year old iPhone from att and switched it to TMobile. The issue here isn't that you had a att iPhone. It's that 4 years ago some of the bands that Tmo is using today didn't exist 4 years ago and thus even if you had a TMobile iPhone you'd be missing some of the possible bands to receive Tmo service from. This has been less of an issue on the Verizon side as theyve had less network band movement . But sprint and especially Tmo have had a lot of flex in the bands that are deployed for use by customers. When in doubt take the specific model of whatever phone you're holding and look up what TMobile bands it's capable of finding. Then pull up a lost of all the current bands TMobile is using and see if you have some differences.2Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: Google Pixel 6?
Yeah I personally took that as a... It's coming but I can't say but who knows... That being said... I looked back at the rest of the thread ... Generallyt speaking (and I mean always with extremely few exceptions...) If a company makes a phone as an unlocked direct from manufacturer device... I.e. apple and their iPhones, Samsung and the Galaxy lineup. They will work without issue and have all the bands built in for all carriers. This has been the case for a long time. Example is apple sells various devices for various carriers but they are all the same phone. The only difference is that the ones for carriers are locked to that carrier for the purposes of carrier financing. But once the phone has been unlocked (i.e. you pay cash for phone or you payoff the lein) the phone is functionally the same to any carrier's network. The exception to this is when you see a device say... The LG V60 ThinQ which was made exclusively and marketed as such for att and I think maybe a Verizon model? Those were unlockable and able to be brought to tmobile but lacked certain bans (also some bands were introduced after the phone was made). So in the event Tmo doesn't do the pixel at launch if Google sells an unlocked one (you can check the bands they will publish upon release) it 99.99% will be good as if Tmo sold it direct. (Promise I'm not making this up used to work in telecom on network and device side)3Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: Google Pixel 6?
For what it's worth... Before seeing this thread I had wondered the same thing... The lady I talked to on customer care seeeeeeemed like she was trying to tell me they would have them without being able to tell me they would have them... Convo went something like ... I don't know , we have no information but... On the 19th you should check out our phones sales page....1Ver0likes0Comentarios